______________________ are limitations placed on the government. Basically, they are things the government can't do that might interfere with your personal freedom.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Procedural Rights
Economic Liberties
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
______ are curbs on the power of majorities to make decisions that would benefit some at the expense of others. Basically, ...guarantees of equal citizenship, and they mean that citizens are protected from discrimination by majorities.
Civil Rights
Civil Liberties
Procedural Rights
Economic Liberties
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
________ are limits on what the government can do. For example, the First Amendment says that Congress shall make no law establishing religion.
Substantive Liberties
Procedural Liberties
Economic Liberties
Political Liberties
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
_________ are limits on how the government can act. For example, in America in courtroom dramas, there is a presumption that someone is innocent until proven guilty.
Procedural Liberties
Circumstantial Liberties
Enumerated Rights
Expressive Rights
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Civil liberties are contained in the "____________," which is the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Supremacy Clause
Elastic Clause
Declaration of Independence
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
The ______________ suggests that the list of liberties and/or rights in the other amendments aren't the only rights guaranteed to the people.
Ninth Amendment
Declaration of Independence
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Elastic Clause
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
3 mins • 1 pt
Since civil liberties did not Constitutionally apply to state law, the _____________ and the Supreme Court ruled that states can't deny equal protection, civil rights, or due process to any citizen.
Fourteenth Amendment
Tenth Amendment
Supremacy Clause
Civil Rights Act
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