AMERICAN GOVERNMENT

ROOTS & REFORM

CHAPTER 4

(Revised 7/8/2011)

Learning Objectives

In general, after you finish reading and studying this chapter, you should understand the following:

·  the bill of rights and the reasons for its addition to the Constitution

·  the application of some rights in the Bill of Rights to the states via the incorporation doctrine

·  the meaning of the First Amendment's religion clauses

·  the establishment clause

·  the free exercise clause

·  the meaning of the First Amendment's free speech and press clause

·  the interpretation and controversy over the second Amendment; the right to bear arms

·  rights of the accused or criminal defendant's rights in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 8th Amendments

·  the meaning of the right to privacy and how it has been interpreted by the courts

CHAPTER 4 STUDY GUIDE (Know these things)

Columbine High School shootings –lecture / Congress and Obscenity – 120, 120, 114
Civil Liberties – 108, 110, 106 / Symbolic Speech and Hate Speech – 117, 118, 113
Bill of Rights – 109, 111, 107 / Second Amendment – 121, 121, 115
9th & 10th Amendments -109, 111, 107 / Fourth Amendment – 123, 122, 116
Due Process clause – 109, 111, 108 / Fifth Amendment – 124, 123, 117
Incorporation Doctrine – 110, 112, 108 / Miranda v. Arizona – 125, 124, 118
Selective Incorporation -110, 112, 108 / Exclusionary rule – 126, 125, 119
First Amendment – 111, 113, 109 / Sixth Amendment – 127, 125, 120
Lemon Test – 111, 113, 110 / Eighth Amendment – 128, 126, 121
Wall between Church and State – 113, 114, 103 / Roe v. Wade (1973) – 131, 130, 125
Prior restraint – 114, 116, 111 / Homosexuality – 132 , 132, 127
Clear and Present danger – 116, 117, 112 / The Right to die – 132, 133, lecture
Direct Incitement – 116,117, 112 / Key terms – 134, 138, 133
Libel and slander – 118, 120, 114

Page numbers by Edition (2008, 2009, 2011)

Not in text, in Power Point or Lecture