Unit 1: First Amendment

What are the five freedoms that the First Amendment protects for every United States citizen:

• Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and the Right to Petition the Government.

• Speech, Due Process, Assembly, Religion, and the Right to Bear Arms.

• Speech, Bear Arms, Due Process, Press, and the Right to Petition the Government.

• Speech, Free Education, Press, Due Process, and the Right to Bear Arms.

Which of the following is covered under symbolic speech?

• Writing a false claim about someone.

• Burning a U.S. flag.

• Yelling fire into a crowded room when their is no fire.

• Making a false claim about someone

Which of the following is NOT included in the 1st Amendment religious liberties?

• Outlawing church groups

• Establishment clause

• Free exercise clause

• Public prayer

Who has the duty to interpret and clarify the meaning of the Amendments to the Constitution?

• ThePresident

• The Supreme Court

• Congress

• The Citizens

What limits are placed on the Freedom of Speech/Press?

• can't slander (lie) about a person

• Can't encourage riots or criminal acts

• Can't threaten anyone with violence

• All of the above

Freedom of Assembly allows for people to gather

• inside private businesses

• on roads or entrances to block traffic

• in public locations such as parks and public sidewalks

• All of the above

To make a formal request asking the government to do something

• Assembly

• Petition

• Libel

• Slander

Harming someone's reputation by printing lies

• libel

• slander

• petition

• censorship

Harming someone's reputation by speaking lies

• slander

• libel

• petition

• censorship

A formal request for government action, often in the form of a brief or letter

• petition

• slander

• libel

• censorship