Liberties
The protections outlined in the amendments
What are civil liberties?
Protects speech, assembly, religion, petition, and the press
What is the 1st amendment?
This amendment was ratified to guarantee citizenship rights following the Civil War
What is the 14th amendment?
Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Families with religious objections to public schools cannot be forced to send their children.
What is Wisconsin v. Yoder?
The process by which our civil liberties are applied to state governments
What is selective incorporation?
Guarantees the right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
This document was written by Martin Luther King Jr., that outlined the purpose of protest movements.
What is Letter from a Birmingham Jail?
Segregation in Schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Schools cannot force students to participate in school-sponsored prayer.
What is Engel v. Vitale?
The two parts to freedom of religion.
What is the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise clause?
Guarantees the right to remain silent, eminent domain, and a grand jury.
What is the 5th amendment?
The two laws passed in the 1960s in response to Civil Rights protests. They protected minority groups from discrimination.
What are the Civil Rights Act of 1964 & the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Right to a Lawyer
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
Declared that speech that represents a 'clear and present danger' can be regulated by the government.
What is Schenck v. United States?
The clause used to protect civil liberties from state governments
What is the Due Process Clause?
Guarantees freedom from cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
Classification of Southern discriminatory policies to African-American's prior to the 1960s.
What is de jure segregation?
Supremacy Clause & Necessary and Proper Clause
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The 2nd amendment is incorporated to the states.
What is McDonald v. Chicago?
The court case that established that the Bill of Rights were not forced onto state governments
What is Barron v. Baltimore (The 'Barron' Wall)?
Guarantees women's right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
This was the clause used by the Supreme Court in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States
What is the commerce clause?
Freedom of the Press.
What is NY Times v. United States?
Tennessee's redistricting process was unconstitutional violation of the Equal Protection Clause
What is Baker v. Carr?