23 Civil Rights & Liberties

23 Civil Rights & Liberties

9th - 12th Grade

7 Qs

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23 Civil Rights & Liberties

23 Civil Rights & Liberties

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9th - 12th Grade

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Created by

Jeff Eaglin

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7 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

______________________ are limitations placed on the government. Basically, they are things the government can't do that might interfere with your personal freedom.

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