Vocab
Protections citizens have against government action that takes away fundamental freedoms
Civil Liberties
Protection against cruel and unusual punishment
8th amendment
Due Process Clause (guarantee against the deprivation of any state of 'life, liberty, or property without due process of the law" is found in what amendment?
14th Amendment
Court case that allowed an amish student to stay home from school because of freedom of religion
Wisconsin v. Yoder
What as MLK Jr.'s favorite movie?
The Sound of Music
Protections provided by the government to prevent discrimination
Civil Rights
Free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion
1st amendment
Part of the 1st amendment that protects citizens from the government requiring them to join or support a religion
The Establishment Clause
Court case that forbid a school from playing prayers over the loud speaker due to the establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale
The biggest organization that helps citizens fight to protect their civil liberties
The ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Segregation by law (as opposed to segregation in practice)
De Jure Segregation
protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
4th amendment
The process of applying the federal Bill of Rights to state laws and actions
Selective Incorporation (via the 14th Amendment)
court case that extended freedom of speech to symbolic speech as well
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
In his years as a civil rights leader, how many times was MLK Jr. arrested?
30 times
The type of protests practiced during the Civil Rights Movement (ex. bus boycotts, sit ins, etc.)
Civil Disobedience
Right to an attorney
6th amendment
This amendment granted voting rights to African Americans
15th Amendment
court case that declared segregation in schools was illegal
Brown v. Board of Education
1978
You must be read these when arrested or the arrest can be thrown out
Miranda Rights
powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states or to the people
10th amendment
The amendment that give women the right to vote
19th amendment
Court case that established the "clear and present danger" test in regards to freedom of speech
Schenck v. US
The Missouri law states that any dwelling that houses four or more unrelated females is considered a _______, making it illegal.
A brothel