Civil Rights and Liberties

Which one of Locke’s ideas about government was included in the Declaration of Independence?

• The government should control all aspects of life.

• There should be no government.

• A monarchy is the best government.

• Government gets its right to govern from the consent of the people (Social Contract)

These rights include life, safety, the ability to earn a living, basic necessities

• civil rights

• political rights

• natural rights

• right of revolution

These Constitutional rights protect us from the government having too much power over all people.

• civil rights

• civil liberties

• natural rights

• all the above

What is the name for the first ten amendments?

• Consitution

• Preamble

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

What is the term for the governments' ensuring of equal protection and freedom from discrimination?

• civil rights

• civil liberties

• civil air patrol

• civil actions

What is the term for rights and freedoms which all people should have just because they are human?

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Natural Rights

• Due process

What are the freedoms contained in the First Amendment sometimes called?

• due process

• essential freedoms

• suffrage

• civil liberties

Jensen has been in a wheelchair for most of his life. He enjoys being outside, but the curbs down the street have not been modified for wheelchair access, so he can't travel safely for very far. Is this a violation of his civil rights or his civil liberties?

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Both civil rights and civil liberties

• no violation has occured

Rick Arnold retired upon reaching the age of 65. This was several years ago. He was bored, so he applied for a position at Home Depot. He was told by the store manager that he was a little too old for the position. Did Mr. Arnold suffer a violation of his civil rights or his civil liberties or neither?

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Both civil rights and civil liberties

• no violation has occurred

Allison and her high school friends, all under the age of 16, decide to go to the mall on Friday night, 8:00pm, past the local curfew for their age. The mall security refuses to let them enter saying they are too young and there is no adult supervision with them. Have these teenagers suffered a violation of their civil rights or civil liberties?

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Both Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

• No violation has occurred