Exemplar Review - Courts & Amendments

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Determined that keeping people separate based on the color of their skin was not acceptable.

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Brown v. Board of Education

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the name for the group of people who decide the outcome of a trial

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jury

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A _______ case relates to the rights of citizens, usually a dispute between citizens

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civil

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A _______ case is a lawsuit brought before a court involving someone who is accused of committing a crime.

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criminal

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What are the 1st Amendment freedoms in the Bill of Rights?

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Free speech, freedom of religion, freedom to assemble, freedom to petition the government, freedom of the press.

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What constitutional right does this image symbolize? Options: ex post facto, trial by peers, legal representation, peaceable assembly

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trial by peers

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What is the significance of the U.S. Supreme Court opinion that words creating a “clear and present danger” are not protected by the First Amendment?

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The Constitution limits individual rights.

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Which situation would most likely lead to a civil case? A person robs another person at gunpoint. A person is caught breaking into a house. A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house. A person fails to stop at a red light.

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A person breaks a leg at a friend’s house.

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The Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited  by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people

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10th Amendment

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gives citizens the right to gather in groups

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Freedom of Assembly