Constitutional Amendments Retake

What might be three limits on freedom of speech?

• The speech may cause violence, cause a dangerous situation, or cause libel.
• The speech may cause hurt feelings, or a dangerous situation

What does ex-post facto mean?

• Show why a person being held and if not release him/her.
• Not allowed to be tried for the same crime twice.
• A bill cannot be written to punish a crime after the fact.

What constitutional right does this image symbolize?

• ex post facto
• trial by peers
• legal representation
• peaceable assembly

Why does the U.S. Supreme Court continue to debate the constitutionality of the death penalty?

• Citizens are protected from unreasonable search and seizure.
• Citizens are protected from cruel and unusual punishment.
• Citizens are protected against double jeopardy.
• Citizens are protected against unfair trials.

The statement below was made by President Dwight Eisenhower upon signing Public Law 396 in 1954 which added “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. 
"To anyone who truly loves America, nothing could be more inspiring than to contemplate this rededication of our youth, on each school morning, to our country's true meaning."
Which First Amendment protections have been cited in opposition to this change?

• establishment and free exercise
• establishment and association
• speech and free press
• association and speech

Below is a statement from Chief Justice John Roberts.

“…students do not shed their First Amendment rights at the school house gate.”

Source: Morse v. Frederick (2007)
Why is this statement significant?

• The Constitution limits individual rights.
• The Constitution safeguards individual rights.
• The Constitution does not limit individual rights.
• The Constitution does not safeguard individual rights.

What was the impact of the 13th Amendment of the Constitution?

• It enforced segregation
• It abolished poll taxes
• It made slavery illegal
• It defined citizenship

Which amendment did the Voting Right Act of 1965 reinforce?

• The 15th Amendment protects minorities' right to vote
• The 1st Amendment's freedom of speech
• The 13th Amendment makes slavery illegal
• The 10th Amendment allowing states to make voting laws

Throughout our history why have amendments been added to the Constitution?

• To take freedoms away from citizens

• They've only been added as a last resort when nothing else has worked

• To try to help fix a problem/make a positive change

• We haven't added any amendments to the Constitution

Which actions did Southern States take to keep African Americans from exercising the rights guaranteed in the amendment above?

• deny women the right to vote

• pass laws to establish segregated schools

• establish property-holding requirements for voting

• require complicated tests in literacy in order to vote