quiz on civil rights

Question 1

basic freedoms to think and to act that all people have and that are protected against government abuse

Answer 1

Civil Liberties

Question 2

rights of fair and equal status and treatment and the right to participate in government
Government can limit personal liberties (smoking in public)

Answer 2

Civil Rights

Question 3

can issue rulings when cases are brought to them

Answer 3

courts

Question 4

following established legal procedures

Answer 4

Due process clause

Question 5

certain protections are essential to due process of the law-states cannot deny these protections to the people

Answer 5

Selective Incorporation

Question 6

Rights of the states to form militias to ease fear of a national standing army

Answer 6

Second Amendment

Question 7

)- government can restrict automatic weapons, sawed-off shotguns and rifles

Answer 7

US v. Miller (1939)-

Question 8

challenge of Chicago’s strict gun control law

Answer 8

McDonald v. Chicago

Question 9

forbids the government from housing troops in private houses

Answer 9

3rd Amendment

Question 10

to show, authorities must explain what evidence they are looking for any why

Answer 10

4th Amendment-Probable Cause

Question 11

People are secure in their homes, persons, papers, and effects

Answer 11

Search and Seizures

Question 12

give authorities legal authority to conduct searches- must prove to a judge of probable cause

Answer 12

Search Warrants

Question 13

evidence obtained illegally may not be used against a person in court

Answer 13

Exclusionary Rule

Question 14

gives right to privacy

Answer 14

4th Amendment

Question 15

existence of a “Right to be Left Along”

Answer 15

Olmstead v. United States-

Question 16

Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the Constitution protected a right to privacy. The case involved a Connecticut “Comstock law” that prohibited any person from using “any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception.”

Answer 16

Griswold v. Connecticut

Question 17

that a right to privacy under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment extended to a woman’s decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state’s two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting women’s health and protecting the potentiality of human life.

Answer 17

Roe v. Wade

Question 18

The Pennsylvania legislature amended its abortion control law in 1988 and 1989. Among the new provisions, the law required informed consent and a 24 hour waiting period prior to the procedure. A minor seeking an abortion required the consent of one parent (the law allows for a judicial bypass procedure). A married woman seeking an abortion had to indicate that she notified her husband of her intention to abort the fetus.

Answer 18

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Question 19

forbids the federal government from depriving people of “life, liberty, property”

Answer 19

Fifth Amendment

Question 20

gives same protections from state governments

Answer 20

14th Amendment

Question 21

limits the government’s “police power”

Answer 21

Due Process

Question 22

requires government follow certain procedures before punishing a person

Answer 22

Procedural Due Process

Question 23

concerns whether the laws are fair and just

Answer 23

Substantive Due Process

Question 24

covers private disputes between people over property or relationships Mediation
Arbitration
Negotiation

Answer 24

Civil law

Question 25

system dealing with crimes and their punishments

Answer 25

Criminal law-

Question 26

grand jury believes there is enough evidence to charge a person with a crime
Bail Capital Punishment

Answer 26

Indictments

Question 27

legal order requiring that an imprisoned person be brought before a court so that a judge may determine whether or not the imprisonment is legal

Answer 27

Habeas corpus

Question 28

5th Amendment guarantees that people cannot be tried for most federal crimes

Answer 28

grand juries

Question 29

5th Amendment allows a person not to give evidence and testimony of themselves

Answer 29

Self-Incrimination-

Question 30

is a right to silence warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings.

Answer 30

Miranda Warnings

Question 31

Speedy and Public

Answer 31

6 amendment

Question 32

can have bench trials (judge decides the case)

Answer 32

Trial by Jury (6th Amd)

Question 33

all defendants have the right to be informed of the charges against them

Answer 33

6th amendment

Question 34

protects from Double jeopardy (stand trial twice for same crime)

Answer 34

5th Amd

Question 35

No excessive fines

Answer 35

8th amendment

Question 36

Capital Punishment is Constitutional

Answer 36

Cruel and Unusual Punishments (8th Amd)-