Amendments 1
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
This amendment protects Americans' right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
This case led to the legalization of segregation as long as separate facilities were equal
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This court case ended with the establishment of Judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Year of the Declaration of Independence
When was 1776?
This amendment made previously enslaved Black Americans citizens of the United States
What is the 14th amendment?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant
What is the 4th amendment?
This court case declared that enslaved persons were not automatically U.S. citizens if they suddenly were in a free state, and that Congress could not officially ban slavery in any territory
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This California court case made school segregation in Orange County on the basis of race illegal
What is Mendez v. Westminster?
This was the year that the Constitutional Convention met to draft the Constitution
When was 1787?
This right protects Americans against having to quarter (house) soldiers
What is the 3rd amendment?
This progressive amendment allowed for the direct election of senators
What is the 17th amendment?
This court case upheld Native American sovereignty and protected Native lands from having to abide by federal law in the early Republic
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This court case legalized abortion as a federal right until it was overturned and made a states' right issue again in 2022
What is Roe v. Wade?
This was the year of the Nullification Crisis
When was 1832?
These are the rights guaranteed by the first amendment (you must get all 5 of them)
What is freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition?
This amendment officially lowered the voting age to 18 instead of 21
What is the 26th amendment?
This court case limited free speech if it caused a "Clear and present danger" to society
What is Schenck v. the United States?
This case protected the right of free speech in American journalism
What is The New York Times v. the United States
When was 1968?
This amendment abolished the Poll Tax
What was the 24th amendment?
This amendment required electors to cast separate votes for President and Vice President, rather than VP going to whoever was in second place for President
What is the 12th amendment?
This Supreme Court case struck down racial quotas in the college admission system as the only means to acceptance into a university.
What is the Regents of the University of California v. Bakke?
This Supreme Court case protected the right of schools to search students' property without a search warrant as long as there was probable cause.
What was New Jersey v. T.L.O.?
When was 1893?