Constitution
Acts and Clauses
Court Cases
Vocab
Other Facts
100
What two amendments of the Constitution protect freedom of religion?
the First and Fourteenth Amendments
100
The _________ Clause sets up a separation between Church and State.
Establishment
100
Everson V Board of Education was the first Supreme Court case dealing with the _______ Clause.
Establishment
100
anything that is church sponsered
Parochial
100
Seven Supreme Court Cases dealt specifically with ________ and the Bible
Prayer
200
The First Amendment prohibits an establishment of a _________.
religion
200
The ________ Clause declares that any public school that receives federal funding must allow religious organizations to meet on the same terms as any other organization.
Equal Access
200
In this court case the court held that the Ten Commandments monument located on the grounds of the Texas State Capital in Austin does not Violate the Constitution.
Van Orden V Perry
200
when schools release students during school hours to attend religious activities as long as it is off school grounds
released time
200
According to the Lemon Test, a law must have a secular purpose and not a _________ purpose.
Religious
300
The First Amendment prohibits any arbitrary interference by __________.
The Government
300
The _________ Clause states that each person has the right to believe whatever he or she chooses in matters of religion.
Free Exercise
300
This court case forbid the use of poisonous snakes in religious rights.
Bunn V North Carolina
300
a three part test to decide if a state law amounts to an establishment of religion
the Lemon Test
300
The Supreme Court has declared that ______ schools cannot sponsor religious exercises
public
400
What is The due process clause, which also protects freedom of religion, is found in the ______ Amendment.
Fourteenth
400
The _______ Clause means that the state cannot deny any individual of their natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
Due Process
400
This court case passed the Blue Laws, or laws saying that some businesses must be closed on Sunday.
McGowen V Maryland
400
laws that state that some businesses must be closed on Sunday
Blue Laws
400
Laws have to be neutral toward ________.
Religion
500
Prayer in the opening of both Houses of Congress and most state legislatures is _____________.
Constitutional
500
The court case Bunn v North Carolina shows limits of the _________ Clause.
Free Exercise
500
This Court Case ruled that the federal government has the right to draft any eligible male even if he has religious beliefs that do not allow the practice of any violence, including war.
Welsh V United States
500
a religious group
sect
500
The Government may celebrate Christmas but may not in any way endorse _________.
Christianity
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