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Civil Liberties Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected and that all people have

a)

civil liberties

b)

Civil lac

c)

privacy

d)

free exercise clause

2.

A government action that seeks to prevent materials from being published

a)

sedition

b)

slander

c)

due process

d)

prior restraint

3.

The legal authority to search private property.

a)

search warrant

b)

probable cause

c)

criminal law

d)

civil law

4.

Crime of making war against the United States or giving “aid and comfort” to its enemies

a)

probable cause

b)

capital punishment

c)

treason

d)

sedition

5.

communication of ideas through symbols and actions

a)

symbolic speech

b)

libel

c)

Miranda rights

d)

due process

6.

Roe v. Wade involved the right to

a)

free speech

b)

petition the government

c)

privacy

d)

the free exercise of religion

7.

Speech or actions that inspire revolt against the government

a)

probable cause

b)

sedition

c)

libel

d)

symbolic speech

8.

Covers private disputes between people over property or relationships

a)

criminal law

b)

civil law

c)

exclusionary rule

d)

14th amendment

9.

defamation in print is called

a)

slander

b)

libel

c)

probable cause

d)

privacy

10.

death penalty

a)

14th amendment

b)

criminal law

c)

Miranda warning

d)

capital punishment

11.

Made to stand trial twice for the same offense

a)

double jeopardy

b)

prior restraint

c)

civil liberties

d)

incorporation doctrine

12.

The rule that evidence obtained illegally may not be used against a person in court is known as the

a)

probable cause

b)

exclusionary rule

c)

plain-view rule

d)

establishment clause

13.

A list of certain constitutional rights possessed by those accused of crimes

a)

Miranda rights

b)

excessive bail

c)

criminal law

d)

incorporation doctrine

14.

following established and complete legal procedures

a)

criminal law

b)

civil law

c)

due process

d)

free exercise clause

15.

Spoken defamatory statement

a)

libel

b)

slander

c)

free exercise clause

d)

sedition

16.

Guarantees each person the right to hold any religious beliefs they choose

a)

free exercise clause

b)

establishment clause

c)

due process

d)

privacy

17.

Idea that much of the Bill of Rights has been merged into the Fourteenth Amendment

a)

free exercise clause

b)

criminal law

c)

incorporation doctrine

d)

establishment clause

18.

Part of the Constitution that forbids government from creating an official religion

a)

14th amendment

b)

establishment clause

c)

free exercise clause

d)

sedition

19.

Reasonable grounds for a search

a)

prior restraint

b)

probable cause

c)

excessive bail

d)

limits on the Bill of Rights

20.

"no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law"

a)

Criminal law

b)

civil law

c)

14th amendment

d)

Limits on Bill of rights