Civil Rights and First Amendment Freedoms

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  1. 4. The first Amendment contains ____ specific freedoms, remembered by the acronym RAPPS
  2. 5. The right of petition protects individuals making their views known to _____
  3. 8. One type of unprotected speech involve true threats, or speech which leads to ____
  4. 10. Attempts by the government and others to silence or ban messages considered offensive or harmful is called ____
  5. 12. This First Amendment freedom protects people’s rights to gather together nonviolently
  6. 13. This clause promises that the government cannot support an official religion
  7. 14. This category of speech cannot be punished by the government
Down
  1. 1. Protection against unfair action by the government is promised in the 5th and 14th Amendments and known as ____
  2. 2. The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to protect individual liberties by limiting the power of the ____ government
  3. 3. The first ten amendments added to the Constitution are known as the ____
  4. 6. This clause promises that individuals may practice their religious beliefs freely
  5. 7. Knowingly hurting someone with a false news report is called _____ and is not protected by the First Amendment
  6. 9. This First Amendment freedom may be demonstrated by actions like collecting signatures or meeting with public officials
  7. 11. This First Amendment freedom protects the right to publicly question government actions and report news