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Ch.4 Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are civil liberties? (pg. 121) | Civil liberties are the freedoms we have to think and to act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment. |
| What five freedoms are protected by the First Amendment? (pg. 121) | Freedom of assembly, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom to Petition the Government, and Freedom of Religion. |
| What are at least 3 examples of speech protected by the First Amendment? (pg. 122) | Internet communication, art, music, and even clothing. |
| Freedom of speech is also known as the Freedom of | expression |
| What is censorship? Why is important for the government not to be able to censor speech and the media? (pg. 122) | The government cannot practice censorship; that is, it cannot ban printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas. |
| Why is the Zenger Case important? (pg. 123) | It is considered a landmark in the earliest parts of the history of the development of free press in America. |
| What are two limitations to speech? (pg. 124) | Spreading spoken lies is a crime called slander. It is called libel if lies are printed. |
| Define the freedom of assembly. It is also known as the freedom of.... (pg. 123) | association |
| Give me two examples of the freedom of association. (pg. 123) | Going to church, or going to concerts. |
| What is a petition? Why is it important to be able to question or criticize the government and our elected leaders? (pg. 123) | simply a formal request. It is important because it keep the government from getting too powerful, and making it listen to what the people want/need. |
| Which amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures? (pg. 127) | The fourth amendment |
| What does a search warrant allow a police officer to do? (pg. 127) | a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence. |
| How does the Fifth Amendment protect a person accused of a crime? (pg. 128) | It states that no one can be put on trial for a serious federal crime without an indictment- a formal charge by a group of citizens called a grand jury, who review the evidence against the accused. |
| What is double jeopardy? Do you think a person should be tried again if new evidence is found that may lead to a conviction? (pg. 128) | getting put on trial again for the same crime. No. |
| What is eminent domain? What does the government have to give you if eminent domain is declared on your property? Is it okay to you for the government to take land from you for the “public good”? (pg. 128) | is the right of the government to take private property- usually land- for public use. |
| Which amendment guarantees you a trial by jury that is speedy and public? (pg. 128-129) | The Sixth Amendment. |
| Do you have the right to question any witness? Do you have the right to a lawyer? (pg. 128) | YES |
| Why is the Miranda v. Arizona (1966) case important? (notes) | Because Miranda did not know his rights there for did not know he had the right to remain silent. This put inplace having your Miranda rights read to you when you are arrested. |
| Which amendment protects you from excessive fines and bail and cruel and unusual punishment? (pg. 129) | The Eighth Amendment 8th |
| Which amendment guarantees you the “right to bear arms”? Do you believe there should be some reasonable restrictions on who can own a weapon? If so, what are some of those restrictions? (pg. 130) | The Second 2nd amendment. Yes. Because everyone be shooting everybody. Mentally ill people. Murderers, people with a violent federal charge relating weapons. |
| Why is the Ninth Amendment important? What are some rights not listed in the Constitution? (pg. 131) | states that all other rights not spelled out in the Constitution are retained by the people. |
| What were poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses all aimed at doing? (Know what those terms mean too!) | To prevent Black people from voting. Poll taxes where taxes you had to pay to vote. Grandfather clauses Stated you may vote if your father or grandfather could vote. Literacy tests where use to see if you could read, you had to read to vote. |
| Which amendment abolishes poll taxes? (pg. 137) | The Twenty fourth Amendment. |
| Why is the 13th Amendment important? Why is the 15th Amendment important? (pg. 134-135) | The 13th amendment officially outlawed |
| The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are known as the __________ ____________ amendments because they were passed shortly after the conclusion of it. (pg. 134) | Civil War |
| How does the Fourteenth Amendment define a citizen? Why is the Fourteenth Amendment so important? (pg. 134-135) | It describes a citizen as anyone born or naturalized in the United States. It helped abolish slavery. |
| What is suffrage? Who was still not allowed to vote after the passage of the 15th Amendment? (pg. 135) | The Right to vote. Women. |
| What is segregation? (pg. 140) | The social separation of the races |
| Why is the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka a landmark Supreme Court case? What did it do? (pg. 140) | The Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in the public schools was unconstitutional. |
| What happened to cause the Montgomery Bus Boycott? (pg. 141) | An African American woman named Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Alabama bus. |
| Who is Martin Luther King, Jr., and how did he help lead the Civil Rights Movement? (pg. 141) | His words and efforts moved many to join in the struggle for equal rights. He encouraged his followers to use nonviolent resistance. |
| What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do? What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?(pg. 141 and pg. 143) | Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination in public facilities, employment, education, and voter registration. |
| What is affirmative action? How does it discriminate against others? | Encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in the fields that were traditionally closed to them. |
| Be familiar with the Dred Scott v. Sanford case on pg. 144. |
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