U.S. Government Unit 7 Quiz 1

What are the rights that people gain as part of living under an organized government?

Which rights does the Declaration of Independence hold to be unalienable?

What is the name of a bill that specifically names a person or group to be punished and does not provide for any trial or other procedure? (Hint: This bill is banned by the Constitution.)

What are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution collectively known as?

When the states ratified the Constitution, why did they insist that a bill of rights be added?

Which clause in Section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment was made ineffective by an 1873 Supreme Court ruling?

What is the difference between the due process guarantees in the Fifth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment?

What term describes when the Fourteenth Amendment is used to apply the Bill of Rights to state governments?

What clause did the Supreme Court use to apply the Bill of Rights to the states during the twentieth century?

Which set of rights are the basis for the arguments of both the "no incorporation" justices and the "plus incorporation" justices in expanding the notion of legal rights?