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Civil Liberties
Civil Liberties
Civil Rights
Civil Rights
100
personal guarantees and freedoms that the government cannot restrict (freedom to)
What is civil liberties
100
The first clause of the First amendment; it directs the national government not to sanction an official religion.
What is the establishment clause
100

Segregation laws existed in this many states.  

39 out of 50 states had segregation laws

100
Amendment that banned slavery
What is the 13th amendment
100

Voting age lowered from 21 years to 18 years

26th Amendment (1971)

200
The government-protected rights of individuals against discriminatory treatment (freedom against)
What is civil rights
200
The second clause of the First Amendment;it prohibits the U.S. government from interfering with a citizen's right to practice religion.
What is the Free Exercise Clause
200

Segregation laws, also know as

Jim Crow Laws

200
Amendment that guaranteed citizens the right to vote regardless of race.
What is the 15th amendment
200

African American males got suffrage after Civil War.

15th Amendment (1870)

300
According to this amendment, powers not delegated the national government are reserved to the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment
300

The First Amendment protects this many rights.

5:

Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition and Speech.

300

This prohibits police from using illegally seized evidence in a trial

4th amendment 

(Exclusionary Rule)

300
Amendment granting women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment
300

Plessy vs Ferguson argued that

Separate is equal 

Separate but equal

400

Guarantees protection of both people and property

Civil Liberties

400

The acronym to help you remember the 5 rights in the 1st amendment.

RAPPS

Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, Speech

400
Written statement that defames a person's character.
What is libel
400

Guaranteed equal voting rights

Voting Rights Act of 1965

400

In 1954 Supreme Court ruled that public schools could no longer be segregated in

Brown v. Board of Education

500

Supreme Court upheld states ability to enact Jim Crow Laws if facilities were “separate but equal”

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

500

Judicial doctrine through which most of the Bill of Rights are made to applicable to the states via the 14th amendment

What is judicial review

500

5th Amendment guarantees this at the national level, 14 amendment guarantees this at the state level.

Due Process 

500

Legislation passed to outlaw segregation in public facilities and discrimination in employment, education, and voting, created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

What is Civil Rights Act of 1964

500

Outlawed all forms of discrimination in voting process.

Voting Rights Act of 1965