CH 8.1 The Unalienable Rights

Which of the following BEST describes the Bill of Rights?

• positive acts of government that protect constitutional rights

• right to freely assemble

• the first ten amendments to the Constitution

• the unalienable rights of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Which of the following BEST illustrates the idea of personal desires and interests being subordinated to the public good?

• A neighbor blares her stereo in the middle of the night.

• A person shouts “fire” in a crowded theater.

• A public demonstration blocks traffic for hours.

• A publisher refrains from printing sensitive war-related information.

What is the significance of the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment?

• It guarantees individual rights and freedoms not specifically listed in the Constitution.

• It prevents the States from denying any right that is basic to the concept of ordered liberty.

• It requires States to honor all rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution.

• It requires the National Government to relinquish grand jury authority to the States.

Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?

• The Constitution omitted a general listing of the rights of the people.

• Some States disagreed with the powers granted to the legislature in the Constitution.

• The Framers believed that the Bill of Rights should be its own document.

• The Framers had not been able to agree on a Bill of Rights during the Constitutional Convention.

What is the process of incorporation?

• the application of 7th Amendment rights at the State level

• the merging of many guarantees of the Bill of Rights into the 9th Amendment

• the application of States’ Bill of Rights to the national level

• the efforts to selectively extend some of the Bill of Rights to the States

From what or whom does the Bill of Rights protect citizens’ rights?

• the National Government

• the State governments

• the National Government and State governments

• all governments

From what or whom does the 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause protect citizens’ rights?

• the National Government

• the State governments

• the National Government and State governments

• all governments

According to the founders of the United States, what MAIN purpose does government serve?

• Governments are formed to place limits on what people are allowed to do.

• Governments are formed to protect the unalienable rights of the people.

• Governments are formed as a means of electing leaders and punishing lawbreakers.

• Governments are formed to give a country legitimacy among the community of nations.

Through the process of incorporation, the Supreme Court has

• established the difference between civil rights and civil liberties.

• held that each person's rights are relative to those of every other person.

• guaranteed the protections found in the Constitution to noncitizens.

• extended most of the protections in the Bill of Rights to the States.

Read the following quotation from Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: "The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic." Which of the following points is supported by this quotation?

• The Constitution guarantees both civil rights and civil liberties to the American people.

• The early colonists brought a dedication to individual rights with them to America.

• Governmental authority in the United States is strictly limited.

• In the United States, each person's rights are relative to the rights of every other person.