Social Movements pt 1
Identify two ways social movements have asked for and secured rights in American history.
Protest, petition / lobby government, litigate in court, electoral pressure
Where is the right to privacy located in the constitution?
It isn't (not enumerated)
Which case ended racial segregation in schools?
Brown v. Board (1954)
What constitutional clause should we always be thinking of when we are thinking of civil rights and social movements?
Equal Protection Clause
Title IX was created in response to which social movement?
Women's Rights
What are the steps to answering Part B on an FRQ #3?
Facts - Facts - Holdings
What are the TWO cases we know about free speech?
Tinker v. Des Moines
Schenck v. United States
What does litigation mean
suing people in court!
What is wrong with this sentence: The Voting Rights Act of 1965 gave African Americans the right to vote.
African American men had the right to vote after the ratification of the 15th amendment after the Civil War. The VRA enforces the 15th amendment to get rid of things like poll taxes and literacy tests to help African Americans actually get to vote.
Explain the central idea of Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Nonviolent direct action is necessary because it causes discomfort which reveals tension in society and that tension will result in negotiation between the majority and minority interests in order to secure protections for the minority that would not be secured without said actions.
What are the TWO cases we know about religion?
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Engel v. Vitale
The process of applying pieces of the Bill of Rights to states on a case by case basis
Explain the impacts of the Civil Rights Act of 1954
Enforces the 14th amendment to outlaw segregation in public spaces, dismantles Jim Crow laws, outlaws employment discrimination based on race
What are the four ways that government can respond to social movements?
What were the implications of Gideon v. Wainwright?
The selective incorporation of the 6th amendment to the states, requiring all people to be given access to a lawyer for criminal defense
What is the penumbra doctrine
The idea that there are hidden rights IMPLIED in the Bill of Rights
Why do many groups view litigation in courts as the most effective way to secure civil rights?
Identify an example of a government response to a social movement that is NOT African Americans or women.
Disability: ADA, IDEA
Labor: OSHA, FLSA
LGBTQ: Obergefell v. Hodges, Pride Month
What is the difference between 5th amendment due process and 14th amendment due process
5th amendment is procedural, it protects people accused of a crime from being denied life/liberty/property
14th amendment is substantive, it applies to all citizens saying they can't be denied life/liberty/property even if not accused of a crime
Explain how federalism affects public policy in the U.S.
Federalism allows states to make different decisions about policy and therefore there are a wide variety of policies throughout the US dependent on region and ideology rather than the same laws everywhere.