GOAL 2, PART II STUDY GUIDE - MR. ROUTH'S SOCIAL STUDIES



THE CONSTITUTION

1. What is the Bill of Rights and what is the purpose of the amendments? (1-10)

2. Know the purpose of the significant clauses of the US Constitution.

a. Supremacy Clause

b. Free Exercise Clause

c. Establishment Clause

d. Equal Protection Clause

KNOW THE FOLLOWING COURT CASE AND THE PRECEDENT SET BY EACH

|Gideon v. Wainwright |Tinker v. DeMoines |Miranda v. Arizona |

|Mapp v. Ohio |TLO v. New Jersey |Escobedo v. Illinois |

|Texas v. Johnson |Marbury v. Madison |Brown v. Board of Education |

1st Amendment

3. What rights are protected by the 1st Amendment?

4. What is censorship and what are some examples of when material can be censored?

5. What is the difference between slander and libel?

6. Know the precedents set from the cases above that relate to the 1st Amendment. (You do not need to write them all out)

5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments-Rights of the Accused

7. Why is it important for an accused person’s rights are protected?

8. What does it mean to have due process of law?

9. What is the purpose of indictment by a grand jury?

10. How does eminent domain protect landowners?

11. What is double jeopardy and why are accused people protected from it?

12. What rights are guaranteed to a person before a trial starts, while the trial is going on, and after the trial is over?

13. Know the precedents set from the cases (from the list above) that related to the 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments.

4th Amendment

14. How did the writs of assistance lead to the passage of the 4th Amendment?

15. What is a search warrant and why are they required before the police can search?

16. What do police need in order to get a search warrant from a judge?

17. When are 3 situations in which a search warrant is not required?

18. Know the precedents set in the Mapp v. Ohio and TLO v, New Jersey cases.

Other Amendments

19. Explain how the Quartering Act led to the addition of the 3rd Amendment.

20. What rights does the federal government have to regulate guns even though the 2nd Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms?

21. How does the 9th Amendment expand the powers of the citizens?

22. How does the 10th Amendments expand the power of the state governments?

23. What right is guaranteed in the 7th Amendment?

FEDERALIST v. ANTI-FEDERALIST

24. Why did the Anti-Federalist feel a Bill of rights was essential to protecting citizen’s rights?

THE CONSTITUTION

1. What is the Bill of Rights and what is the purpose of the amendments? (1-10)

2. Know the purpose of the significant clauses of the US Constitution.

a. Supremacy Clause

b. Free Exercise Clause

c. Establishment Clause

d. Equal Protection Clause

KNOW THE FOLLOWING COURT CASE AND THE PRECEDENT SET BY EACH

|Gideon v. Wainwright |Tinker v. DeMoines |Miranda v. Arizona |

|Mapp v. Ohio |TLO v. New Jersey |Escobedo v. Illinois |

|Texas v. Johnson |Marbury v. Madison |Brown v. Board of Education |

1st Amendment

3. What rights are protected by the 1st Amendment?

4. What is censorship and what are some examples of when material can be censored?

5. What is the difference between slander and libel?

6. Know the precedents set from the cases above that relate to the 1st Amendment. (You do not need to write them all out)

5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments-Rights of the Accused

7. Why is it important for an accused person’s rights are protected?

8. What does it mean to have due process of law?

9. What is the purpose of indictment by a grand jury?

10. How does eminent domain protect landowners?

11. What is double jeopardy and why are accused people protected from it?

12. What rights are guaranteed to a person before a trial starts, while the trial is going on, and after the trial is over?

13. Know the precedents set from the cases (from the list above) that related to the 5th, 6th, and 8th amendments.

4th Amendment

14. How did the writs of assistance lead to the passage of the 4th Amendment?

15. What is a search warrant and why are they required before the police can search?

16. What do police need in order to get a search warrant from a judge?

17. When are 3 situations in which a search warrant is not required?

18. Know the precedents set in the Mapp v. Ohio and TLO v, New Jersey cases.

Other Amendments

19. Explain how the Quartering Act led to the addition of the 3rd Amendment.

20. What rights does the federal government have to regulate guns even though the 2nd Amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms?

21. How does the 9th Amendment expand the powers of the citizens?

22. How does the 10th Amendments expand the power of the state governments?

23. What right is guaranteed in the 7th Amendment?

FEDERALIST v. ANTI-FEDERALIST

24. Why did the Anti-Federalist feel a Bill of rights was essential to protecting citizen’s rights?

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