Vocab Practice: Amendments (Unit 10)

What is civil disobedience?

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

• The right to vote

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote

• The right to legal counsel

What is eminent domain?

• The right to vote

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

• The right of government to take private property for public use

What are the rights of the accused?

• The right to vote

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

• Constitutional protections for people placed under arrest & charged with a crime

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote

What is your right to no self-incrimination?

• Taking legal action against oneself
• Exposing oneself to an accusation of a crime or involving oneself in a criminal prosecution
• Admitting to a crime committed by someone else
• Exercising the right to remain silent

What is the right to legal counsel?

• The right of a defendant to be helped by an attorney

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

• The right to vote

• The right that protects a person from being forced to reveal information that might be used against them

What is suffrage?

• The right to vote

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

• The right of a defendant to be helped by an attorney

• The right that protects a person from being forced to reveal information that might be used against them

What is a poll tax?

• The right that protects a person from being forced to reveal information that might be used against them

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

• The right to vote

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote

• The right of government to take private property for public use

• A law that ended discriminatory voting practices

• The refusal to follow certain laws as a form of peaceful political protest

What are the Civil Rights Acts of 1964/1968?

• A federal law passed by Congress that prohibited discrimination

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote

• A law that ended discriminatory voting practices

• The right of government to take private property for public use

What is the Equal Rights Amendment?

• An unratified amendment to prevent gender from determining a person's legal rights

• A federal law passed by Congress that prohibited discrimination

• The right of government to take private property for public use

• A fee someone has to pay in order to vote