Vocabulary
The freedoms we have to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment.
Civil liberties
Protects our civil liberties
The Bill of Rights
Which amendment covers, The Right to Freedom of Assembly
The First Amendment
Which amendment officially outlawed slavery in the United States and thus freed thousands of African Americans
The Thirteenth Amendment
Which amendment covers Women’s Right to Vote
The Nineteenth Amendment
What includes banning printed materials or films just because they contain alarming or offensive ideas
Censorship
Added in 1791
The 10 amendments
Which amendment also protects people from double jeopardy
The Fifth Amendment
This is when something is taken away as a penalty for breaking a contract
Forfeited
The unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group.
Discrimination
Groups or activities not considered as part of a normal school day or curriculum.
Extracurricular
Which Amendment protects the Freedom of Religion?
First Amendment
The amendment says that, in peacetime, soldiers may not move into private homes without the consent of the homeowner
The Third Amendment
Which amendment also outlawed any sort of forced labor, except as punishment for a crime
The Thirteenth Amendment
The programs that encouraged the hiring and promoting of minorities and women in fields that were traditionally closed to them.
Affirmative action
Is simply a formal request.
Petition
Which of the following has the Supreme Court decided is a compelling public interest to limit first amendment freedoms?
Safety
Which amendment gives the Powers of the People
The Ninth Amendment
Which amendment prevented states from denying citizenship and other rights to African Americans, the Fourteenth Amendment was passed in 1868
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Amendment made poll taxes illegal in national elections. Two years later, the Supreme Court ruled that poll taxes were illegal in state elections as well
The Twenty-fourth Amendment
Is a court order allowing law enforcement officers to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence.
Search warrant
Which Amendment protects Americans “against unreasonable searches and seizures”
The Fourth Amendment
Which amendment would provide your right to privacy?
The Ninth amendment
Which amendment defined a United States citizen as anyone “born or naturalized in the United States,” a definition that included most African Americans
The Fourteenth Amendment
Which amendment changed that in 1961. The amendment says that residents of the District of Columbia may vote for the president and vice president, just as other Americans do
The Twenty-third Amendment
The evidence that a witness gives in a court of law.
Testimony
Criminal Proceeding as well as gives additional due process rights to people accused of crimes
The Sixth Amendment
Which amendment protects citizens’ property rights by limiting the government’s power of eminent domain
The Fifth Amendment
What type of political system in which property and wealth are controlled by the citizens and evenly distributed.
Socialism
Who was a prominent women’s rights activist in 19th-century America who initiated the women’s suffrage movement.
Susan B. Anthony
This means that people who are accused of a crime and judged not guilty may not be put on trial again for the same crime.
Double jeopardy
Which amendment covers the people accused of crimes that they are entitled to have a lawyer?
The Sixth Amendment
Which amendment states that no state may take away a person’s voting rights on the basis of race, color, or previous enslavement
The Fifteenth Amendment
Which Amendment protected only men in practice. The various states had the power to decide whether women could vote
The Fifteenth Amendment
Which amendment guaranteed the right to vote to citizens 18 and older for all national and state elections
The Twenty-sixth Amendment
The meaning of following established legal procedures. It also includes the idea that the laws themselves must be reasonable.
Due process
Which amendment covers, The Right to Possess Firearms
The Second Amendment
What is not mentioned in the Constitution. However, the Supreme Court has drawn on the First, Fourth, Fifth, and Ninth Amendments to uphold this right
The right to privacy
He was one of the main leaders of the civil rights movement, also helped organize marches, boycotts, and demonstrations that opened many people’s eyes to the need for change
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Which amendment banned Congress from increasing its members’ salaries until after the next election
The Twenty-Seventh Amendment