Constitutional Amendments
This amendment protects freedom of speech, press, and assembly.
What is the First Amendment?
This 1954 case overturned "separate but equal" in public education.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The idea that the press should investigate and report on the actions of those in power.
What is watchdog media?
This 1963 event featured Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech.
What is the March on Washington?
A formal request to an authority, often with signatures, asking for a specific action.
A: What is a petition?
This amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This 1969 case protected students' right to wear black armbands in protest.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The extension of civil rights to more groups over time.
What is constitutional evolution?
This 1911 disaster was a catalyst for labor reforms in the early 20th century.
What was the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
A formal request to an authority, often with signatures, asking for a specific action.
What is a petition?
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This 1971 case allowed the New York Times to publish the Pentagon Papers.
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
Isaiah Berlin's concept of freedom from external constraints.
What is negative liberty?
This 1955-1956 action challenged segregation in public transportation.
What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This type of journalism holds power accountable through in-depth investigation.
What is investigative journalism?
This amendment prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
What is the Fifteenth Amendment?
This 1961 case established the exclusionary rule for illegally obtained evidence.
What is Mapp v. Ohio?
False statements that damage individual reputations.
What is defamation?
This 1950s phenomenon led to blacklists and highlighted the importance of freedom of association.
What was the Red Scare/McCarthyism?
This concept refers to citizens actively participating in public affairs and the political process.
What is civic engagement?
This amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This 1969 case defined the limits of free speech regarding incitement to violence.
What is Brandenburg v. Ohio?
The four types of this in media are selection, coverage, statement, and gatekeeping.
What is media bias?
This 1971 leak revealed the U.S. government's decision-making about the Vietnam War.
What were the Pentagon Papers?
This term describes laws or practices that make it harder for certain groups to vote.
What is voter suppression?