American Government Chapter 4.1

1

What are the first ten amendments called?

10th amendments
Virginia declaration of rights
Bill of Rights
English Bill of Rights

2

What does the 1st ten amendments protect?

Freedoms and rights
Right to vote
Right to libel and slander
Right to freedom of speech

3

To whom does the constitution the Bill of rights to and what are they referred as

Citizens-citizens or adults;
Persons-children, visitors from other countries, and immigrants—permanent
Citizens-children, visitors from other countries, and immigrants—permanent
Persons- adult children
The people-citizens or adults;

4

Define civil liberties

Are guarantees that government officials will treat people equally and that decisions will be made on the basis of merit rather than race, gender, or other personal characteristics.
As being limitations on government power, intended to protect freedoms that governments may not legally intrude on.
Is the process in which people acts as checks and balances to override any unwanted government actions

5

Which amendment is an example of civil liberty taking place.

1, because First Amendment denies the government the power to prohibit “the free exercise” of religion; the states and the national government cannot forbid people to follow a religion of their choice, even if politicians and judges think the religion is misguided, blasphemous, or otherwise inappropriate.
1, because the the first amendment ensures the government cannot restrict our freedom of speech regardless of the situation
2, because this amendment ensures our government erode gun regulations
9, because it is expressed in the implies powers that the government cannot involve in scenarios involved with laws not clearly stated

6

In order to create your own religion and recruit followers to it, the supreme court must deem it what?

Necessary for economic prosperity
Appropriate enough to be favor by the majority population of the US
A religion

7

What did the Eighth Amendment say?

The government can impose laws that may seem to be cruel and unusual as long as there is a good reason for it
The government cannot impose “cruel and unusual punishments” on individuals for their criminal acts.
The government the government can impose “cruel and unusual punishments” on individuals for their criminal acts as long as due process was in effect.

8

what courts have generally and consistently interpreted this provision as making it unconstitutional for government officials to do to suspects based on the 8th amendment.

Death penalty
Bill of attainder
Torture

9

Define civil rights

Are guarantees that government officials will treat people equally and that decisions will be made on the basis of race, gender, or other personal characteristics rather than merit.
Is the likelihood that government officials will treat people equally and that decisions will be made on the basis of race, gender, or other personal characteristics rather than merit.
Is the likelihood that government officials will treat people equally and that decisions will be made on the basis of merit rather than race, gender, or other personal characteristics.
Are guarantees that government officials will treat people equally and that decisions will be made on the basis of merit rather than race, gender, or other personal characteristics.

10

What was at the core of the arguments the Americans made in favor of their independence?

The grievances from the declaration of independence
Taxation without representation
Fundamental rights and liberties

11

in 1776, _______________ drew on the ideas of _________________ to express the colonists’ belief that they had certain inalienable or natural rights that no ruler had the power or authority to deny to his or her subjects.

John Locke, Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson, John Locke
King George iii, John Locke
Thomas Jefferson, John Lok

12

Who was the declaration of independence addressing? choose the best answer?

King George I
Great Britain
King George II
King George III

13

What became Jefferson’s words that became the centerpiece of struggles for the rights of women and minorities

All men are created equal
Life, Liberty, property, and the pursuit of Happiness
We the people
Life, Liberty, and property

14

What does ALCU stand for, when was it founded, and their purpose?

1920, American Civil Liberties Union, to “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties
1920, American Civil Liberty Union, to educate the individual rights and liberties
1930, American Central Liberty Union, to override the government
1930, American Central Liberty Union, to “to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties

15

When was the Constitution officially written

1796
1785
1786
1787
1784

16

What did the framers value more than the protection of civil rights and liberties?

Keeping the fragile union together in the light of internal unrest and external threats.
Representation
They valued civil liberties and rights more than any thing

17

In Article I, Section 9, the Constitution limits the power of Congress in what three ways?

Nothing related to article 1 section 9, limits constitutional power of Congress
Nobility, veto, and bill of attainder
bills of attainder, ex post facto laws, and the writ of habeas corpus.

18

Particularly in times of war, or even in response to threats against national security, the government has held suspected enemy agents without access to civilian courts, often without access to lawyers or a defense, seeking instead to try them before military tribunals or detain them indefinitely without trial. What does this scenario above show the power the government is suspending/ ignoring according to article 1 section 9.

The writ of habeas corpus.
Ex post facto laws,
A bill of attainder

19

During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln detained suspected Confederate saboteurs and sympathizers in Union-controlled states and attempted to have them tried in military courts, leading the Supreme Court to rule in_______________

Ex parte Milligan
Ex parte Quirin
Ex parte Lincoln

20

During World War II, the Roosevelt administration interned Japanese Americans and had other suspected enemy agents—including U.S. citizens—tried by military courts rather than by the civilian justice system, a choice the Supreme Court upheld in ____________

Ex parte Roosevelt
Ex parte korematsu
Ex parte Quirin
Ex parte Milligan

21

The Federalists reasoned that the limited set of enumerated powers of Congress, along with the limitations on those powers in Article I, Section 9, would _________, and no separate bill of rights was __________.

Succeed, needed
Suffice, needed
Fail, needed
Needed, suffice
Fail, suffice

22

Why did the Anti-Federalists held that a bill of rights was necessary?

Because the elastic clause in Article I, Section 8, of the Constitution would allow Congress to legislate on matters well beyond the limited ones foreseen by the Constitution’s authors;
To ensure our country had national security
Because they were strong supporters of the saying life, liberty, and property

23

“The powers, rights, and authority, granted to the general government by this Constitution, are as complete, with respect to every object to which they extend, as that of any state government—It reaches to every thing which concerns human happiness—Life, liberty, and property, are under its controul [sic]. There is the same reason, therefore, that the exercise of power, in this case, should be restrained within proper limits, as in that of the state governments.” WHO WROTE THIS?

Thomas Jefferson, Anti-Federalist
Thomas Jefferson, Federalist
Robert Yates, Anti-Federalist
Patrick Henry, Anti-Federalist
James Madison, Federalist

24

Federalists knew it could not be effective without the participation of which states.

Georgia and Virginia
New York and Virginia
North Carolina and South Carolina
Texas and California
New York and Georgia

25

First Amendment

Right to a jury trial in civil cases
Right to not house soldiers during time of war
Rights retained by the people, even if they are not specifically enumerated by the Constitution
Right to freedoms of religion and speech; right to assemble and to petition the government for redress of grievances
Rights in criminal cases, including due process and indictment by grand jury for capital crimes, as well as the right not to testify against oneself

26

Fifth Amendment

Right to not face excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishment
Right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury
Rights in civil cases, including due process and indictment by grand jury for capital crimes, as well as the right not to testify against oneself
Right to a jury trial in civil cases
Rights in criminal cases, including due process and indictment by grand jury for capital crimes, as well as the right not to testify against oneself

27

Sixth Amendment

Right to a slow trial by an partial jury
Right to a speedy trial by an impartial jury
Right to a speedy trial by an partial jury
Right to a slow trial by an impartial jury