1st Amendment
2nd and 3rd Amendment
Rights of the Accused
Civil Rights, Citizenship, and Voting
Vocab
100

These all 5 rights protected by the First Amendment.

What are speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
100

These types of regulations on firearms are allowed to be implemented by states without violating the Second Amendment.

What are permits and licensure to own and carry firearms?

100

The 1966 case of Miranda v. Arizona established that police must inform suspects of this right.

What is the right to remain silent and have an attorney?

100

The Equal Protection Clause forbids governments from this.

What is drawing unreasonable distinctions between classes of persons?

100

This is a legal document, signed by a judge, allowing police to search and/or seize persons or property.

What is a search warrant?

200

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment prohibits this.

What is endorsing a state-sponsored religion?

200

The Third Amendment prohibits this.

What is housing soldiers in private homes without owner's consent during peacetime?

200

It was determined this Amendment was violated in the 1961 case of Mapp v. Ohio when Dolly Mapp's home was searched by police without a warrant.

What is the Fourth Amendment?
200

These are the two interpretations of birthright citizenship.

What is by blood and by soil?

200

This is the right to vote in political elections. Historically the movement for a woman's right to vote is associated with this word.

What is Suffrage?

300

The concept of "prior restraint" refers to this.

What is Governments curbing ideas before they're expressed?

300

This was the common belief about standing armies during times of the founding of the US.

What is posing a danger to liberty?

300

This supreme court case established that states must provide an attorney if the defendant cannot afford legal representation.

What is Gideon v. Wainwright?

300

These are the three national requirements for voter qualification.

What are citizenship, older than 18, and legal resident in a state?

300

These are the limitations on the power of the government, designed to ensure personal freedoms.

What are Civil Liberties?

400

Schenck v. United States (1919) established this.

What is The "clear and present danger" standard for limiting free speech?

400

The Supreme Court made this decision in the case of D.C. v. Heller.

What is banning handguns violates the Second Amendment?
400

This is the purpose of the Sixth Amendment.

What is a right to a speedy and public trial in criminal cases?

400

The 24th Amendment prohibits this.

What is a Poll Tax?

400
This is the legal standard for determining whether a search or seizure is constitutional or a crime has been committed; a lower threshold than the standard proof needed at a criminal trial.

What is Probable Cause?

500

This is the only time governments can regulate assembly.

When is time and place considerations related to safety?

500
This constitutional principal was at issue in McDonald v. Chicago (2010).

What is whether the Second Amendment applies to states through the due process clause of the 14th Amendment?

500

The Eighth Amendment prohibits this.

What is Cruel and Unusual punishment?

500

What did Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 establish?

What is a prohibition of gender discrimination in education programs receiving federal assistance?

500

This is the type of segregation that results from government discrimination rather than private choices of individuals.

What is De Jure Segregation?