A formal request for the government to act, backed by signatures
Petition
Double Jeopardy
Al Capone had a safe house in this Minnesota town
Social separation of the races
Segregation
General of The Northern Forces (United States)
General Ulysses S. Grant
Libel
The seventh amendment guarantees a jury trial for fines more than?
20 dollars
The only amendment to be repealed
18th Amendment
A form of protest where someone sits either in a chair or on the floor of an establishment
Sit-ins
How do we know that Senator Stevens took the Amendment home?
It still has the crease in the paper
Spreading lies in speech
Slander
The sum of money paid as a deposit for a person to appear in court
Bail
Suffrage means?
Right to vote
How much was Rosa Parks fined when she was arrested during the Montgomery Boycott
10 dollars
How many votes did the amendment get passed by
2 (1 if you don't count the Speaker of the House)
Freedoms we have to think and act without interference from the government
The 5th amendment protects individuals from testifying against themselves, called what
Self Incrimination
Number of Amendments after the Bill of Rights that dealt with voting rights
7
Brown vs. Board of education ruled that what phrase was unconstitutional in state law?
(Hint: this was used to justify segregation of public schools)
Separate, but equal
The vote for the 13th amendment is postponed during the hearing.. Why?
There is word of a Confederate Peace Offering
Thomas Jefferson
A formal document issued by a grand jury that charges someone with a crime
Indictment
The only amendment to be ratified by Special State Convention
21st amendment
The name of the movement where Whites and African Americans rode the bus together
Freedom Rides
Bipartisan support was an important theme in the movie, what does it mean
Support from both parties, or houses