Citizenship: Rights and Responsiblity
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28 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 5 Freedoms in 1st Ammendement | Religion, Speech, Press, Assembley, Petition |
| Establishment of Religion | Translation: Congress cannot establish an "official" religion. This, in effect, provides for separation of church and state. |
| Petition | a formal request for government action |
| Assembly | a group of persons gathered together for a common purpose |
| Ammendment 2 and 3 | Bear arms (guns) and no quartering soldiers |
| Quartering Troops | forcing citizens to home soldiers |
| Ammendment 4 | Search and Seizure - police need a warrant and or probable cause. (search and destroy) |
| Probable Cause | a reasonable basis to believe a person or premises is linked to a crime |
| Warrant | A written document from a court commanding police to perform specified acts |
| Oath | a promise that must be truthful and only taken when necessary |
| Witness | someone who sees an event (crime) and reports what happened |
| Self incrimination | the situation occurring when an individual accused of a crime is compelled to be a witness against himself or herself in court. (testify against yourslef) The Fifth Amendment forbids self-incrimination. |
| Plead the fifth | when a person is when an accused person remains silent and refuses to answer any questions about what they might have done |
| Due process of law | principle in the 5th Amendment stating that the government must follow proper constitutional procedures in trials and in other actions it takes against individuals |
| sixth ammendment | Guarantees the rights to a speedy and public trial in the district where the crime was committed. The accused has a right to a lawyer and a fair jury |
| Subponea | can call a person to testify except spouse |
| Double jeopardy | being tried twice for the same crime |
| Ammendment 8 | cannot charge excessive bail, cruel and unusual punishment |
| Enumeration | The official census done by the U.S. government every 10 years... counting the population |
| Construed | interpreted; understood |
| Ammendment 10 | What federal government can't do, and what state government can |
| Civil War amendments | Also know as the 13,14,15 Amendments. The 13th amendment abolished slavery. The 14th guaranteed citizenship to former slavers. The 15th declared that states may not deny the vote of any citizen on the basis of "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." |
| Jurisdiction | power, range of authority |
| Equal Protection of the Laws | a right guaranteed by the 14th amendment to the US constitution and by the due |
| Suffrage | The legal right to vote, extended to African Americans by the Fifteenth Amendment, to women by the Nineteenth Amendment, and to people over the age of 18 by the Twenty-sixth Amendment. |
| Prohibition | a total ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor throughout the United States. 1919-1933 (18th ammendment) |
| Repeal | revoke; annul |
| Poll Tax | a tax of a fixed amount per person and payable as a requirement for the right to vote |
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