Bill of Rights
Civil Liberties
Court Cases
Vocabulary
Misc.
100
The right to freedom of religion, press, speech, assembly, and petition.
What is the first amendment?
100

This is where all civil liberties come from.

What is the Bill of Rights?

100
This court case brought a new level of freedom of speech when a man was not punished for burning an American flag.
What is Texas v Johnson?
100

This is used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine if the person's imprisonment is lawful.

What is the writ of habeas corpus?

100

These people wanted a Bill of Rights added before they would agree to a Constitution.

Who were the Democratic-Republicans?

200

This amendment determined that anything that the Constitution doesn’t say that Congress can do, is left up to the states and to the people.

What is the tenth amendment?
200

The fifth amendment protects you from doing this in court.

What is incriminating yourself?

200
This controversial court case created a trimester system, and gave more protections to women who wanted abortions.
What is Roe v Wade?
200

This part of the first amendment prohibits the establishment of a national religion by Congress.

What is the establishment clause?
200

These people were originally against a Bill of Rights.

Who were the Federalists?

300
The second amendment.
What is the right to bear arms?
300

Civil liberties only pertain to what is explicitly stated in the Bill of Rights. True or false?

False, they can also come from court cases or other amendments

300
This court case added more restrictions on evidence for trials. It said that evidence could only be used for a trial if it was found under a warrant, and nothing else found with that warrant could be used.
What is Mapp v Ohio?
300

This proclamation of your rights, made by police at the time of arrest, read as follows, "You have the right to remain silent. If you give up the right to remain silent, anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you desire an attorney and cannot afford one, an attorney will be obtained for you before police questioning."

What are your Miranda rights?
300

The terms "prior review" and "prior restraint" apply to this constitutional principle.

What is freedom of the press?

400
This amendment determined that anyone convicted of a crime has the right to a jury.
What is the seventh amendment?
400

The "clear and present" danger case was created from this case's ruling.

What is Schenck v. US?

400
This case established that every person convicted of a crime has the right to an attorney during their trial.
What is Gideon v Wainwright?
400

This is the prosecution of a person in court twice for the same offense.

What is double jeopardy?
400

This determines whether legislation regarding religion is considered illegal government interference.

What is the lemon test?

500
This amendment protects you against self-perjury, double jeopardy, loss of property, and wrongful imprisonment.
What is the fifth amendment?
500

This is a constitutional doctrine that ensures states cannot enact laws that take away the constitutional rights of American citizens that are enshrined in the Bill of Rights.

What is selective incorporation?

500
This case established that Congress could not have a nationwide law for gun-free zones, and that they must be decided by states.
What is US v Lopez?
500

This is a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation.

What is libel?
500

The "right to die" falls under this part of the Constitution.


(The "right to die" is a concept based on the belief that a human being is entitled to end their own life or to undergo voluntary euthanasia.)

What is the ninth amendment?

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