Vocabulary
Bill of Rights Amendments
Other Important Amendments
People/Group
Miscellaneous-courts, events, landmark acts
100
this amendment guarantees the right to vote
What is suffrage
100
this amendment protect citizens from housing troops
What is the third amendment
100
this amendment abolished slavery
What is the thirteenth amendment
100
this person uttered the words "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed..."
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.
100
This court case consisted of the Supreme Court that ruled segregated schools unconstitutional
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
200
this is unfair treatment based on prejudice against a certain group
What is discrimination
200
this amendment provided a fair and speedy trial
What is the sixth amendment
200
this amendment was the only amendment ever to be repealed
What is eighteenth amendment
200
this group of Whites and African Americans traveled together on buses to protest segregation
Who are Freedom Riders
200
this was where more than 200,000 people gathered to here MLK
What is the March on Washington
300
this is the right of the government to take private property, usually land, for public use in exchange for just compensation
What is eminent domain
300
this amendment protected citizens from unreasonable searches and seizure
What is the fourth amendment
300
this amendment gave suffrage to women
What is the ninteenth amendment
300
this group of people consisted of Whites and African Americans that mainly worked through the courts to challenge laws and customs that denied African Americans their constitutional rights
Who is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
300
this is where congress sets up commission on civil rights and creates a division of civil rights in Justice Department
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1957
400
this is a formal charge by a group of citizens called a grand jury
What is indictment
400
this amendment is powers given to the state
What is the tenth amendment
400
this amendment says that states cannot be sued without its conscent
What is the eleventh amendment
400
this group aided the growing numbers of African Americans in cities, helping them find jobs and improve their opportunities to get ahead
Who is the National Urban League
400
this empowered federal government to intervene in voter registration discrimination
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
500
this is the freedoms we have to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment
What is civil liberties
500
this amendment is a civil suit case between two people
What is the seventh amendment
500
this amendment extending voting rights to the citizens of Washington D.C.
What is the twenty-third amendment
500
this person ordered an end to segregation in the nation's armed forces
Who is President Harry Truman
500
this was a nonviolent protest that took place at a diner
What is the Greensboro Sit-in
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