Civil Rights & Civil Liberties Exam Review

Civil Rights are...

• constitutional protections from improper government action

• promises of the government to guarantee equal citizenship and to protect citizens from discrimination

Civil Liberties are

• constitutional protections from improper government action

• promises of the government to guarantee equal citizenship and to protect citizens from discrimination

True or False: The "separate but equal" policy still exists in common law in 2019.

• True

• False

Why are the court cases Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education commonly studied together?

• The court decisions happened at the same time in history.

• The decision of Plessy v. Ferguson set the current precedent for civil rights laws in the United States, unlike Brown v. Board.

• Both cases are going to both be re-tried in the Supreme Court in the coming years.

• Brown v. Board of Education determined that the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson was unconstitutional.

The 4th Amendment of the Constitution discusses the protections against

• double jeopardy

• unreasonable search and seizure

• right to a speedy trial

• freedom of speech

Due process is first mentioned in which Amendment of the Constitution?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 4th

• 5th

Why is eminent domain protected under the 5th Amendment?

• It protects the right to liberty.

• It protects the right to property.

• It protects the individual.

• It protects the right to life.

Violation of habeus corpus could be argued to effect which group of people?

• prisoners at Guantanamo Bay

• federal judges

• anyone with a criminal record

• students trying to gain admission to college

True or False: The right to privacy is explicitly written into the Constitution.

• True

• False

The 8th Amendment discusses "cruel and unusual punishment." Which topic from this unit best relates to this idea?

• Affirmative Action

• USA PATRIOT Act

• The Death Penalty

• Domestic Surveillance