S2 Review, Part #1

Match the following constitutional amendments to the correct description

• 3rd Amendment

• Outlines the basic freedoms of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

• 5th Amendment

• Right to bear (own) arms and states can form militias

• 1st Amendment

• Sets forth due process, charges, double jeopardy, and eminent domain

• 4th Amendment

• Sets the requirement for legal searches and search warrants

• 2nd Amendment

• Government cannot house soldiers in private homes without permission

The Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery where?

• Entire United States

• Border states between Confederacy and United States

• Confederacy

What was the role of the Underground Railroad?

• Spread abolitionist message to Southern states

• Help escaped slaves to freedom in the Northern states or Canada

• Armed enslaved people on plantations to start rebelling against slaveowners

• Provided educational opportunities for freed African Americans

Match the following constitutional amendments to the best description.

• Outlines basic trial requirements and rights of those accused of crimes

• 7th Amendment

• Federalism

• 8th Amendment

• No excessive bail or fines; no cruel and unusual punishment

• 6th Amendment

• Allows jury trials in civil cases when controversy is above $20 in value

• 10th Amendment

• Implied rights of Americans

• 9th Amendment

Government can and will control freedom of speech in all spectrums EXCEPT

• Type of speech

• Manner of speech

• Time of speech

• Place of speech

The power of the government to take private property for public use with just compensation is known as...

• Civil forfeiture

• Eminent domain

• Establishment

• Clear and present danger

Match the following doctrines that are NOT protected by the 1st Amendment.

• Unlawful speech that calls for violence or illegal activity

• Clear and present danger

• Unlawful speech that poses a direct threat to public safety or national security

• Triggers of action

• Unlawful speech that attempts to instigate violence or other illegal actions

• Fighting words

The reasonable conclusion that unlawful activity is occuring based on objective facts and observations is known as...

• Probable cause

• Plain view

• Justification

• Probable justification

Search warrants are NOT required in all of the following circumstances EXCEPT.

• Emergency circumstances

• Plain view exception

• Search after lawful arrest (SITLA)

• Searching for time sensitive evidence

Match the following precedents to the correct Supreme Court case it describes

• Public figures are subject to more scrutiny and criticism than private citizens

• Mapp v. Ohio

• Evidence taken in an illegal search is inadmissible and void in court

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Defendants are entitled to a lawyer, even if they cannot afford one

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Arrested individuals must be read their constitutional rights

• New York Times v. Sullivan

• Student speech in schools is permitted as long as it doesn't impact the learning environment

• Tinker v. Des Moines