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Chapter 4
Question | Answer |
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the constitutional and other legal protections against government actions. they are set down in the Bill of Rights | Civil liberties |
The first ten amendments of the constitution | the Bill of Rights |
the government have to weigh the rights of both sides of a case | balance of the scales |
what is the first right in the bill of rights | the freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and the freedom of petition |
when was the bill of rights adopted | 1791 |
why was the basis of the law of the constitution the way it is | the effect of the British tyranny |
what is the second right | the right to bear arms |
what is the fourth right | freedom from searches and seizures |
what was the fifth right in the constitution | Grand Jury, Double jeopardy, Due process, Eminent Domain |
what is the sixth right in the bill of rights | criminal court procedures |
what is the seventh right in the bill of rights | trial by jury |
what if the eighth right in the bill | bails, fines, and punishment |
what is the tenth right | all rights not listed in the constitution listed specifically listed to the federal government is given to the states |
what is the fourteenth amendment | No state shall make a law that violates the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States, take their right to life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness, without due process of the law |
what is the due process clause | part of the 14th amendment that states that "no person shall be deprived of the right to life, liberty, or property without the due process of law |
what was Gitlow V. New York about | anarchy papers |
what was Baron V. Baltimore about | the court case in which the supreme court ruled that the bill of rights restrained the federal government not state or local |
what was the establishment clause | part of the first amendment that congress shall make no law respecting any religion |
how was the free exercise clause made | was born out of British rule |