14th Amendment and Citizenship
Bill of Rights
All About Jury Trials
Bias, Symbolism, or Propaganda?
Miscellaneous Review
100
These are the two ways you can become a citizen of the United States according to the 14th Amendment
What are birth and naturalization?
100
What are the five protected rights of the First Amendment?
HINT: think RAPPS
Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, and Speech
100
Who decides the verdict of a case?
What is a jury?
100
This means an image that represents something greater.
What is symbolism?
100
What was an influence of Ancient Rome on modern American government?
separation of powers, republicanism, representative government, civic participation
200
This is something you MUST do. Provide two examples on your whiteboard.
What are obligations? Examples include jury duty, paying taxes, and obeying the law.
200
What right does the Second Amendment protect?
The right to bear arms
200
How many people are on a jury? How many of the jurors have to agree on the verdict?
12- both answers
200
This refers to media that explicitly and often unfairly tries to promote one point of view over all others.
What is propaganda?
200
What were the two big ideas of Baron de Montesquieu which influenced American government?
separation of powers, checks and balances
300
There are two ways you can be born a citizen. What are the two ways?
What are Law of Blood and Law of Soil?
300
What are some of the rights protected by the Fifth Amendment?
What are protection against self-incrimination, eminent domain, due process of law, double jeopardy, right to a grand jury?
300
TRUE or FALSE: attorneys from both parties must agree on the jurors to prevent bias one way or the other.
TRUE
300
This refers to promoting one point of view unfairly over others.
What is bias?
300
What major idea did the Mayflower Compact contribute to America's founding?
What is self-government?
400
This is something you SHOULD do. Provide two examples of this on your whiteboard.
What are responsibilities? Examples include voting, attending civic meetings, petitioning the government, and running for office.
400
List the rights provided by the following amendments:
- 3rd
- 4th
- 8th
3rd: no quartering of soldiers
4th: no unreasonable searches and seizures, warrants
8th: no cruel and unusual punishments, excessive bail
400
What document do you receive in the mail indicating that you must appear for jury duty?
What is a jury summons?
400
The following is an example of what:
symbolism
400
Name three of the five different weaknesses of the central government under the Articles of Confederation
no standing army, no ability to tax, all states had to agree unanimously to reform articles, no national money, no separate branches besides legislative
500
If you come from another country, what is the process of becoming a citizen called? Give some examples of steps in this process.
- What is naturalization? Steps of this process include permanent residency, citizenship test, naturalization ceremony, etc.
500
List the rights provided by the following amendments:
- 6th
- 7th
- 9th
- 10th
- 6th: right to counsel, speedy and public trial, impartial jury
- 7th: jury cases in civil trials (cases involving money)
- 9th: any rights not listed but are retained by the people
- 10th: any powers not reserved for federal government are delegated to the states
500
If a case is improperly decided, what can the defendant in a case do to have the case reviewed by a higher court?
Appeal the case
500
The following is an example of what:
propaganda
500
What were some of the British actions that led the colonists to seek independence?
Stamp Act, Tea Act, Declaratory Act, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre, taxing the colonists without representation, Intolerable Acts