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WorksheetsCivil Liberties & Responsibilities
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which is provided by the First Amendment and refers to the right of individual Americans to communicate thoughts of their choosing.
Freedom of expression
Right of life
Right to counsel
Freedom of religion
For no apparent reason, the police stopped Rita while she was driving and began to search through the trunk and her personal luggage. Choose the Amendment that was violated?
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
Luke was found innocent of armed robbery, but the state decided to bring him to trial again anyway. Choose the Amendment that was violated?
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
The president declared that the only rights Americans have are those listed in the first eight amendments. Which amendment was violated?
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
9th Amendment
10th Amendment
The federal government decided that state governments were no longer necessary. Which Amendment was violated?
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
9th Amendment
10th Amendment
The US Attorney General ordered all American citizens to turn in their rifles and hand guns by noon on Saturday. Which Amendment was violated?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
The citizens of Upper Creek voted to double the taxes of all Catholics. Which Amendment was violated?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
After being arrested for driving while intoxicated, the court could not arrange Carolyn's trial until the next year. Which Amendment was violated?
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
Judge M.T. Nasty ordered a doctor to cut off the right hand of Marty, a convicted pickpocket. What amendment was violated?
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
A US representative prohibited a local newspaper from printing an editorial that was critical of her voting record. Which Amendment was violated?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
In a civil trial where the dispute was more than $20, both sides were denied a jury trial. Which Amendment was violated?
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
Congress created a rule that United States citizens have to cook and clean for all branches of the Armed forces. What Amendment was violated?
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
The citizens of a small town in Connecticut had to be justly compensated when the state took their land to build a highway. This is an illustration of:
The right to due process and just compensation (Amendment V)
Freedom of religion, speech, assembly, petition (Amendment I)
Right to bear arms (Amendment II)
Freedom from warrantless search and seizure (Amendment IV)
What was the purpose of the ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment by Congress?
to enable the government’s military forces to spy on people who are likely to help terrorists
to provide federal authorities the rights to search people based on a speculation of crime
to protect the rights of freed slaves from state enacted laws
to prevent the increasing privatization of trade and commerce
States cannot execute people under the age of 18, after the Supreme Court found in 2005 that such executions were considered unacceptable due to the suffering, pain, or humiliation it inflicts on the person subjected to the sanction. This decision illustrates:
The right to due process and just compensation (Amendment V)
Freedom from cruel and unusual punishment (Amendment VIII)
Right to bear arms (Amendment II)
The right to due process and just compensation (Amendment V)
The Supreme Court
has ruled that even forms of symbolic speech considered to be dangerous to the public are protected.
ruled during the Vietnam War that the burning of draft registration cards was a protected form of symbolic speech.
has recently reduced its protections of symbolic speech dramatically and ruled against flag burning as a form of protected symbolic speech.
has generally protected symbolic speech nearly as substantially as it has protected verbal speech.
Freedom of speech can be silenced
under no circumstances.
when it is highly likely that immediate harm will result from the speech.
when the speech is unpopular.
when the speech is unpopular.
Libel applies to defamation of an individual's reputation through the
written word.
spoken word.
written, spoken, and symbolic word.
None of these answers is correct.
The Lemon test is designed to
ensure that government policies have a nonreligious purpose.
prevent a prosecution or defense from creating a biased jury.
test state adherence to rights protected by proxy in the Fourteenth Amendment.
ensure that a defendant has been given access to counsel from the time of arrest through a trial.
Miranda rights help guarantee a person's freedom from
illegal search and seizures.
compelled self-incrimination.
double jeopardy.
cruel and unusual punishments.
