Government Standard 7 and Voting Rights Unit Test

What are protections against the government?

• Civil Rights

• Voting Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Gerrymandering

What are positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people?

• Supremacy Clause

• Civil Liberties

• Gerrymandering

• Civil Rights

What are these called Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion, the Right to a Fair Trial

• Civil Rights

• Voting Rights

• Civil Liberties

• Amendment I

Who wrote the Bill of Rights?

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• Herbie Handcock

• James Madison

Which of these below did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?

• Separate but Equal

• Gave women the right to vote

• No discrimination in a program that receives federal funding.

• Separate but equal was unconstitutional

What is it called when a person cannot be charged for the same crime once found innocent by a jury?

• Suffrage

• Double Jeopardy

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

Which of these below says the government must act fairly and in accord with established rules and laws in all that it does?

• Supremacy Clause

• Double Jeopardy

• Due Process of Law

• First Amendment

What is a formal device by which a person can be accused of a serious crime?

• Grand Jury

• Prosecution

• Civil Rights

• Civil Liberties

Who is the burden of proof on in a criminal case?

• Grand Jury

• Prosecution

• Defendant

• Judge

• Sheriff

Which Amendment gave the right to vote to men of color?

• Amendment XV

• Amendment XIX

• Amendment XXIV

• Amendment XXVI