10.1 Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Women had won the right to vote in _____ after a struggle that effectively had begun in 1848 with a historic organizational meeting in _____.

1920; Seneca Falls, New York Correct!

According to the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights, the government has the power to interfere in an individual's freedom of worship.

False

In the Fourteenth Amendment, members of the House of Representatives will be apportioned based on the number of people in each state, except that African-Americans will be counted as three-fifths of persons.

False

Rights listed in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights complement each other.

False

The Bill of Rights refer the first twelve amendments added to the Constitution in 1791.

False

The Fourteenth Amendment protects violation of rights and liberties by the President.

False

The Fourteenth Amendment recognizes that only persons born in the United States are citizens of the nation and the state where they live.

False

The term "civil rights" is often associated with the protection of the majority so that the African Americans, Hispanics, and women do not overwhelm the votes.

False

Because of the successes of the movements for African Americans and women, major movements for _____ have heightened American awareness of discrimination against many other minorities. (Choose three answers.)

Latinos the disabled homosexuals

Civil Liberties are protections against government actions.

True

Civil liberties protected in the Bill of Rights are divided into two broad areas: freedom and rights guaranteed in the First Amendment, and liberties and rights associated with crime and due process.

True

Civil rights refer to positive actions that the government should take to create equal conditions for all Americans.

True

In the New York Times Co. v. the United States, the Supreme Court chose the side of the New York Times upholding the freedom of the press against national security.

True

Section 4 of the Fourteenth Amendment refers to the legitimacy of public debt and the responsibility of the government to pay for them, except for those incurred during insurrection or rebellion.

True

The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment guarantees that no state can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property.

True

The civil rights movement reawakened _____, another major effort for equal rights.

civil rights for women

The National Organization for Women (NOW) worked to _____. (Choose three answers.)

demand equal legal rights, such as owning property and easier access to divorce, for women. fight for economic equality in the form of equal pay for equal work and broader admission into male-dominated professions. eliminate gender discrimination in the work force and school.

Any state can make or enforce a law that can control the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

false

Before 1920, no women can vote in local elections in any of the 48 states.

false

Civil liberties are contained in the Declaration of Rights.

false

In 1869, women cannot vote locally in America's western territories starting with Wyoming.

false

In 1872, Susan B. Anthony became the candidate of the Equal Rights Party and the first woman to run for president.

false

In 1920, Congress votes on the 14th Amendment to the Constitution that brought women the right to vote.

false

In 1955, Rosa Parks was forced to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus.

false

In 1999, Congress awarded Rosa Parks the Congressional Silver Medal.

false

In Barron v. Baltimore, the court said that the Bill of Rights applied to both the federal and the states.

false

In Gitlow v. New York, the court ruled that the First Amendment protection of freedom of speech depends on the discretion of the state, in this case, New York.

false

In order to put limits on the government, the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in 1789, and applied also to the states.

false

Local Jim Crow laws were enacted all over the United States to segregate black and white Americans.

false

Marriage equality is NOT a civil rights issue.

false

Protecting civil liberties and civil rights is basic to American political values and easy to uphold.

false

The 2nd Amendment states clearly that "the right to keep and bear arms" shall not be infringed by the local governments.

false

The Montgomery bus boycott continued when the Supreme Court decided that the Montgomery bus segregation code was not a violation of the Constitution.

false

The arrest of Carrie Chapman Catt and her group of picketers, who were parading and demonstrating, drew attention to the suffragette's cause.

false

The boycott of the Montgomery bus system lasted for two weeks.

false

Thomas Jefferson's famous phrase in the Declaration of Independence proclaimed that "All men are created equal" and that proclamation also includes women.

false

Voting rights were granted to African Americans in the 14th Amendment.

false

An example of a substantive liberty is the limit on the government to create an official religion.

true

Because of the nonviolent protests, demonstrations, sit-ins, and boycotts, the President was forced to act and led the Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

true

Before 1920, women can cast their votes in several states and territories except in a presidential election.

true

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case overturned Plessy's separate but equal doctrine, and declared that separate but equal public facilities were unconstitutional.

true

By the turn of the 20th century, the suffragettes split into two factions, one that favors patient lobbying behind the scenes, and another that wants to agitate and grab headlines.

true

Carrie Chapman Catt led the faction of the moderates, while Alice Paul led the more confrontational group.

true

Civil liberties are things the government can not do that might interfere with personal freedom.

true

Civil rights are guarantees of equal citizenship and are protection from discrimination by majorities.

true

Conservative Republicans were against the 19th Amendment or the women's right to vote.

true

Even though it was against the law for women to vote in federal elections, they had the right to run for and hold office.

true

From the colonial times to the early 20th century, not a single woman in America can vote.

true

In 1872, Susan B. Anthony was fined a $100 for voting illegally along with 14 other suffragettes.

true

In 1996, Rosa Parks received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bill Clinton.

true

In early America, civil rights, such as voting and owning property, were mostly restricted to white men.

true

In the 1900's, granting women the right to vote is a surefire way to lure them to the growing nation's boondocks in Utah, Washington state, Montana, and Alaska.

true

In the Colonial period, when most people could not vote, there were some places where, if a woman had enough property and her husband had died, she actually could vote.

true

In the Plessy v. Fergusson, the Supreme Court prevented the application of the 14th Amendment and ruled that segregation was not unconstitutional as long as the facilities were equal.

true

Martin Luther's charismatic leadership helped to propel the civil rights movement to the forefront of the nation's agenda.

true

No state can deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

true

Rosa Parks was known to many African Americans as the mother of the Civil Rights Movement.

true

Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Alice Paul joined forces in the united effort to win the right to vote.

true

The Fourteenth Amendment states that all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside.

true

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was organized to take on the issue of segregation on buses and was led by Martin Luther King.

true

The bus boycott became the first political media event with a black hero, Rosa Parks.

true

The interest group called The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People argued the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case.

true

The presumption that the accused is "innocent until proven guilty is an example of a procedural liberty.

true

Through selective incorporation, the courts ruled that each of the rights or liberties had to be incorporated against the states on a case-by-case basis.

true

Under the newly formed Constitution, African Americans were only counted as three-fifths of a person.

true

When Rosa Parks did not give up her seat, the bus driver had her arrested for violating the segregation code.

true