Rights/Cases Review

How do citizens experience economic freedom?

*Hint: which answer choice can be bought or sold?

• petitioning the government

• owning property

• practice religion

• elect representative

What long-term impact does this headline reflect?

• expanding (increasing) the right to vote

• protecting due process rights

• expanding right to privacy

• protecting property rights

How does the judicial branch of the United States government protect individual rights?

• ratify (approve) laws

• enforce laws

• veto laws

• overturn unconstitutional laws

Which amendment protects you from unwanted searches and seizures and requires police to use a warrant or probable cause to check you or your property?

• third

• fourth

• sixth

• seventh

How has the constitutional protection of free speech shaped the involvement of individuals in social movements in the United States?

• Punished people that support unpopular movements.

• Allowed people to choose the social movements they want

• Banned involvement in social movements that speak out against the government.

• Required individuals to receive government approval to support social movements.

What has been a long-lasting impact of citizen’s protection of freedom of the press?

• the government controls all the media

• the media chooses only to publish what's popular

• government allows citizens to share only some info

• media has the right to report on the actions of government

Shaun: We need order and safety during public meetings. How can elected

officials get their work done if people are protesting outside their meeting?

Elena: It is important that people let their opinions be known. I think that protests are okay as long as they don't cause a disruption.

Which constitutional principle supports Elena’s argument?

• right to due process

• right to plead the fifth

• right to peaceably assemble

• right to equal protection under the law

A state wants to build a light rail system between

two cities. It purchases most of the land needed

for the system, but one family refuses to sell its

property to the state.

Which action explains how this property issue could be solved?

• The state can file a civil law case with the Supreme Court

• state can ask federal to negotiate

• state can use eminent domain to buy the land

• state cannot do anything until the land is eventually sold to them

Based on the poster, which U.S. document would be supported by purchasing war bonds?

*Hint: which protects free religion?

• Common Sense

• Declaration of Independence

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Rights

Which amendment allows you to have free religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech - but can be limited if you ignore the safeguards?

• fifth

• second

• eighth

• first