Amendments 1-10
What does the Second Amendment give citizens the right to?
Bear Arms
What group of people did the 19th Amendment give the right to vote?
Women.
What did the 21st Amendment do?
Repeal the 18th Amendment.
What is mass incarceration?
High numbers of people entering prison.
Who are you allowed to refuse from staying at your home under the 3rd Amendment?
Soldiers.
Which Amendment protects people from double jeopardy?
The 5th Amendment.
Which Amendment abolished slavery?
The 13th Amendment.
What 3 things were made illegal under the 18th Amendment?
The manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol.
What major event led to the mass incarceration of African Americans?
The War on Drugs.
What does the 6th Amendment give the right to?
A fair and speedy trial.
Which Amendment provides protection from unreasonable searches and seizures?
The 4th Amendment.
Which happened first: Women getting the right to vote or African American men getting the right to vote?
African American men getting the right to vote.
What was NOT illegal under the 18th Amendment?
Consumption of alcohol.
Which Amendment relates to the New Jim Crow?
The 13th Amendment.
Which Amendment gives the right to a jury?
The 7th Amendment.
Which Amendment gives protections from cruel and unusual punishment?
The 8th Amendment.
Which Amendment gave people equal protections under the law?
The 14th Amendment.
What is a bootlegger?
Someone who sells goods illegally.
Why are less white people being put in prison for drugs than black people, when they use drugs just as much?
Over-policing in black neighborhoods.
What does the 9th Amendment state?
Not all of the rights we have are listed in the Constitution.
What are the 5 Freedoms protected under the 1st Amendment?
Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, Petition
What is the 15th Amendment?
The right to vote will not be denied by race or ethnicity.
What is a speakeasy?
A secret or hidden bar or nightclub.
What metaphor does the author of the New Jim Crow make about racism? Explain the metaphor.
Racism is like a birdcage. Issues African Americans face (police brutality, worse education, colorism, etc.) are the wires of the birdcage, taking away the freedom of African Americans.
What is due process?
The right to a fair trial, where all correct procedures are done.