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Supreme Court Cases
Citizenship
Bill of Rights
Civil Rights
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This supreme court case outlawed segregation federally. 

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

200
This type of citizenship is acquired through a legal process. 

Naturalized

200

This amendment covers several liberties such as speech, religion, petition, and press. 

1st amendment

200

this term was used to describe the practices of southern states that restricted civil rights

jim crow

200

this is one of the most basic labor rights, which guarantees a certain amount of money must be paid per hour of work 

minimum wage

400

This supreme court case created the separate but equal doctrine, which enabled the Jim Crow south. 

Plessy v Ferguson (1896)

400
This is the most common legal status that people, usually immigrants, have in the united states other than citizenship. 

permanent residency

400
people often 'plead' this amendment, which protects against self-incrimination
5th
400
suffrage means what?

the right to vote

400

these organizations are made up of workers who advocate for additional labor rights and negotiate with both companies and the government. 

unions
600

This case exposed major flaws with the common law citizenship system, namely that even free blacks would be excluded. 

Dred Scott v Stamford (1857)

600
Someone who leaves their present country to go move to another. 
emigrant
600

this amendment prohibits cruel or unusual punishment 

8th

600

this amendment to the constitution abolished poll taxes, a common tool used to prevent people from voting.

24th

600

this is the federal pension given to all americans since the New Deal 

social security 

800

This world war 1 era court case showed that the government could place clear limits on the first amendment

Shenck v. USA (1919)

800

the majority of immigrants in the late 1800's and early 1900's went through these two ports of entry, one in New York, the other in California. 

angel & ellis islands

800
this amendment is the basis of many future rights, because it says that you may have rights other than what's written in the constitution. 

9th

800

this 1848 event was the first women's rights convention in the United States

Seneca Falls convention 

800

this economic event led to the New Deal, which included the first wave of federal labor rights in the united states

great depression 

1000

This refers to the process by which the supreme court has made almost all federal civil liberties apply to the states

Incorporation

1000

A blanket pardon granted to a whole group of people, which has been given to all undocumented migrants at several times in the past. 

What is an amnesty

1000

the bill of rights was a compromise between these two groups, who then both agreed to sign the new constitution. 

federalists and anti-federalists

1000

This law in 1964 was the main achievement of the civil rights movement. 

Civil Rights Act
1000

OSHA stands for this

Occupational Safety and Health Administration