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Basic freedoms that protect individuals from government interference.
Civil Liberties
Supreme Court case that ended legal school segregation.
Brown v. Board of Education
This amendment expanded democracy by recognizing that gender should not determine political power. Gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
The chief justice of the Supreme Court who presided over the Brown vs. Board of Education case.
What part of the fifth amendment guarantees you cannot be tried twice for the same crime?
Double Jeopardy
Positive actions taken by government that guarantee people’s Constitutional rights and ensure equal protection under the law.
Civil Rights
Which court case declared that segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment?
Brown v. Board of Education
Banned poll taxes, removing barriers for low-income voters.
This law prohibited discrimination in public accommodations, such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to a fair trial are examples of what?
Civil Liberties
Thomas Jefferson and the anti-federalists required this before they agreed to ratify the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
Which Amendment made former slaves citizens and guaranteed the right to equal protection under the law?
The 14th Amendment
Lowered the voting age to 18
26th Amendment
This event was designed to help African Americans in Mississippi register to vote, where voter suppression was widespread.
Freedom Summer
This response to the clergy ultimately became a key document in the Civil Rights Movement.
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
A landmark law that banned discrimination and Jim Crow laws nationwide.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Amendment that gave black men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
This amendment guarantees protection against self-incrimination.
5th Amendment
Which University did Allan P. Bakke sue for reverse discrimination?
University of California at Davis
This event was the largest demonstration for civil rights in U.S. history.
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963
The decision in this case was reversed by the decision of the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The legal process by which the Supreme Court has applied most of the protections in the Bill of Rights to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause
Which amendment states that the government must compensate citizens when it takes private property for public use?
5th Amendment
What was the name of the group created by the NAACP to lead the bus boycott in Montgomery?
Montgomery Improvement Association
The 14th amendment gives all citizens ________________, also known as ____________.
Equal Protection of the Laws/Equal Protection Clause