AP GOV- Civil Liberties Week 1 Practice

What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?

• Declaration of Independence

• Preamble

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This amendment protects a person from an unreasonable search by a police officer

• 1st

• 2nd

• 4th

• 5th

A person was arrested and the police detectives immediately started asking questions about the crime committed. The accused person was very nervous, but started answering the questions. Later the accused person's lawyer challenged the evidence collected, because one of their liberties wasn't protected- which liberty was it?

• Right to not self-incriminate, plead the fifth

• Freedom of speech

• Right to be free from an unreasonable search

• No cruel and unusual punishment

The process by which the Supreme Court started applying the bill of rights to the state governments on a case by case basis is called...

• Exclusionary power

• Power of the 10th amendment

• Due Process

• Selective incorporation

Which group of people wanted to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

• Federalists

• Anti-Federalists

• British King

• AP Government teachers

The due process clause of the _____ amendment made it possible for the Supreme Court to begin applying the bill of rights to the state governments.

• 10th

• 14th

• 5th

• 15th

The bill of rights INITIALLY only provided protections for peoples' freedoms from a strong, overbearing ____ government

• British government

• National Government

• State Government

• Local Government

Which of the following liberties is NOT found in the first amendment?

• Freedom of Religion

• Freedom of the Press

• Freedom to have an attorney

• Freedom of Speech

Which of the following cases involved incorporating one of the bill of rights to the state governments?

• McDonald v Chicago

• Marbury v Madison

• Reno v Shaw

• Citizens United v FEC

Which liberty/amendment was incorporated as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in McDonald v Chicago?

• Freedom of Speech/1st

• Right to bear arms/2nd

• Right to remain silent/5th

• Due Process/14th