Terms
Potluck
Acts
Amendments
Amendments (2)
100
Following established legal procedure
What is Due Process
100

Contains the Due Process and Equal Protection Clause

What is the 14th Amendment

100
This act banned segregation in stores, restaurants, hotels, and theaters and banned discrimination based on gender, religion, and national origin.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964
100

13th, 14th, 15th 

Civil War Amendments

100
Requires the accused to be allowed a public trial with a jury.
What is the 6th.
200
Putting someone on trial for a crime they were previously found not guilty
What is Double Jeopardy
200

Self-Incrimination

What is you don't have to testify against yourself?

200
This act banned the use of unfair literacy tests to allow voting privileges.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
200
Abolished slavery in America.
What is the 13th
200
Made poll taxes illegal in national elections.
What is the 24th.
300
Southern segregation laws
What is "Jim Crow" Laws
300

A fixed tax levied on all persons as a condition of voting

What are poll taxes

300

A fixed portion such as food allotted to persons in the military or civilians in times of scarcity

What is ration?

300
Requires officers to obtain search warrants before searching homes, businesses, etc.
What is the 4th
300
Gave African American men the right to vote.
What is the 15th.
400
Spoken untruths that are harmful to one's reputation
What is Slander
400

This amendment changed the procedure for electing the President and VP

What is the 12th Amendment

400

Define Habeas Corpus

What is a legal rule that states that if someone is arrested, they have a right to appear before a judge and be told why they are being detained (held)?

400
Forbids "cruel and unusual punishment"
What is the 8th
400
Gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th
500

All people including males and females could vote

What is "Universal Suffrage?"

500

The 26th Amendment lowered this during the Vietnam Conflict?

What is the voting age?

500

This Act prohibits states from from discrimination in housing

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1968?

500
Limits the governments power to take private property.
What is the 5th
500
Individuals have a constitutional right to keep firearms in their homes for protection.
What is the 2nd.
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