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Magruder 20.1 Due Process 20

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Amendment is freedom of speech associated with?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

4th

d)

13th

2.

What Amendment is the right to bear arms (firearms) associated with?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

4th

d)

13th

3.

What Amendment is your right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures associated with?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

4th

d)

13th

4.

Where would you find Amendments 1, 2, 4 & 5?

a)

Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx.

b)

Declaration of Independence.

c)

Articles of Confederation.

d)

Bill of Rights.

5.

What Amendment is most associated with the abolition of Slavery?

a)

1st

b)

2nd

c)

4th

d)

13th

6.

Due Process is the idea that the government must...

a)

Have fair laws.

b)

Treat everyone equally.

c)

Respect all legal rights.

d)

All of the above.

7.

Life, liberty and property cannot be taken without....

a)

Reading the Miranda Rights.

b)

Your permission.

c)

Due process of law.

d)

All of the above.

8.

Which one of these Amendment says that life, liberty and property cannot be denied?

a)

1st.

b)

2nd.

c)

5th.

d)

13th

9.

When you no longer have the right to defend your freedoms as you see fit...

a)

It is at that moment that you no longer have them.

b)

It is at that moment that you no longer have them.

c)

It is at that moment that you no longer have them.

d)

It is at that moment that you no longer have them.

10.

Which Amendment says that STATES cannot deprive individuals of "life, liberty and property?"

a)

1st.

b)

2nd.

c)

13th.

d)

14th.

11.

In general, "due process" means that government....

a)

Can do what it needs to to maintain power.

b)

Must treat people fairly and just.

c)

Can discriminate when needed.

d)

Must ensure equity.

12.

The problem with words like "fair" or "just" is that they can mean different things...

a)

At different times.

b)

To different people.

c)

To the government than you.

d)

All of the above.

13.

Substantive due process is about...

a)

The laws and rules.

b)

How the government acts.

14.

Procedural due process is about....

a)

The laws and rules.

b)

How the government acts.

15.

What does the 2nd Amendment protect?

a)

Freedom of speech.

b)

Freedom of religion.

c)

The right of the PEOPLE to keep and bear arms.

d)

All of the above.

16.

"Due process" means that the government cannot violate an individual's...

a)

Right to privacy.

b)

Right to be free from unwarranted seizures.

c)

Right to be free from unwarranted searches.

d)

All of the above.

17.

Originally, the Bill of Rights did NOT apply to....

a)

The U.S. Federal Government.

b)

States

18.

The 14th Amendment says that the Bill of Rights applies to....

a)

The national government.

b)

State and local government.

c)

Foreign governments.

19.

This is the authority of a state to protect the safety and well being of it's citizens.

a)

Police power.

b)

Judicial power.

c)

Legislative power.

d)

Lobotomy power.

20.

The laws apply equally to everyone, including...

a)

The President.

b)

The police.

c)

Governors and mayors.

d)

All of the above.

21.

If it is wrong for YOU to do, then it is also...

a)

Wrong for THEM to do.

b)

Wrong for THEM to do.

c)

Wrong for THEM to do.

d)

Wrong for THEM to do.

22.

This doesn't mean that laws do NOT apply equally.

a)

Shiny badges.

b)

Funny uniforms.

c)

Silly hats

d)

All of the above.

23.

What is a court order authorizing a search called?

a)

A corpus dilicti.

b)

An E Pluribus Unum.

c)

A search warrant.

d)

All of the above.

24.

What must a search warrant include...

a)

A judge's signature.

b)

A good reason there is need for a search.

c)

The name of the place to be searched.

d)

All of the above.

25.

Who usually makes laws like seatbelt laws or smoking and drinking age laws.

a)

Federal government

b)

State government

c)

City government

d)

Town government.

26.

What things have states done to promote safety, health and morals?

a)

Set drinking and smoking ages.

b)

Outlawed gambling.

c)

Outlawed obsenity.

d)

All of the above.

27.

Laws like seatbelt laws, smoking and drinking ages are laws created to....

a)

Protect public safety.

b)

Protect public health.

c)

To encourage good morality.

d)

All of the above.

28.

Do you think that state governments should have things like a seat belt law?

a)

Yes, it's for everyone's good and safety.

b)

No, it's an attack of our right to make our own choices.

c)

A compromise might be for under 18 only.

29.

This is the name for your right to be LEFT ALONE!

a)

The right to a lawyer.

b)

The right to privacy.

c)

The right to trial by jury.

d)

The right to freedom of speech.

30.

What has been one of the most controversial right to privacy issues in America?

a)

Internet privacy.

b)

Phone privacy.

c)

Abortion.

d)

Home privacy.

31.

One of the most famous Supreme Court cases dealing with abortion is called...

a)

Frazier vs. Ali.

b)

Kong vs. Godzilla.

c)

Roe vs. Wade.

d)

Us vs. Them.

32.

What did the Supreme Court decide in the "Roe vs. Wade" decision?

a)

It declared abortion illegal in all states in the U.S.A..

b)

It said a state can NOT interfere with a woman's choice during the first trimester.

33.

Without due process (fair rules and fair treatment) you do not have....

a)

Freedom

b)

Freedom

c)

Freedom

d)

Freedom