Bill of Right Ch. 5 Terms

Question 1

Civil liberties

Answer 1

Basic freedom/ natural rights
Protected from government interference

Question 2

Incorporation

Answer 2

the process by which the Supreme Court applies the BOR to the states using the 14th amendment

Question 3

Civil Rights

Answer 3

Guarantees of equal rights
Equal treatment no discrimination
Voting rights women and blacks

Question 4

14th amendment

Answer 4

Keeps states from denying citizens rights that are guaranteed

Question 5

Equal Protection Clause

Answer 5

In the 14th amendment declaring that no state may deny “equal protection of the laws”

Question 6

Establishment Clause

Answer 6

Right to religious freedom
Guaranteed the separation of church and state

Question 7

Free exercise clause

Answer 7

Right to practice any faith or no faith at all

Question 8

Secular

Answer 8

Not religious or spiritual in nature

Question 9

Libel

Answer 9

Publishing false information to cause harm
Written or texted

Question 10

Slander

Answer 10

Orally spreading false information to cause harm
Said/in IRL

Question 11

Symbolic speech

Answer 11

Messages spoken without words

Question 12

Prior restraint

Answer 12

Government tried to prevent something bad before it happens

Question 13

Warrant

Answer 13

Document that allows you to carry out a search and seizure

Question 14

Probable cause

Answer 14

Reasonable suspicion of criminal behavior

Question 15

Exclusionary rule

Answer 15

Mapp v Ohio
That if you find evidence without a warrant it can’t be used in court

Question 16

Self-incrimination

Answer 16

When you say you did the crime

Question 17

Double Jeopardy

Answer 17

You can’t be tried for the same case twice

Question 18

Eminent Domain

Answer 18

That the government can secure private property for public purpose

Question 19

Reserved power

Answer 19

10th amendment
Rights that are not given to the national gov but are reserved for the state