This case ruled in favor of speedy and fair trials based on the story of a professor who participated in a civil rights sit in.
What is Klopfer vs. NC
100
The Supreme Court held that a person cannot be held in police custody unless told their specific rights.
What is Miranda vs. Arizona
100
Following this war, the separate but equal doctrine was used to perpetuate racial segregation.
What is the Civil War.
100
This case ruled that starting a day with prayer was unconstitutional.
What is Engle vs. Vitale
100
This case held that enslaved African Americans were property, not citizens and had no rights under the law.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sandford.
200
This case eventually lead to the Civil Rights Movement when it upheld the separate but equal doctrine used by southern states to perpetuate segregation following the Civil War.
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson
200
This case ruled that poor defendants have the right to a state paid attorney.
What is Gideon vs. Wainwright
200
Tinker vs. DesMoines School District stated that students could not be suspended for wearing black armbands during this war.
What is Vietnam.
200
Hazelwood School District vs. Kuhlmeier was overturned in favor of the principal. The principal wanted two articles removed from the school newspaper regarding these two issues.
What is divorce and teen pregnancy.
200
This case ruled that the manual recount had no uniform way of being judged and therefore had to be stopped.
What is Bush vs. Gore
300
This case decided against the rigid use of racial quotas, but did establish that race was permissible criteria.
What is University of CA vs. Bakke
300
According to this amendment, the accused has the right to a state paid attorney.
What is the sixth amendment.
300
This case ruled that the federal government did have the authority to relocate Japanese Americans as a necessary response to the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is Korematsu vs. United States
300
This case established more lenient standards for school searches.
What is NJ vs. TLO
300
This case expanded the scope of political speech unless it is linked to immediate lawless behavior.
What is Brandenburg v. Ohio
400
The court ruled that racial segregation in public schools violates the Equal Protection Clause because it is inherently unequal.
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education
400
This case stated that evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible.
What is Mapp vs. Ohio.
400
These amendments were created as a result of Prohibition. It just so happens, both are also associated with legal drinking ages.
What is 18 and 21.
400
This case ruled that a public school could not suspend students who wore black arm bands to oppose the Vietnam War.
What is Tinker vs. DesMoines SD
400
This case held that a state law that discriminated against women was unconstitutional.
What is Reed v. Reed
500
He promoted the non-violence movement associated with the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.
500
The term that is used to describe equal and fair treatment under the law.
What is Due Process.
500
These three amendments were added to the Constitution as a result of what war?
What is the Civil War.
500
This case ruled in favor of new busing regulations to achieve integration due to freedom of choice for schools.