Civil Rights and Liberties

What statement below best represents the purpose of the Bill of Rights?

• To restrict the power of Congress

• To protect the individual rights of citizens

• To police the states

• To restrict the power of the Executive Branch

This Amendment contains protections against self-incrimination and Double-Jeopardy

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

A false written statement is_______; The same statement spoken out loud is________.

• defamation; slander

• slander; libel

• libel; defamation

• libel; slander

Provision from the 1st Amendment that prevents the government from interfering in individual religious practices.

• Establishment Clause

• Due Process Clause

• Free-Exercise Clause

• Equal Protection Clause

Supreme Court case that states: public school students do not give up all first amendment protections when they enter their school.

• Tinker v Des Moines

• Wisconsin v Yoder

• New Jersey v TLO

• Morse v Fredrick

This amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures of property by the government.

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

Laws that give racial minorities preferential treatment for admission into college could be declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court because they violate.....

• Civil Liberties

• 5th Amendment

• Civil Rights

• Due Process

One of the purposes of the 14th Amendment is to....

• Prevent illegal searches

• Provide for freedom of expression

• End Slavery

• Ensure Equal Rights for everyone

What did Jim Crow Laws mandate?

• Voting Rights

• Racial Segregation

• Affirmative Action

• Grandfather Clauses

Which of the following ended private sector (businesses, restaurants, hotels)  discrimination based on race, ethnicity, gender and religious beliefs. 

• 14th Amendment

• Americans with Disabilities Act

• Brown v Board of Education

• Civil Rights Act of 1964