Bill of Rights
This freedom protects newspaper and journalists from government censorship
What is freedom of the press?
This written document outlines the rules that a government must follow.
What is a constitution?
This is when all power rests in one person or a small group of people.
What is centralized power?
The United States and Great Britain are examples of this type of government.
What is limited government?
A student writes a letter to the mayor asking for a new park. This student is using this First Amendment right.
What is Freedom to Petition?
This freedom allows people to gather peacefully in groups for protests or meetings.
What is Freedom of Assembly?
This is when government power is divided among different branches to prevent one group from having too much power.
What is separation of powers?
This is when the government controls what information the media can publish.
What is censorship?
China and Eritrea are examples of this type of government.
What is unlimited government?
A group of citizens holds signs outside City Hall to protest a new law. They are using this First Amendment right.
What is Freedom of Assembly?
This freedom allows you to ask the government to change a law or fix a problem.
What is the Freedom to Petition the Government
In a limited government, citizens have this right to choose their leaders.
What are voting rights?
In an unlimited government, citizens have these types of rights.
What are restricted rights or limited freedoms?
In Saudi Arabia, the king has full power to make all decisions, controls the military, and appoints all officials. This is an example of this type of government with this characteristic.
What is unlimited government with centralized power?
In countries with unlimited governments, citizens often experience this - meaning they have few or no freedoms.
What are restricted citizen rights?
These are the five rights protect by the First Amendment.
What are Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, and Petition?
This characteristic means all citizens are treated fairly and justly under the law in a limited government.
What is equality or equal rights?
This is when people are punished or treated harshly for their beliefs or opinions.
What is persecution?
These are TWO reasons why unlimited governments like North Korea often have command economies.
What is: government wants total control over citizens, government controls resources, power is centralized (any 2)?
The government orders a newspaper not to publish stories criticizing the president. This violates this First Amendment right.
What is Freedom of the Press?
In this Supreme Court case, the Court ruled that freedom of speech is NOT unlimited if it causes danger to others.
What is Schenck v. United States?
These are THREE characteristics of a limited government.
What are: follows a constitution, separation of powers, voting rights, equal rights, protected freedoms (any 3)?
These are THREE characteristics of an unlimited government.
What are: centralized power, no voting rights, restricted rights, censorship, not following constitution, persecution (any 3)?
North Korea is an example of both an unlimited government and this type of economy where the government controls all production.
What is a command economy?
A government that does not allow opposition and jails people who speak against leaders is showing these TWO characteristics of unlimited government.
What are centralized power and restricted citizen rights (or imprisonment)?