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Question 1

What is the 1st Amendment?

Answer 1

Protects freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

Question 2

What is the 14th Amendment?

Answer 2

Addresses citizenship rights and equal protection under the law

Question 3

What is the 4th Amendment?

Answer 3

Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures

Question 4

What is the ‘Free Exercise Clause’?

Answer 4

Prohibits the government from interfering with religious practices

Question 5

What is the Miranda Rule?

Answer 5

Requires police to inform suspects of their rights before questioning

Question 6

What is the nationalization of the Bill of Rights?

Answer 6

Application of the Bill of Rights’ protections to state and local governments

Question 7

What is ‘prior restraint’?

Answer 7

The right to stop spoken or printed expression in advance

Question 8

What is procedural due process?

Answer 8

Addresses the manner in which the law is carried out

Question 9

What is the 2nd Amendment?

Answer 9

Protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm

Question 10

What is ‘selective incorporation’?

Answer 10

State laws must adhere to selective Bill of Rights provisions

Question 11

What is the ‘separate but equal doctrine’?

Answer 11

Legal doctrine that allowed racial segregation with supposedly equal opportunities

Question 12

What is the 6th Amendment?

Answer 12

Guarantees the right to a speedy trial

Question 13

What is substantive due process?

Answer 13

Requires the government to create fair policies and laws

Question 14

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

Answer 14

Banned literacy tests and empowered federal oversight of voter registration

Question 15

Fill in the blank: The 1st Amendment protects freedoms of _______.

Answer 15

religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

Question 16

True or False: The 4th Amendment allows for unreasonable searches.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Fill in the blank: The Miranda Rule requires police to read rights to a ______ before questioning.

Answer 17

suspect

Question 18

What does the 14th Amendment guarantee?

Answer 18

Equal protection under the law

Question 19

True or False: The 2nd Amendment is about the right to free speech.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

What is Affirmative Action?

Answer 20

The label placed on institutional efforts to diversify by race, gender, or otherwise.

Question 21

What does the Bill of Rights refer to?

Answer 21

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution.

Question 22

Define Civil Liberties.

Answer 22

Protections of citizens’ thoughts, beliefs, opinions, and their right to express them.

Question 23

What are Civil Rights?

Answer 23

The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality.

Question 24

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Answer 24

Legislation that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Question 25

What is the Clear-and-present danger doctrine?

Answer 25

A test to determine whether speech is protected or unprotected.

Question 26

What is De facto segregation?

Answer 26

The separation of people into groups by fact, rather than by law.

Question 27

What is De jure segregation?

Answer 27

The legal separation of people into groups based on race, religion, gender, or age.

Question 28

What does the Due Process Clause ensure?

Answer 28

Fair procedures when the government burdens or deprives an individual.

Question 29

What does the 8th Amendment protect against?

Answer 29

Excessive bail, fines, and cruel and unusual punishment.

Question 30

What is the Equal Protection Clause?

Answer 30

Prohibits state governments from denying persons within their jurisdiction equal protection of the laws.

Question 31

What does the Establishment Clause prohibit?

Answer 31

Laws respecting an establishment of religion.

Question 32

What is the Exclusionary Rule?

Answer 32

A legal principle that excludes evidence obtained in violation of a defendant's constitutional rights.

Question 33

Fill in the blank: The 5th Amendment includes protections against _______.

Answer 33

grand jury, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, due process.