Amendments
What are rights guranteed under the 1st Amendment?
Freedom of speech, press, religion, petition, and assembly
Who is the first president of the united states?
George Washington
case arose when students wore black armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War and were subsequently suspended
Tinker v. Des Moines
Gave I have a Dream speech
Martin Luther King
What period in U.S. history focused on rebuilding the South after the Civil War?
Reconstruction
What does the 2nd Amendment guarantee?
right to bear arms
Who gave the Gettysburg Address?
Abraham Lincoln
The case challenged the precedent set by Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), which allowed “separate but equal” facilities
Brown v. Board of Education
refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery bus, defying segregation laws.
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (13th Amendment).
What does the 24th Amendment gurantee?
Eliminated poll tax and literacy test
Which president served more than two terms?
Franklin D Roosevelt
Supreme Court decision that established the requirement for police to inform individuals in custody of their Fifth Amendment rights
Arizona Miranda
He criticized mainstream civil rights leaders for emphasizing nonviolence and integration, while promoting self-determination and empowerment for African American
Malcolm x
During Reconstruction, what part of the country was being rebuilt after the Civil War?
THE SOUTH
What does the 22nd Amendment gurantee?
Limits presidency terms to only two
Which presidents cause the trail of tears-relocation of Native Americans
Andrew Jackson
decision that limits the First Amendment protections for student speech in school-sponsored curricular publications.
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
led the Selma to Montgomery march, which was violently suppressed on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in an event known as “Bloody Sunday”, galvanizing support for the Voting Rights Act
John lewis
What war happened right before Reconstruction?
The American Civil War
What does the 10 Amendment guarantee?
Which president created Alien & Sedition acts?
John Adams
the Court declared that living in a free state did not grant Scott his freedom, as he was considered property and not entitled to the rights of citizenship. This ruling further stated that all blacks, whether enslaved or free, were not and could never become citizens of the United States, which intensified national tensions over slavery and contributed to the Civil War
Dred Scott v. Sanford
President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated him as the first African American Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall
Name the three Reconstruction Amendments that expanded rights after the Civil War.
Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution – Abolished slavery
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution – Granted citizenship and equal protection under the law
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution – Protected voting rights regardless of race (for men)