civil rights act
responsible for pushing forward the civil right act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson
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Gerrymandering
when a political group tries to change a voting district to create a result that helps them or hurts the group who is against them.
Civil liberties are guarantees and freedoms that liberal governments commit not to abridge, either by legislation or judicial interpretation, without due process.
Civil liberties
Written in ____.
1776
Board of Education, which held that racially segregated public schools were unconstitutional,
sparked the civil rights movement's push toward desegregation and equal rights.
supreme law of the United States of America.
The Constitution of the United States
state or federal issue?
Supreme Court, by a 5 to 4 vote, ruled that claims of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering are not subject to federal court review because they present non-justiciable political questions, removing the issue from the federal court's purview.
Freedom of speech also covers:
also covers how you dress and symbolism and stuff
What are the 4 parts?
Preamble, A Declaration of Rights, A Bill of Indictment, and A Statement of Independence
Civil Liberties
six basic principles of governing.
These principles are popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.
How is gerrymandering determined?
In the United States, redistricting takes place in each state about every ten years, after the decennial census. It defines geographical boundaries, with each district within a state being geographically contiguous and having about the same number of state voters.
All from the __ amendment
1st
Who were the people that wrote it?
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Roger Sherman, and Robert
1954 – 1968
Civil rights movement/Period
Date effective
March 4, 1789
Who created gerrymandering
As Governor of Massachusetts (1810–1812), Gerry approved a redistricting plan for the state senate that gave the political advantage to Republicans.
protest is stopped when it
disrupts the public or put people at danger
Broke off for independence from?
The British
civil rights movement ended.
That was the day that James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis, Tennessee
oldest written national constitution in use
Constitution of the United States of America
Why is redistricting important
How and where districts are drawn can shape communities' ability to elect the representatives of their choice. Districts must be made as equal in population as practicable so that communities have equal access to political representation.
speech is stopped when:
When it puts people at danger, threats, terrorizes...
Purpose?
13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.