Chapter 7 Review

1. tried twice for the same crime
2. Sixth Amendment: Guarantees the rights to a ___ and public trial by an impartial jury, to be informed of criminal charges, to confront witnesses, and to have legal representation.
3. The 2nd Amendment says, “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
5. positive acts of government that uphold the Constitution
7. crime of attempting to overthrow or disrupt the government by force or violent acts.
8. __ __Clause = Congress shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of religion.
10. In Schenck v U.S. the court established clear and present ___ test to evaluate whether restrictions on political speech are legitimate.
15. The 4th Amendment requires that police officers obtain a proper ___ with probable cause—a reasonable suspicion of crime, to search for or seize evidence or persons.
17. In the case __ v. United States that dealt with free speech during WWI the court said there are limits to our freedom.
18. protections against government acts
19. The ___ Clause = Congress cannot establish an official “American” religion
21. The 1st guarantees the right of Americans to__, or gather, to share their opinions on public matters.
24. The 5th Amendment states that the government cannot deprive a person of “life, ___, or property, without due process of law.”

1. Most of the Bill of Rights protections applied to State governments by the 14th Amendment’s___ ___ Clause.
2. false and malicious use of spoken words.
4. The first ten amendments to the Constitution
6. false and malicious use of printed words.
9. The 3rd Amendment forbids the unlawful quartering of __ in private homes—a British practice in colonial days.
11. The 1st Amendment guarantees this freedom to believe and worship how you want
12. Seventh Amendment: Provides for the right to trial by __ in certain civil cases, according to common law.
13. Our rights are called __ rights because our country is based on people are born with individual freedoms
14. Eighth Amendment: Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual __.
16. government must act fairly and in accord with established rules—it must use fair procedures.
19. power of the government to take private property for public use.
20. The 1st Amendment also guarantees freedom of ___, However, no person has the right to libel or slander another.
22. The 13th Amendment was added to the Constitution in 1865 to end slavery
23. Rights of the accused: writ of habeas __ (order to explain why a prisoner should not be released), grand jury, speedy trial, miranda warning