Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Review

Describe the purpose of the Bill of Rights.

• To protect the rights of the government

• To guarantee individual liberties

• To establish a national religion

• To limit the powers of the states

Identify whom the Bill of Rights originally protected people from.

• The federal government

• Foreign invaders

• State governments

• Religious institutions

Identify the protections guaranteed in the Bill of Rights.

• Right to healthcare, right to housing, right to employment

• Right to bear arms, right to privacy, right to education

• Right to free speech, right to a fair trial, right to vote

• Right to due process, right to equal protection, right to freedom of religion

Define the Establishment Clause.

• Protects religious practices from government interference.

• Allows the government to promote a specific religion.

• Guarantees the right to practice any religion.

• Prohibits the government from establishing an official religion.

Define the Free Exercise Clause.

• Prohibits the government from establishing an official religion

• Guarantees the right to practice any religion

• Allows the government to promote a specific religion

• Protects religious practices from government interference

Does the Free Exercise Clause or the Establishment Clause protect majoritarian religions? Please explain.

• The Establishment Clause protects, but the Free Exercise Clause does not.

• The Free Exercise Clause protects, but the Establishment Clause does not.

• Neither the Free Exercise Clause nor the Establishment Clause protect majoritarian religions.

• Both the Free Exercise Clause and the Establishment Clause protect majoritarian religions.

Describe the facts, the constitutional clause, and the precedent set by Engel v. Vitale (1962).

• Allowed school-sponsored prayer in public schools

• Prohibited religious symbols in public schools

• Prohibited school-sponsored prayer in public schools

• Allowed religious symbols in public schools

Describe the facts, constitutional clause, and precedent set by Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972).

• The government was prohibited from regulating Amish education.

• Amish students were compelled to attend school past the eighth grade.

• Amish students were prohibited from attending school.

• The government was allowed to regulate Amish education.

What type of speech is protected?

• Commercial speech

• Political speech

• Obscene speech

• Hate speech

Define symbolic speech.

• Speech that is protected by the government

• Speech that conveys a particular message through symbols or actions

• Speech that uses symbols instead of words

• Speech that is offensive to others