Government Semester Exam Question
And Correct Answers Update
Civil Liberties - Answer -✔✔Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
Censorship - Answer -✔✔restriction on access to ideas and information
Eminent Domain - Answer -✔✔Power of a government to take private property for
public use.
Search Warrant - Answer -✔✔A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search
a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence
Indictment - Answer -✔✔the act of accusing; a formal accusation
Grand Jury - Answer -✔✔A group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient
evidence to accuse someone of a crime.
1st Amendment - Answer -✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
Petition
2nd Amendment - Answer -✔✔A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
3rd Amendment - Answer -✔✔No quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment - Answer -✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
6th Amendment - Answer -✔✔The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, representation by an
attorney for an accused person
7th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment - Answer -✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment
9th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
10th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Powers Reserved to the States
, Double Jeopardy - Answer -✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
Due Process - Answer -✔✔following established legal procedures
Bail - Answer -✔✔A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused
person returns for his or her trial
Discrimination - Answer -✔✔unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its
members
Civil Rights - Answer -✔✔the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and
equality.
Slander - Answer -✔✔the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging
to a person's reputation.
Libel - Answer -✔✔A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business,
or property rights.
Petition - Answer -✔✔A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an
authority
Chief Executive - Answer -✔✔The role of the president as head of the executive branch
of the government.
Chief Legislator - Answer -✔✔The role of the president in influencing the making of
laws.
Commander in Chief - Answer -✔✔term for the president as commander of the nation's
armed forces
Party Leader - Answer -✔✔In this role, the president is the head of his political party
25th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Presidential succession
President - Answer -✔✔Head of the Executive Branch
Cabinet - Answer -✔✔A group of advisers to the president.
Embargo - Answer -✔✔an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a
particular country.
Trade Sanctions - Answer -✔✔an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade
barriers
And Correct Answers Update
Civil Liberties - Answer -✔✔Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
Censorship - Answer -✔✔restriction on access to ideas and information
Eminent Domain - Answer -✔✔Power of a government to take private property for
public use.
Search Warrant - Answer -✔✔A court order allowing law enforcement officers to search
a suspect's home or business and take specific items as evidence
Indictment - Answer -✔✔the act of accusing; a formal accusation
Grand Jury - Answer -✔✔A group of citizens that decides whether there is sufficient
evidence to accuse someone of a crime.
1st Amendment - Answer -✔✔Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
Petition
2nd Amendment - Answer -✔✔A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
3rd Amendment - Answer -✔✔No quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment - Answer -✔✔The Right to Remain Silent/Double Jeopardy, right to due
process
6th Amendment - Answer -✔✔The right to a Speedy Trial by jury, representation by an
attorney for an accused person
7th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Right to a trial by jury in civil cases
8th Amendment - Answer -✔✔No cruel or unusual punishment
9th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
10th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Powers Reserved to the States
, Double Jeopardy - Answer -✔✔Being tried twice for the same crime
Due Process - Answer -✔✔following established legal procedures
Bail - Answer -✔✔A sum of money used as a security deposit to ensure that an accused
person returns for his or her trial
Discrimination - Answer -✔✔unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its
members
Civil Rights - Answer -✔✔the rights of citizens to political and social freedom and
equality.
Slander - Answer -✔✔the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging
to a person's reputation.
Libel - Answer -✔✔A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business,
or property rights.
Petition - Answer -✔✔A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an
authority
Chief Executive - Answer -✔✔The role of the president as head of the executive branch
of the government.
Chief Legislator - Answer -✔✔The role of the president in influencing the making of
laws.
Commander in Chief - Answer -✔✔term for the president as commander of the nation's
armed forces
Party Leader - Answer -✔✔In this role, the president is the head of his political party
25th Amendment - Answer -✔✔Presidential succession
President - Answer -✔✔Head of the Executive Branch
Cabinet - Answer -✔✔A group of advisers to the president.
Embargo - Answer -✔✔an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a
particular country.
Trade Sanctions - Answer -✔✔an effort to punish another nation by imposing trade
barriers
