Amendments
Gave formerly enslaved men the right to vote.
15th Amendment
This famous court case declared that school segregation was illegal.
Brown vs Board of Education
Ending racial segregation and securing equal rights for all Americans was the goal of this movement.
Civil Rights Movement
Where are America's civil liberties listed?
The Bill of Rights
The constitutional and other legal protections against government actions. Most are listed in the Bill of Rights. :___________________.
Civil Liberties
The constitutional amendment adopted after the Civil War that declares “No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”:________________.
14th Amendment
The 1963 Supreme Court decision holding that anyone accused of a felony, where imprisonment may be imposed, has a right to a lawyer. The decision requires the government to provide a lawyer to anyone so accused who is too poor to afford one.
Gideon v. Wainwright
Rosa Parks refusing to give her seat to a white man on a segregated bus started what?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What is every person accused of a crime is entitled to.
Due process.
The constitutional amendment that protects the four political rights: freedom of religion, of speech, of the press, and of assembly:_____________________.
First Amendment
These types of court sentences or punishments are prohibited by the 8th Amendment::______________.
Cruel and Unusual Punishment
Case where SCOTUS ruled that a required non-denominational prayer at public schools violated the First Amendment.
Engel v. Vitale
During the Montgomery bus boycott, this famous individual emerged as an important leader of the Civil Rights movement.
MLK
A type of speech that is NOT protected; it has been clarified to mean anything that lacks artistic merit and is patently offensive. :___________________.
obscenity
The publication of false and malicious statements that may damage someone’s reputation
Libel
Gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
A 1919 Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction of a socialist who had urged resistance to the draft during World War I. Justice Holmes declared that the government can limit speech if the speech provokes a “clear and present danger” of substantive evils.
Schenck v. United States
Martin Luther King Jr supported this type of direct action because he believed it would convince the public of the righteousness of the movement's goals.
Nonviolent Resistance
Nonverbal communication, such as burning a flag or weaving an armband. The Supreme Court has accorded some protection of it under the First Amendment:______________________.
symbolic speech
The right to bear arms is protected by this amendment: _________________.
2nd Amendment
Gave 18 year olds the right to vote.
26th Amendment.
SCOTUS ruling that allowed students to wear black armbands to protest the Vietnam War at public high school as protected expression.
Tinker v. Des Moines
President Eisenhower did this when trying to protect the first black students to attend Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas.
Sent in federal troops to force integration of the schools.
Clause in the First Amendment that prevents government from requiring citizens to follow a religion: _______________________.
Establishment Clause
A written authorization from a court specifying the area to be searched and what the police may search for:______________________.
search warrant