Students of Civics Unit 9: Civil Liberties

What are civil liberties?

• make up the unwritten Constitution
• the rights to vote and participate in the political process
• laws that provide and set limits on one's freedoms
• individual legal and constitutional protections against the government

Where are American civil liberties found?

• the Preamble
• the Bill of Rights
• the Declaration of Independence
• Article IV

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

• three
• five
• seven
• ten

The First Amendment includes the freedoms of

• speech and the right to bear arms
• religion, press, and right to counsel
• petition, assembly, press, speech, and religion
• press, petition, and the right to vote

Civil Liberties are legal and constitutional protections from

• Private businesses
• Government
• Police
• Tyranny

The free exercise of the First Amendment clause holds that people have the right to

• express themselves through speech as they choose
• donate money to any political campaign they choose
• evade taxes if they can run really fast
• practice religion as they choose

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

• establishment
• free exercise
• full faith and credit
• equal protection

Which court case incorporated the exclusionary rule against the states?

• Terry v. Ohio
• Miranda v. Arizona
• Mapp v. Ohio
• Griswold v. Connecticut

The court case Lemon v. Kurtzman

• prohibits educators from requiring Bible readings in school
• prohibits students from using state-funded merit-based scholarships for religious studies
• allows families to use school vouchers for religious institutions
• established a test for providing government aid to church-related schools

This is when there are written lies about a person to damage their reputation.

• Censorship
• Slander
• Libel
• Bail