1. Social studies 3rd 9 weeks test
Study Guide

2. What is the term referring to the fact that you cannot be tried twice for the same crime?

3. Double jeopardy

4. The 6th amendment begins with the right to a _____ & a _____ trial.

5. The 6th amendment begins with the right to a speedy & a fair trial.

6. The 1st black child to desegregate an all-white elementary school.

7. Ruby bridges

8. Leader, activist, & minister who lead nonviolent protests during the civil rights movement

9. Mlk

10. Lawyer who helped make segregation of public schools illegal in Brown v. board of education

11. Thurgood marshall

12. The supreme court has ruled that there are some limits on “free speech
The supreme court has ruled that there are some limits on “free speech.” as one justice said, the strongest protection of free speech would not protect a man from shouting _____ in a theatre and causing a panic.

13. The supreme court has ruled that there are some limits on “free speech
The supreme court has ruled that there are some limits on “free speech.” as one justice said, the strongest protection of free speech would not protect a man from shouting “bomb!”in a theatre and causing a panic.

14. Why did congress include the 3rd amendment in the bill of rights?

15. To prevent soldiers from taking over people’s homes

16. What right allows for news media to investigate & report any issue they want?

17. Freedom of the press

18. What term means a change in the constitution?

19. amendment

20. Provide an example of a nonviolent protest.

21. Not doing business with companies that enforce segregation.

22. What risks did civil rights protestors face?

23. They could be arrested or violently attacked.

24. A _____ _____ is a group of citizens who hear the government’s evidence and decide whether it justifies a trial.

25. A grand jury is a group of citizens who hear the government’s evidence and decide whether it justifies a trial.

26. What amendment gives the right to bear arms?

27. 2nd amendment

28. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” what did he mean?

29. Right will prevail over wrong eventually

30. What is misleading about describing segregated facilities as “separate but equal?”

31. African American facilities were usually inferior

32. Which amendment would not allow congress to establish a national church or stop someone from practicing their own religion?

33. 1st amendment

34. What right allows us to criticize the government without fear or punishment?

35. Freedom of speech

36. The right to vote is also known as ______.

37. suffrage

38. People believed _____ belonged in the home, caring for the family.

39. women

40. Which amendment states that voting rights can not be denied based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude?

41. 15th amendment

42. Which amendment ensured citizenship for African Americans?

43. 14th amendment

44. Some states required citizens to pay a ______ in order to vote.

45. Poll tax

46. Which amendment granted the right of a fair and speedy trial?

47. 6th amendment

48. Which amendment stated that you do not have to self-incriminate (you do not have to testify against yourself in court)?

49. 5th amendment

50. Which amendment gave right to freedom of religion, assembly, press, petition, and speech?

51. 1st amendment

52. What divided the U.S. into “slave” territories & “Free” territories?

53. Missouri compromise

54. What is the term referring to saying something that could hurt your case in court?

55. Self-incriminate

56. The 10th amendment states that all powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the ______.

57. states

58. The 2nd amendment state that the right of the people to keep and bear ____ shall not be infringed.

59. arms

60. The 1st amendment protects the freedom of….

61. Religion, assembly, press, petition, & speech

62. Who was put in jail for sitting in the “white” car of the East Louisiana railroad?

63. plessy

64. Who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man & triggered the start of the civil rights movement?

65. Rosa parks

66. Why are the 1st 10 amendments to the u.s. constitution important?

67. They provide protection for the rights & liberties of individuals

68. Who organized the Montgomery bus boycott?

69. Mlk

70. Who overturned laws that made segregation legal?

71. The Supreme court

72. How might life in America be different if the civil rights movement had never happened?

73. Public places could still be segregated

74. Before arresting a person or searching a home, police must obtain a _____ from a judge.

75. warrent

76. Which amendment gave power to the people?

77. 9th amendment

78. How many amendments are in the bill of rights?

79. 10

80. Compared to the south, the north during the civil rights era was:

81. Less restrictive for african americans, but still segregated

82. What would have happened if the supreme court had sided with homer plessy?

83. Formal segregation likely would have ended sooner

84. The 1st amendment says that congress shall make no law disrespecting an establishment of…

85. religion

86. How many amendments are in the constitution?

87. 27

88. Which amendment abolished slavery?

89. 13th amendment

90. Which amendment made poll tax illegal?

91. Poll tax

92. Which amendment gave women the right to vote?

93. 19th amendment

94. Which amendment keeps us from having to house soldiers in our home without our permission?

95. 3rd amendment

96. Which amendment does not allow for cruel & unusual punishment?

97. 8th amendment

98. Which amendment states that police need a warrant & probably cause for search and seizure?

99. 4th amendment

100. Which amendment states that rights not given to the federal government are reserved for the states?

101. 10th amendment