Express Yourself
Freedom of Expression is both defined and given Constitutional protections in this important document.
What is the First Amendment?
The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment promotes the idea that the government should not have this?
What is an official religion (government should be separate from religion)?
What is property owning white males?
This Supreme Court case in 1896 established the concept of "separate but equal" and laid the ground work for Jim Crow laws?
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
This amendment provides Constitutional protection to the concept of due process at the level of state governments.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Freedom of expression is made up of four different different freedoms, name them.
What is freedom of speech, press, assembly, and petition?
This clause of the First Amendment provides protections to the religious practices of American citizens, except for certain practices.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
There are three historical barriers to voting that have traditionally used to prevent people from voting, name them.
What is grandfather clauses, literacy tests, and poll taxes?
The case of Loving v Virginia from 1967 dealt with the constitutionality of state laws that outlawed this practice.
What is interracial marriage?
This Supreme Court case dealt with due process rights in a case involving juveniles that were accused of a crime in 1964.
What is In re Gault?
The case of Tinker v Des Moines gives Constitutional protections to students for this important freedom during the 1960s.
What is freedom of speech?
This practice was banned in public schools in the early 2000s through Supreme Court cases arguing that this violated the Establishment Clause.
This amendment granted all female citizens of the United States the right to vote at the federal level in 1920.
What is the 19th amendment?
The case of Brown v Board of Education declared that segregation in this public institution is unconstitutional.
What is schools?
Due Process, a concept vital for people accused of a crime or dealing with unfair treatment by the government, is defined as...
What is the rules and process a government must follow to take away people's rights?
The case of Morse v Fredrick allows a school to limit a students freedom of expression if they are promoting this at school or school events.
What is illegal drug use?
This is the name of a religious practice that involves marriage but is not afforded Constitutional protections.
What is polygamy?
Despite the passage of the 15th Amendment this group of Americans still faced barriers to voting, that included legal restrictions and violence.
What is African Americans?
This law ended segregation in public places such as restaurants, hotels, and other businesses engaged in public accommodations.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This amendment from the Bill of Rights protects your due process right of protection from self-incrimination (right to not testify against yourself).
What is the 5th Amendment?
What is the name of the Supreme Court case that determined students could not be punished for using profanity outside of school.
What is Mahoney Schools v B.L.?
The Founders decided to provide for freedom of religion due to this aspect of colonial American society.
What is the existence of many different religious groups in America?
This amendment eliminated poll taxes as unconstitutional in 1964.
What is the 24th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case declared that all laws that unfairly favored one gender above another is unconstitutional.
What is Reed v Reed?
This amendment from the Bill of Rights protects your due process right of protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?