Court Cases
Gives woman the right to privacy.
Roe v. Wade.
The Civil Rights Act was enforced in the Constitution. True or False?
True
What do civil liberties protect U.S citizens from?
Government
The authors of the Declaration of Ind.?
Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, & John Adams
What are the two types of laws?
There are Just and Unjust laws.
Plessy v. Ferguson
What year did the Civil Right Act get signed?
1964
What is the due process clause?
written into the 14th amendment clause, the due process clause states that no state may deprive a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.
What is the list of Grievances?
A list of complaints the colonist had with the way King George III ruled England and actions that England took towards them.
What has "wait" meant when used to discuss civil rights?
Never
The freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger
Schenck v. us
What president signed the Civil Rights Act?
Lyndon B. Johnson
False
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
To break the colonist from their political connections connecting them to Britain declaring their independence.
Why did Martin Luther King Jr. take the time to write letters to the clergymen?
He believed they were good people put under orders of bad men.
Segregation in schools was ruled unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
What was the overall importance of the Civil Rights Act?
To end social segregation throughout the U.S.
What is the exclusionary clause?
The exclusionary clause states any evidence not obtained legally cannot be used in a trial
Which Congress inherited the Declaration of Independence?
The second Continental Congress.
What kind of peace does Martin Luther King Jr. say too many people are striving for?
He states that they are striving for peace in the time which will only be superficial as the problem in which they are fighting for will reoccur.
Established exclusionary rule; illegally obtained evidence cannot be used in court
Mapp v. Ohio
What occured in the Senate during the discussion of the Civil Rights Act?
A 54 day filibuster by the minority party
What are the ex post facto laws?
Laws preventing being from being arrested for an crime performed before there was a law claiming it illegal.
What are unalienable rights?
Rights that the government are unable to take away from the people.
Who does MLK use as an example to say that not all laws are morals?
Hitler