Gov 310L module 4 Questions and All
Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
Civil Rights - Answer Rights that (1) enable individuals to engage in activities central to
citizenship or legal immigrant status, such as voting or petitioning the government; (2) ensure
all individuals receive due process and equal treatment under the law; or (3) guarantee freedom
from discriminatory actions by others that seek to deny an individual's full status as an equal
member of society.
basic rights government have to ensure for all its citizens. Rights enable citizens to engage in
activities central to citizenship (guarantee freedom from oppressive actions, equal rights=equal
members, what govt needs to secure).
civil liberties - Answer Freedoms protected from interference by the government, such as
freedom of speech and freedom of religion. **negative rights.
Freedoms protected from interference by the government or others.
fundamental freedoms that together preserve the rights of a free people.
ex: vaccination rights
natural law - Answer a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and
essential to or binding upon human society. "God given"
age of enlightenment - Answer the time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans
began to break away from tradition and rethink political and social norms
the era in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis,
and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority
government limitations, protecting minorities (from opression)
Virginia Bill of Rights - Answer Protected freedom of religion, freedom of the press, gave
citizens right to a trial by jury, other states followed and added Bill of Rights to their
constitutions - 1776
Griswold v. Conneticut (1965) - Answer Civil liberties, closely related to the bill of rights: The
right of consenting adults to use birth control is a privacy right protected under the 4th. 9th,
and 14th amendments
, banning contraception = unconstitutional
right to privacy
9th amendment implies marital privacy.
9th amendment - Answer Unenumerated Rights
role of courts - Answer protect minorities and indiv. rights from govt and other indiv.
decide if rules are constitutional, protect unpopular opinions, very limited censorship.
Alien and Sedition Acts - Answer (1798) laws passed by a Federalist-dominated Congress
aimed at protecting the government from treasonous ideas, actions, and people
violated first amendment.
permitted harassing and jailing of people critical of govt
US v. Jones (2012) - Answer No GPS tracking devices on vehicles
violated 4th amendment
4th amendment - Answer Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
McCarthy Era - Answer (1940s-early 50s) unjust oppression of communist ideology.
1960s vietnam protestors - Answer fierce reprisals from govt and police.
controversial if unjust.
Dred Scott (1857) - Answer Court decided that all people of African ancestry-slaves as well as
those who were free-could never become citizens of the US and not sue in federal court. Court
also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its
territories
overturned by 14th amendment (1868)
Jim Crow laws - Answer Laws passed after the Civil War to establish a system of segregation
of public facilities and private establishments that made African Americans second-class
citizens.
Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
Civil Rights - Answer Rights that (1) enable individuals to engage in activities central to
citizenship or legal immigrant status, such as voting or petitioning the government; (2) ensure
all individuals receive due process and equal treatment under the law; or (3) guarantee freedom
from discriminatory actions by others that seek to deny an individual's full status as an equal
member of society.
basic rights government have to ensure for all its citizens. Rights enable citizens to engage in
activities central to citizenship (guarantee freedom from oppressive actions, equal rights=equal
members, what govt needs to secure).
civil liberties - Answer Freedoms protected from interference by the government, such as
freedom of speech and freedom of religion. **negative rights.
Freedoms protected from interference by the government or others.
fundamental freedoms that together preserve the rights of a free people.
ex: vaccination rights
natural law - Answer a rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and
essential to or binding upon human society. "God given"
age of enlightenment - Answer the time period in the 1700s during which many Europeans
began to break away from tradition and rethink political and social norms
the era in which cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis,
and individualism rather than traditional lines of authority
government limitations, protecting minorities (from opression)
Virginia Bill of Rights - Answer Protected freedom of religion, freedom of the press, gave
citizens right to a trial by jury, other states followed and added Bill of Rights to their
constitutions - 1776
Griswold v. Conneticut (1965) - Answer Civil liberties, closely related to the bill of rights: The
right of consenting adults to use birth control is a privacy right protected under the 4th. 9th,
and 14th amendments
, banning contraception = unconstitutional
right to privacy
9th amendment implies marital privacy.
9th amendment - Answer Unenumerated Rights
role of courts - Answer protect minorities and indiv. rights from govt and other indiv.
decide if rules are constitutional, protect unpopular opinions, very limited censorship.
Alien and Sedition Acts - Answer (1798) laws passed by a Federalist-dominated Congress
aimed at protecting the government from treasonous ideas, actions, and people
violated first amendment.
permitted harassing and jailing of people critical of govt
US v. Jones (2012) - Answer No GPS tracking devices on vehicles
violated 4th amendment
4th amendment - Answer Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
McCarthy Era - Answer (1940s-early 50s) unjust oppression of communist ideology.
1960s vietnam protestors - Answer fierce reprisals from govt and police.
controversial if unjust.
Dred Scott (1857) - Answer Court decided that all people of African ancestry-slaves as well as
those who were free-could never become citizens of the US and not sue in federal court. Court
also ruled that the federal government did not have the power to prohibit slavery in its
territories
overturned by 14th amendment (1868)
Jim Crow laws - Answer Laws passed after the Civil War to establish a system of segregation
of public facilities and private establishments that made African Americans second-class
citizens.
