Civil Liberties: 1st Amendment Rights

True or False: The first ten amendments in the Constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights

• True

• False

__________ are protections against government.

• Objections

• Civil Liberties

• Civil Rights

Civil liberties are guarantees of the safety of ________ from arbitrary acts of the government.

• persons

• opinions

• propery

• All of these

The term civil rights is sometimes reserved for those ____________ acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people.

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• aggressive

True or False: People in the United States are free to do as they please as long as they do not infringe upon the rights of others

• True

• False

The Supreme Court held that the Bill of Rights only restricts the _____________ Government in Barron v. Baltimore, in 1833.

• National

• State

• Local

• County

This quote, " “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”, can be found in which Amendment of the Constitution?

• 17th

• 26th

• 4th

• 9th

The 14th Amendment includes the

• Bill of Rights

• Due Process Clause

• rights of an accused person

• all of these

There are ______ guarantees of religious freedom found in the Constitution.

• three

• five

• two

• four

The Free Exercise clause guards against the government interfering in the exercise of any religion

• Ture

• False