Landmark Court Cases
This Landmark Court Case resulted in these "rights", the most well known being the right to remain silent.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This civil rights leader was a prominent figure during the Civil Rights Movement, and was one of the head organizers of the 1963 March on Washington.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
This group of advisors to the president includes 15 department heads.
What is the Cabinet?
A former president and the author of the Declaration of Independence, he shares his death date with another president: he and John Adams both died on July 4, 1826.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This opening statement of the US Constitution is known as this.
What is the Preamble?
This 1967 case involved the FBI placing a listening device on the outside of a public phone booth in order to catch a suspect placing bets over the phone.
What is Katz v. United States?
This is the year that the first enslaved people were brought to America. Prior to this, the main source of labor was indentured servants.
When is 1619?
A legal change, addition, or edit to a government document. The word is most commonly used to refer to parts of the US Constitution.
What is an amendment?
Who is William Howard Taft?
The amendments in the constitution that involve an individual's freedom and rights are grouped in this part of the document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
In the 1968 case of Terry v. Ohio, it was ruled constitutional for police to do this to a person reasonably suspected to be armed and involved in a crime.
What is "Stop and Frisk"?
A recent chapter in Black History, this movement started in 2013, but gained much more notoriety and traction during 2020.
What is "Black Lives Matter"?
A vote held halfway through a four-year presidency to give voters the opportunity to change which party controls Congress.
What are midterms?
The fourth chief justice of the supreme court, who oversaw the 1803 case of Marbury v. Madison.
Who is John Marshall?
according to the constitution, there are this many branches of government to keep each other in check (Checks and Balances).
What is three?
Brown v. Board of Education determined that this type of separation in schools is unconstitutional.
What is racial segregation?
Following the arrest of Rodney King, this series of events occurred in April and May of 1992, having escalated from protests against police brutality.
What are the 1992 Los Angeles riots?
A way of redistricting district boundaries in a state, usually for political purposes.
What is Gerrymandering?
This civil rights activist, as a child, was one of the first black students to attend a formerly all-white school following Brown v. Board of Education. She is also the subject of Normal Rockwell's painting "The Problem We All Live With".
Who is Ruby Bridges?
The purpose of the constitution was to replace this, and to establish a new form of government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Five students in Iowa wore black armbands to school in December 1965 to protest US involvement in the Vietnam War, resulting in this case.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District?
The brutal lynching of this 14-year-old boy in Mississippi in Summer of 1955 spurred national outrage and was a significant event during the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Emmett Till?
This is often done by legislative officials in order to prolong a debate or delay a vote.
What is filibustering?
This philosopher and his work "Two Treatises of Government" directly influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
The year that the most recent amendment (27) was ratified.
What is 1992?