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Civics
Bill of Rights
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10th Grade
09/06/2011

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Term
are protections of citizens from unwarranted government action.
Definition
CIVIL LIBERTIES
Term
describe government’s
responsibility to protect citizens.
The Bill of Rights’ emphasis on limiting the powers of the national government makes it more a “bill of liberties”
Definition
CIVIL RIGHTS
Term
are restraints on what the government shall and shall not have the power to do.
Definition
Substantive liberties
Term
are restraints on how the government is supposed to act when it acts; for example, citizens are guaranteed “due process of law” when accused of a crime.
Definition
Procedural liberties
Term
Can
Teach about religions in school
Allow voluntary prayer in many examples
Transport students to a religious school
Read Bible for culture or literacy content
Definition
1st Amendment, gov't
Term
Cannot
Set a state religion
Government cannot order a prayer
Teach religious doctrine in the school
Pay seminary teachers
Teach creationism
Definition
1st Amendment, gov't
Term
Can
Choose whatever religion they wish to worship.
Lead a prayer in most examples
Ask questions about religions
Worship whomever want you
Definition
1st Amendment, people
Term
Cannot
Break the law and claim it is religious belief
Raise children without education
Deprive children of basic needs
Definition
1st Ammendment, people
Term
Profess any political belief
Protest (without getting out of control)
Say things about someone that are true
Burn the flag
Say racist and hate slogans
Free speech means someone might say something you disagree with
Definition
What an individual can do for free speech
Term
Threaten to blow up airplanes, schools or the president
Sexual harassment
Create too much social chaos
Extremely crude language in a public form
Disrespectful, vulgar language in schools
Hate crimes
Definition
Free speech limits on the person
Term
CANPrint any political position
Make fun of people, especially politicians
Expose wrongs by the government
Say things you might not agree with
Definition
Freedom of the press-the press
Term
cannot
Libel– intentionally injuring a person’s reputation by false facts
Disclose defense-security secrets
Detail how to make a certain weapons
Definition
Freedom of the press-the press
Term
This Amendment is
a right of states to
decide for themselves
Definition
2nd Amendment
Term
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be
quartered in any house, without the
consent of the Owner, nor in time of
war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law.
Definition
3rd Amendment
Term
What does a police officer need in order to search your home or seize your property?
Definition
A warrant given to him by a judge
Probable cause is also needed
(4th Amendment)
Term
You cannot be tried for the same crime twice called “Double Jeopardy”
Definition
5th Amendment
Term
You do not have to testify against your self. “I plead the fifth”
Definition
5th Amendment
Term
You must have due process of law before you are convicted
Definition
5th Amendment
Term
The government cannot take your land unless it pays you a fair price.
Definition
5th Amendment
Term
You must be indicted by a Grand Jury before standing trial for a crime.
Definition
5th Amendment
Term
Right to speedy trial by impartial jury—meaning not favoring either side
Definition
Sixth Amendment
Term
You must be told of charges
Definition
Sixth Amendment
Term
You must be provided a lawyer if you cannot afford one
Definition
Sixth Amendment
Term
No excessive bail
Definition
Eighth Amendment
Term
No cruel and unusual punishment
Definition
Eighth Amendment
Term
assures people that there are rights that members of a free society are entitled to, although neither Madison nor any of the other founding fathers ever stated just what they thought these rights were.
Definition
9th Amendment
Term
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people
Definition
10th Amendment
Term
Protects against state infringements, defines citizenship, prohibits
states from interfering with privileges and immunities, requires due
process and equal protection, punishes states for denying vote, and
disqualifies Confederate officials and debts
Definition
14th Amendment
Term
rules for lawsuits against states
Definition
11
Term
New way of electing the Prez and Vice Prez
Definition
12
Term
Abolishes slavery
Definition
13
Term
Voting rights for former slaves
Definition
15
Term
Power of the federal gov't to collect income
Definition
16
Term
Election of Senators by the people
Definition
17
Term
bans the sale of alcohol
Definition
18th
Term
Gives women the right to vote
Definition
19
Term
Sets the date when President's and Congress's terms begin
Definition
20
Term
repeals 18th Amendment
Definition
21
Term
limits the Prez to 2 terms
Definition
22
Term
gives people in the district of Colombia the right vote for Prez
Definition
23
Term
Forbids having to pay tax to vote.
Definition
24
Term
Says who is next in line if something happens to the Prez
Definition
25
Term
Sets 18 as the voting age
Definition
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