Civil Rights/Civil Liberties

Civil rights are limitations placed on the government, while civil liberties are guarantees of equal citizenship.

Civil liberties are limitations placed on the government, while civil rights are guarantees of equal citizenship.

Civil rights and civil liberties both refer to limitations placed on the government's power.

Civil rights and civil liberties are terms used interchangeably with no difference.

Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

Protection against cruel and unusual punishment

The right to bear arms

Protection against self-incrimination

It abolished slavery.

It granted women the right to vote.

It lowered the voting age to 18.

It provided equal protection under the law to all citizens.

A selective process for states to choose which federal laws to follow.

A method of incorporating businesses in multiple states.

A process where each right in the Bill of Rights must be individually applied to the states through court decisions.

A process where all rights in the Bill of Rights automatically apply to the states.

The federal government has the power to regulate interstate commerce.

The Bill of Rights applies to both the federal and state governments.

The Bill of Rights only applies to the federal government, not the states.

States have the right to secede from the union.

The states have the power to grant more rights than those listed.

The right to privacy is explicitly stated.

The rights listed in the Constitution are not exhaustive.

The list of rights in the Constitution is exhaustive.

To ensure all citizens have the right to bear arms

To limit the power of the government and protect individual freedom

To provide equal protection under the law

To grant voting rights to all citizens

Limits on how the government can act

Limits on what the government can do

The rights of states to govern without federal interference

The process of incorporating rights against the states

Benton vs. Maryland

Gitlow vs. New York

Barron vs. Baltimore

Mapp vs. Ohio

Guaranteeing equal citizenship and protection from discrimination

Preventing the government from establishing a religion

Ensuring all citizens have the right to vote

Limiting the government's ability to engage in surveillance