Freedom of Speech
This 1919 Supreme Court case upheld restrictions on speech during wartime.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This constitutional amendment guarantees due process.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This Amendment protects the freedom of the press.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This amendment is often cited in privacy cases.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Abraham Lincoln suspended this constitutional right during the Civil War.
What is habeas corpus?
The U.S. government suppressed dissenters during this 2000s conflict using the PATRIOT Act.
What is the War on Terror?
Japanese Americans were interned without trial during this war.
What is World War II?
During WWI, this law was passed to prevent anti-war publications.
What is the Espionage Act?
This law allowed increased surveillance of U.S. citizens after 9/11.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
This pandemic coincided with WWI and further justified censorship.
What is the Spanish Flu (1918)?
He was arrested for giving an anti-draft speech during World War I.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
This 1944 case upheld Japanese internment.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
In this 1971 case, the Court ruled the government couldn’t stop newspapers from publishing classified documents.
What is New York Times v. United States? (Pentagon Papers case)
This NSA program collected phone records without warrants.
What is PRISM or metadata collection?
This Cold War period saw McCarthyism and suppression of dissent.
What is the Red Scare?
This term describes speech that presents a "clear and present danger."
What is unprotected speech?
These facilities held suspected terrorists indefinitely after 9/11, often without trial.
What are Guantanamo Bay detention camps?
This term means government censorship before publication.
What is prior restraint?
This whistleblower exposed mass surveillance practices.
Who is Edward Snowden?
Fear of anarchists after this event led to the Palmer Raids.
What are the 1919 bombings?
In this 1940s case, the Court ruled that free speech could be limited if it threatened national security.
What is Dennis v. United States?
This writ protects against unlawful detention but was restricted during the Civil War.
What is habeas corpus?
The U.S. cracked down on press freedom using this act during the Red Scare.
What is the Smith Act?
In times of war, this branch has often expanded its surveillance powers.
What is the Executive Branch?
This major event in 2001 led to sweeping changes in civil liberties.
What is the September 11 attacks?