Chapter 5 Assessment Answers
Matching Key Terms
1. d 9. n
2. h 10. b
True/False Quiz
16. F 21. T
17. T 22. F
Discussion Questions
27. Examples of speech that may constitutionally be limited or silenced include speech that incites
28. Examples of laws that are permissible under the Second Amendment include certain laws that
29. Examples of unreasonable searches and seizures include a detention of longer than 48 hours
30. If a law places restrictions on economic or property interests, or if a law discriminates on a basis
31. Examples of cases covered under the Eighth Amendment include (1) a person convicted of
Thinking Critically about the Law
32. While each state has the power and the right to pass its own laws, they are all part of the United
34. While a number of lawyers and historians have promoted the view that the term “to bear arms”
35. The Supreme Court has never ruled that the Eighth Amendment completely prohibits the use of
36. While answers may vary, only a court can decide that a law is contrary to the Constitution. The
Case Questions
37a. Y
38a. Y
39a. Y
Case Analysis
40. Principle of Law: A search occurs only when a person expects privacy in the thing searched
41. Principle of Law: An Eighth Amendment violation may not be predicated on exposure to any
42. Principle of Law: The Sixteenth Amendment granted the federal government power to impose
Legal Research
BONUS ACTIVITIES
Ask students to read newspapers, either online or in print version, and find articles critical of the
