CIVIL LIBERTIES FOUNDATIONS
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights? (pg. 259)
Speech that uses symbols or actions to convey a message.
What is symbolic speech? (pg. 274)
A court order requiring police to present a detained person before a judge.
What is habeas corpus? (pg. 279)
Government protection against discrimination.
What are civil rights? (pg. 293)
A major law banning discrimination in public accommodations.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964? (pg.309)
The constitutional protection against deprivation of life, liberty, or property without legal procedures.
What is due process? (pg. 263)
Government censorship of speech before it is published.
What is prior restraint? (pg. 273)
A legal standard requiring justification to search or arrest.
What is probable cause? (pg. 279)
The constitutional clause requiring equal treatment under the law.
What is the equal protection clause? (pg.297)
This act prohibited racial discrimination in voting.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965? (pg.309)
The process by which the Bill of Rights is applied to the states.
What is selective incorporation? (pg. 264)
False statements that damage a person’s reputation.
What is slander? (pg. 275)
Evidence obtained illegally cannot be used in court.
What is the exclusionary rule? (pg. 280)
The amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment? (pg.297)
The amendment lowering the voting age to 18.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment? (p. 311)
The clause that prevents Congress from creating a national religion.
What is the establishment clause? (pg. 266)
The legal standard allowing limits on speech that poses an immediate threat.
What is clear and present danger? (pg.273)
Being tried twice for the same crime is prohibited by this protection.
What is double jeopardy? (pg. 280)
The doctrine that allowed racial segregation if facilities were equal.
What is separate but equal? (pg.298)
A law prohibiting gender discrimination in education programs.
What is Title IX of the Higher Education Amendments of 1972? (p. 312)
The clause that protects individuals’ rights to practice religion freely.
What is the free exercise clause? (pg. 266)
Material not protected by the First Amendment due to offensive sexual content.
What is obscenity? (pg. 276)
Rights read to suspects upon arrest.
What are Miranda rights? (pg. 293)
Government policies designed to address past discrimination.
What is affirmative action? (pg.302)
A form of protest involving refusal to obey laws peacefully.
What is civil disobedience? (p. 306)