Unit 5: Judicial Branch, Civil liberties and rights

Which of the following is NOT a "due process" amendment?

• fourth

• sixth

• fourteenth

• fifteenth

If Supreme Court justices disagree with the opinion of the court, they can write a

• concurring opinion.

• dissenting opinion.

• argumentative opinion.

• majority opinion.

If you wanted to know your rights as a citizen, where could you look?

• Bill of Rights

• Article II of the Constitution

• The Amendments

• Article I of the Constitution

The process of incorporation was implemented through the ___ amendment.

• 5th

• 19th

• 14th

• 6th

The 15th Amendment extended voting rights to

• all people including foreigners.

• former people who lived under forced servitude.

• all people no matter if they lived in the US or not.

• only people who could pass a literacy exam.

The Fourteenth Amendment was passed to assure _____ of former slaves.

• civil rights

• equality

• criminal rights

• suffrage

The _____ movement of 1964 ended segregation in all public places.

• civil liberties

• Jim Crow

• civil rights

• segregation

Double jeopardy is protected in the ____ amendment.

• fourteenth

• sixth

• thirteenth

• fifth

In the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the ruling of the Supreme Court was based on the _____________ clause in the 14th Amendment.

• Equal protection

• Miranda

• Suffrage

• Exclusionary

Which of the following correct defines judicial activism?

• Supreme Court Justices stay within the true intent of Congress when deciding Constitutional issues.

• Supreme Court Justices collaborate with the Executive Branch to make sure the law is Constitutional or not.

• Supreme Court Justices collaborate with the Legislative Branch in order to make sure none of the laws need to be reviewed by the Court.

• Supreme Court Justices interpret the Constitution loosely in order as society changes.