Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Amendments
Supreme Court Cases
Vocab. Mash-Up
100
The Bill of Rights was designed to protect citizens from abuses by whom?
What is Government (Federal)
100
The most frequently cited amendment in civil rights cases.
What is 14th Amendment.
100
Name FOUR freedoms found in the 1st Amendment.
What is 1.) Speech 2.) Press 3.) Assembly 4.) Religion 5.) Petition
100
Court case that ended segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education.
100
Tax collected in order to vote ; banned by the 24th Amendment.
What is Poll Tax.
200
Name THREE rights of the accused, as defined in the 5th and 6th Amendments.
What is 1.) Trial By Jury 2.) Speedy Trial 3.) Impartial Jury 4.) Miranda Rights 5.) Right to Attorney 6.) Due Process 7.) Self-Incrimination
200
Major act that expanded suffrage during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
What is Voting Rights Act.
200
Amendment that deals with "cruel and unusual punishment."
What is 8th Amendment.
200

Which court case ruled that the state of Wisconsin could not force the Amish to send their children to traditional schools after they turn 14 years old?

Wisconsin v Yoder

200
Term that refers to malicious lies about an individual; either in print or spoken word.
What is Slander / Libel.
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name THREE Miranda Rights.
What is 1.) Right to Remain Silent 2.) Right to Attorney 3.) Right to Attorney present during Questioning 4.) Right to Stop Answering Questions
300
Primary interest group concerned with protecting civil rights and civil liberties.
What is American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
300
DAILY DOUBLE!! Name the TWO clauses regarding religion in the first amendment.
What is 1.) Establishment 2.) Free Exercise
300

Religious freedom court case that established the establishment clause.

What is Lemon v. Kurtzman (Lemon Test)

300
Segregationist laws in many Southern states; eliminated in the 1950s and 1960s.
What is Jim Crow Laws.
400
The doctrine that applies protections in the Bill of Rights and other amendments to state governments.
What is Doctrine of Incorporation
400
Name the TWO types of segregation that have occurred in the United States.
What is 1.) De Facto 2.) De Jure
400
Name the THREE major parts of the 14th Amendment.
What is 1.) Equal Protection under Law 2.) Due Process of Law 3.) Natural-Born Citizenship
400

Court case that ruled school sponsored prayer was unconstitutional.

Engel v Vitale

400
Legal precedent limiting government interference with media publications.
What is Prior Restraint.
500
In which amendment would you find Eminent Domain?
What is 5th Amendment.
500
First college in the US in which affirmative action policies were challenged.
What is University of Michigan (2001)
500
Name THREE amendments related to suffrage; and what each did to expand voting rights.
What is 15th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, 26th.
500

Which amendment was used to base decisions in the court case Baker v Carr?

The 14th Amendment -Equal Protection Claus

500
Constitutional test that limits or restricts the federal government from infringing on citizen's rights.
What is Undue Burden.
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