Ch. 10 Civil Rights & Liberties Test

What is the source of due process protection from unfair actions of state officials?

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

A search warrant gives the police

• authority to release someone from jail.

• authority to arrest someone.

• legal authority to search private property.

• the right to keep someone jailed until bail is met.

What is treason?

• crime of making war against the United States or giving “aid and comfort” to its enemies

• speech that is communicated primarily through symbols

• speech or actions that inspire revolt against the government

• act of making defamatory statements about a public official

What is prior restraint?

• criminal prosecution of treasonous actions

• law that seeks to stop all forms of free speech

• government action that seeks to prevent materials from being published

• executive order granting a particular publisher immunity from prosecution

Roe v. Wade involved the right to

• privacy.

• the free exercise of religion

• petition the government.

• free speech.

What are civil liberties?

• rights that involve equal status and treatment and the right to participate in government

• freedom to take part in a civil court case

• freedom to do as one wishes

• basic freedoms to think and to act that are protected and that all people have

What is symbolic speech?

• communication of ideas through symbols and actions

• speech that is expressed through the spoken or written word

• speech that poses a threat to public order

• speech that is not protected by the First Amendment

_________________________ means following established and complete legal procedures.

• Libel

• Due Process

• Miranda Warnings

• Exclusionary Rule

The rule that evidence obtained illegally may not be used against a person in court is known as the _________________________.

• Miranda Warnings

• Exclusionary Rule

• Due Process

• Libel

The _________________________ are a list of certain constitutional rights possessed by those accused of crimes.

• Due Process

• Libel

• Miranda Warnings

• Exclusionary Rule