10/8/25 AG UNIT 4 IN CLASS SESSION

Which principle is best illustrated by the Bill of Rights limiting government actions?

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

• majority rule

• individual liberties

Double jeopardy prohibited; Right to be heard by a Grand Jury; no self-incrimination; All of these are part of the

• First Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

"In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law." This is the text of what amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

• Sixth Amendment

• Seventh Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Fifteenth Amendment

The Fourth Amendment would prevent which of these situations?

• being punished for criticizing the government

• having police search your home without cause

• being jailed for worshiping your faith

• not being allowed to have an attorney in court

Which First Amendment right is depicted in the photograph?

• right to vote

• freedom of press

• right to assemble

• freedom of religion

Which political right does this poster BEST represent?

• freedom of speech

• freedom of religion

• right to citizenship

• right to due process

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. - First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Which action would be protected under the First Amendment?

• voting in the next presidential election

• applying for a conceal and carry license

• being tried for a crime by a jury of peers

• organizing a sit-in to protest a city tax increase

The amendment states but a truism that all is retained which has not been surrendered. There is nothing in the history of its adoption to suggest that it was more than declaratory of the relationship between the national and state governments as it had been established by the Constitution before the amendment, or that its purpose was other than to allay fears that the new national government might seek to exercise powers not granted, and that the states might not be able to exercise fully their reserved powers. - from United States v. Darby (1941) To which amendment does this Supreme Court decision refer?

• First Amendment

• Sixth Amendment

• Tenth Amendment

• Second Amendment

• Right to an Attorney • Right to Bear Arms • Right to Speak Freely • Right to a Jury Trial Where can all of these rights be found?

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

What amendment guarantees our right to participate in social movements to change government regulations or laws?

• First Amendment

• Fifth Amendment

• Eighth Amendment

• Fourteenth Amendment