8.1 Review

What are civil liberties?

• Protections against government acts

• Guarantees of total freedom

• Positive acts of government

• Rights that belong only to citizens

What are civil rights?

• Guarantees of total freedom

• Protections against government acts

• Rights that belong only to citizens

• Positive acts of government

What does the 9th Amendment state?

• The people have other rights in addition to those in the Constitution

• The people have no other rights besides those in the Constitution

• The people have to give up some rights for the Constitution

• The people have to follow the Constitution at all times

Who do most constitutional rights belong to in the United States?

• All people living in the United States

• Only citizens

• Only residents

• Only aliens

What does the 14th Amendment's Due Process Clause state?

• The Supreme Court shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property

• No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

• The State governments shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property

• The National Government shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property

What is incorporation in the context of the Bill of Rights?

• The process of excluding guarantees in the Bill of Rights from the Due Process Clause

• The process of removing guarantees in the Bill of Rights

• The process of including guarantees in the Bill of Rights in the Due Process Clause

• The process of creating new guarantees in the Bill of Rights

What limits the power of government in relation to civil liberties?

• The Constitution

• The National Government

• The Bill of Rights

• The Supreme Court

Who are aliens in the context of constitutional rights?

• Foreign-born residents

• Only people living in the United States

• Citizens

• Noncitizens

What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To list the rights of the State governments

• To list the rights of the National Government

• To list the rights of the people

• To list the responsibilities of citizens

What is the main difference between civil liberties and civil rights?

• Civil liberties are negative acts of government, civil rights are positive acts of government

• Civil liberties are positive acts of government, civil rights are negative acts of government

• Civil liberties are protections against government acts, civil rights are positive acts of government

• Civil liberties are positive acts of government, civil rights are protections against government acts