Civil Liberties Basics
Freedom from excessive government interference.
What are civil liberties?
This amendment granted African American men the right to vote.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
Students do not “shed their constitutional rights” at school.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This case required police to inform suspects of their rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This 1944 case upheld Japanese American internment.
Question: What is Korematsu v. United States?
The constitutional principle that guarantees fair treatment under the law.
What is due process?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This case established the “clear and present danger” test
What is Schenck v. United States?
This case guaranteed the right to an attorney even if the accused cannot afford one.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
his presidential order authorized the removal of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Question: What is Executive Order 9066?
This clause prevents the government from creating an official religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
This amendment eliminated poll taxes in federal elections.
What is the Twenty-Fourth Amendment?
This case ruled school-sponsored prayer unconstitutional.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
The Fifth Amendment protects against this.
What is self-incrimination?
These two acts restricted speech during World War I.
What are the Espionage Act and Sedition Act?
This amendment protects unenumerated rights retained by the people.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
Southern states used these two methods to prevent African Americans from voting.
poll taxes and grandfather clauses?
This case protected Amish parents’ religious freedom in education.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
The Sixth Amendment guarantees this type of trial.
What is a speedy and public trial by jury?
This 1857 decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
The constitutional principle that requires states to treat people in similar situations the same
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
This Supreme Court case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This case upheld limits on speech during World War I under the Espionage Act.
What is Schenck v. United States?
The Eighth Amendment protects against this type of punishment.
Question: What is cruel and unusual punishment?
This constitutional principle is at the center of debates over national security versus individual freedoms.
What is due process?