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Answer KeyENRICHMENT ACTIVITY 41. The Americans with Disabilities Actopens the way for many physically andmentally challenged Americans to pursueopportunities in employment. Itattempts to give them access to transportation,public accommodations, andtelecommunications.2. Businesses had to make physical modificationsto accommodate physicallychallenged employees such as addinglarger stalls in rest rooms, adding elevatorsand/or ramps, and adding handicappedparking spaces. New buses,trains, and subway cars had to beequipped with hydraulic lifts. Retailstores, hotels, and restaurants had tobe free of barriers that preventedphysically disabled people from enteringthe premises. Telephone companieshad to provide relay services forhearing- and speech-impaired people.3. Businesses that could prove that therequired changes would be too costlyor too disruptive or would substantiallyalter the way they do business wereexempt from complying with the act.4. It is like a bill of rights because itmakes it possible for physically andmentally challenged Americans toenjoy more freedom by guaranteeingthem access to many public and privatefacilities.5. Answers will vary. No, it is unjustifiedgovernment interference in business,and it is unfair to business. Yes, it isjustified because the rights of the physicallyand mentally challenged need tobe protected, and few businesses wouldmake the changes voluntarily. Physicallyand mentally challenged Americanswho are able to work becomeproductive members of society ratherthan a drain on public resources.GUIDED READING ACTIVITY 4-11. Civil liberties are the freedoms wehave to think and act without governmentinterference or fear of unfairtreatment.2. Answers may vary, but some forms ofexpression may include telephone conversations,radio and TV broadcasts,art, music, Internet communication,and clothing.3. Answers may vary, but students shouldshow an understanding of the term.Censorship means banning printedmaterials or films or information thatis published or broadcast.4. Freedom of assembly means the rightto gather in groups for any reason, aslong as the gathering is peaceful.Freedom of association is impliedthrough the freedom of assembly; freedomof association not only allows citizensto assemble peaceably, but to beassociated, or belong, to such groups.5. A petition is a formal request.6. The First Amendment protects thefreedoms of religion, speech, the press,and assembly and the freedom to petitionthe government.7. Freedom of speech does not includethe right to endanger the governmentor other Americans; freedom of assemblydoes not include the right to inciteriots or violent behavior; and citizensdo not have the right to participatein activities to overthrow the government.8. Slander includes lies that are spokenand libel includes lies that are written.9. The rights of the community comefirst.10. First Amendment rights are limited toprotect the rights of other Americansand the government.94
Answer KeyGUIDED READING ACTIVITY 4-21. The Fourth Amendment protects citizensfrom “unreasonable searches andseizures.” No police officer, governmentagent, or soldier can search ortake your property without goodcause.2. A search warrant is a court orderallowing law enforcement officers tosearch a suspect’s home or businessand take specific items as evidence.3. An indictment is a formal charge of acrime by a grand jury.4. Double jeopardy: a person accused of acrime and judged not guilty cannot betried again for the same crimeSelf-incrimination: people cannot beforced to testify against themselvesDue process: following the establishedlegal procedures; the idea that lawsthemselves must be reasonableEminent domain: the right of the governmentto take private property, suchas land, for public use; the governmentmust pay a fair price for the property5. The Sixth Amendment requires that aperson be told the nature of thecharges against him or her; it guaranteesa trial by jury, a speedy and publictrial, and the right to hear and questionall witnesses against the accused.6. The judge decides the amount of bail.7. The Fifth Amendment protects a personfrom double jeopardy.8. the right to bear arms9. Civil cases are lawsuits that involvedisagreements between people ratherthan crimes.10. The Tenth Amendment reserves powersfor the states, thereby preventingpowers for the national governmentfrom becoming too strong.GUIDED READING ACTIVITY 4-31. The Thirteenth Amendment outlawedslavery in the United States and freedenslaved African Americans.2. The Fourteenth Amendment definedAfrican Americans as U.S. citizens andrequired every state to grant its citizens“equal protection of the laws.”3. It means that all U.S. citizens in everypart of the country have the same basicrights as guaranteed by the Bill ofRights.4. The Fifteenth Amendment says that nostate may take away a person’s votingright on the basis of race, color, or previousenslavement.5. It allowed voters to elect their senatorsdirectly.6. the Nineteenth Amendment7. The residents of Washington, D.C.(District of Columbia), gained the rightto vote in national elections with theTwenty-third Amendment.8. A poll tax required voters to pay a sumof money before casting a ballot. Thepoll tax was outlawed in national electionsin 1964 by the Twenty-fourthAmendment, and in state elections twoyears later.9. The Twenty-sixth Amendment givescitizens 18 years and older the right tovote.GUIDED READING ACTIVITY 4-41. African Americans were not allowed toattend the same schools as white students,they had to ride in the back ofbuses, sit in separate sections of restaurantsand theaters, use separate publicrestrooms and water fountains, andstay in separate hotels.2. Segregation is the social separation ofthe races.95
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