Civil Liberties
These are freedoms that protect individuals from government interference, like speech and religion.
What are civil liberties?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition all come from this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
The Fourth Amendment protects against these kinds of government actions.
What are unreasonable searches and seizures?
This 1857 case ruled that an enslaved man was not a citizen and could not sue in federal court.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
Separation of people by race, enforced by law in the South, was known by this term.
What is segregation?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known by this name.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Burning a flag or wearing an armband without speaking is this type of expression.
What is symbolic speech?
Police generally need this court document before searching your home.
What is a search warrant?
This 1964 law banned discrimination in employment, schools, and public places
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
Bringing groups together, as in schools, is the opposite of segregation and is called this.
What is integration?
In Barron v. Baltimore, the Court ruled the Bill of Rights restricted only this level of government.
What is the federal (national) government?
Students at Des Moines schools wore black armbands to protest this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
Evidence gained through an illegal search cannot be used in court because of this rule.
What is the exclusionary rule?
This 1954 unanimous decision declared segregated public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This leader promoted nonviolent protest and civil disobedience.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This amendment’s Due Process Clause is the tool the Court used to apply the Bill of Rights to the states.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Schenck v. United States said speech can be limited when it creates this kind of threat.
What is a “clear and present danger”?
Clarence Gideon was denied this, which led to a landmark 1963 case.
What is the right to counsel (a lawyer)?
The ADA protects people from discrimination based on this.
What is a disability?
Rosa Parks’s arrest sparked this year-long protest in Alabama.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
n this 1925 case, the Court said states could not violate free speech, even though Gitlow’s conviction was upheld.
What is Gitlow v. New York?
Speech that incites violence or causes serious harm falls into this category, which the government can restrict.
What is unprotected speech?
Police must tell suspects they have the right to remain silent before questioning because of this 1966 case.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This 1968 law prohibits discrimination in renting and selling homes.
What is the Fair Housing Act?
This NAACP lawyer argued Brown v. Board and later became the first Black Supreme Court Justice.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?