Sectionalism Refers to

question 34

Multiple Choice

Sectionalism refers to

• A)identifying with members of one's social class.
• B)political loyalty to one's own region of the country.
• C)loyalty to one's political party.
• D)loyalty to one's country.
• E)political identity on the basis of gender.

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Definitions:

First Amendment

A provision in the United States Constitution that prohibits the government from making laws that infringe upon the freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and the press.

Free-Exercise Clause

A clause in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution that states that government (state and federal) cannot make a law “prohibiting the free exercise” of religion. This clause is interpreted to include absolute freedom to believe and freedom to act that may face state restriction.

First Amendment

An amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble, or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances.

Prohibiting

The act of legally preventing or forbidding something from happening or being done.