DC Chapter 4

Civil liberties are __________ that the government cannot take away.

• property rights
• personal freedoms
• religious freedoms
• business rights

The Bill of Rights is made up of the first __________ amendments to the U.S. Constitution.

• four
• five
• ten
• fourteen

Which clause prevents the national government from sanctioning an official religion?

• due process
• free exercise
• establishment
• full faith and credit

Selective incorporation makes the protections from the Bill of Rights applicable to the states through which of the following amendments?

• sixth
• ninth
• tenth
• fourteenth

Article I of the Constitution prohibits which of the following, which make an act punishable as a crime even if the act was legal when it was committed?

• prior restraints
• bills of attainder
• writs of habeas corpus
• ex post facto laws

A false written statement is __________; the same statement spoken aloud is __________.

• libel, defamation
• defamation, slander
• slander, libel
• libel, slander

Which amendment protects the right to bear arms?

• Second
• Third
• Fourth
• Fifth

The Constitution protects against search of an individual's person, home, or vehicle without __________.

• a warrant
• compensation
• a good reason
• due process

What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee to those accused of a crime?

• a jury trial
• access to law book
• a written indictment
• assistance of counsel

Today, the United States is the only western country to use which of the following to punish crime?

• death penalty
• corporal punishment
• federal prisons
• juvenile justice system