Liberties and Rights
Civil Rights and Movements
Shaping Opinion
Ideology
Polls and Amendments
100

The amendment protecting freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition

First Amendment

100

The 1848 convention in New York that launched the modern women's rights movement

Seneca Falls

100

Citizens' beliefs and attitudes toward issues, events, and people

Public Opinion

100

A cohesive set of beliefs forming a general philosophy about government

Political Ideology

100

The group of people chosen to represent a larger population in a poll

Sample

200

This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures

Fourth Amendment 

200

A 1969 police raid and riot at this New York bar brought national attention to the gay rights movement

Stonewall Inn

200

The process by which people form their political values

Political socialization

200

People who want limited government in both the economy and social life

Libertarians

200

This amendment deals with the right to bear arms

Second Amendment

300

The Fifth Amendment forbids this: being tried twice for the same crime

Double Jeopardy

300

When people organize and act together toward a shared goal, it's called collective action. Sustained campaigns like this for disadvantaged groups are called this

Social movements

300

Family, school, friends, and the media are examples of these

Agents of socialization
300

People who believe in social ownership, strong government, and reducing economic inequality

Socialists

300

Voters shifting support to the candidate the polls show winning

Bandwagon effect

400

Freedom of speech is a civil ____, while protection from discrimination is a civil ____

Liberty; right

400

Even though the Fifteenth Amendment guaranteed Black men the right to vote, southern states passed these discriminatory laws after Reconstruction

Jim Crow laws

400

Believing in liberty is a political ____, while supporting a bike lane on your street is a political ____

value; attitude

400

Compared with people in rural areas, people in cities tend to be this

More liberal

400

This is a frequent cause of measurement error in surveys

Poorly worded questions

500

Policies that give members of groups that faced past discrimination special access to education and jobs

Affirmative action

500

This group of people was treated as members of separate nations rather than US citizens until 1924

Native Americans

500

Public opinion shapes policy, and policy can shape public opinion. This makes the relationship:

Dynamic

500

The distinctive difference in how women and men vote

Gender gap

500

Freedom of assembly and petition are protected by the same amendment as this freedom

Free Speech (First Amendment)

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