CIVICS STANDARD 2A-3E

FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOMS

100

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM ALLOWS CITIZENS TO PEACEFULLY GATHER.

FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY

200

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO GATHER AND PUBLISH INFORMATION, INCLUDING THAT WHICH WOULD CRITICIZE THE GOVERNMENT. 

FREEDOM OF PRESS

300

ThIS FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM PROHIBITS THE GOVERNMENT FROM ALLOWING CITIZENS to practice one RELIGION.

FREEDOM OF RELIGION

400

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO EXPRESS THEIR OPINIONS AND BELIEFS.

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

500

THIS FIRST AMENDMENT FREEDOM ALLOWS INDIVIDUALS TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THEIR VIEWS KNOWN TO PUBLIC OFFICIALS. 

FREEDOM OF PETITION

THE BILL OF RIGHTS

100

THIS AMENDMENT PROHIBTS EXCESSIVE BAIL, FINES, AND CRUEL OR UNUSUAL PUNISHMENTS.

8TH AMENDMENT

200

THIS AMENDMENT OUTLINES CITIZENS FREEDOMS ( SPEECH, PRESS, PETETION, ASSEMBLY, RELIGION.

1ST AMENDMENT

300

THIS AMENDMENT PROTECTS CITIZENS FROM BEING HELD BY POLICE IF THEY HAVE NOT BEEN CONVICTED FOR A CRIME.( DUE PROCESS)

5TH AMENDMENT

400

THIS AMENDMENT GUARANTEES PROTECTION AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES AND SEIZURES, REQUIRING WARRENTS BASED ON PROBABLE CAUSE

4TH AMENDMENT

500

THIS AMENDMENT STATES THAT THE POWERS NOT DELEGATED TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE CONSTITUTION,NOR PROHIBITED BY IT TO THE STATES ARE RESERVED TO THE STATES.

10TH AMENDMENT

EARLY U.S. DOCUMENTS

100

THIS EARLY U.S. DOCUMENT SERVED AS A MODEL FOR THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

THE VIRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS

200

THIS EARLY U.S. DOCUMENT GUARANTEED COLONISTS THE RIGHTS OF ENGLISHMEN.

CHARTERS OF THE VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON

300

THIS EARLY U.S. DOCUMENT STATED GRIEVANCES AGAINST THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN.

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

400

THE DOCUMENT SERVES AS A BLUEPRINT FOR THE UNITED STATES.

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

500

THIS EARLY U.S. DOCUMENT ESTABLISHED THE FIRST FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN THE INDEPENDENT STATES.

THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPALS OF GOVERNMENT

100

PEOPLE WHO ELECT PUBLIC OFFICEHOLDERS TO MAKE LAWS AND CONDUCT GOVERNMENT ON THEIR BEHALF.

REPRESNTATIVE GOVERNMENT

200

THE GOVERNMENT AND THOSE WHO GOVERNED ARE BOUND BT THE LALW.

RULE OF LAW

300

GOVERNMENT WHERE THE PEOPLE RULE.

DEMOCRACY

400

GOVERNMENT IS NOT ALL POWERFUL AND MAY DO ONLY THOSE THINGS PEOPLE HAVE GIVEN IT THE POWER TO DO.

LIMITED GOVERNMENT

500

IN THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED, WHAT DOES "CONSENT" MEAN?

PERMISSION

CITIZENSHIP

100

TRUE OR FALSE 

CITIZENSHIP CAN BE DEFINED AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH CERTAIN RIGHTS AND DUTIES UNDER A GOVERNMENT AND WHO, BY BIRTH OR BY CHOICE, OWES ALLEGIANCE TO THAT GOVERNMENT. 

TRUE

200

TRUE OR FALSE:

YOU MUST PASS A NATURALIZATION TEST, BE AT LEAST 18 YEARS OLD, AND MUST BE LOYAL TO OTHER COUNTRIES.

FALSE

YOU MUST BE LOYAL TO THE UNITED STATES, NOT OTHER COUNTRIES

300

WHAT ARE THE TWO MEANS OF OBTAINING CITIZENSHIP?

BIRTH AND NATURALIZATION

400

WHICH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION defines citizenship?

14TH AMENDMENT

500

WHAT ARE TWO WAYS THAT HAVE LED TO A DIVERSE SOCIETY?

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION