COURT CASES
What did Brown v. Board decide about school segregation?
What is school segregation unconstitutional?
Why are Miranda Rights important?
What is to prevent self-incrimination and the right to legal counsel
What is the purpose of the 14th Amendment?
granted citizenship to people born in the US, giving them all the rights of previous citizens
This First Amendment clause prevents the federal government from creating an official national religion.
What is the Establishment Clause?
What does the Fourth Amendment protect citizens from?
What is to protect from search and seizures
What was the significance of Brown v. Board of Education?
Any school segregation supported by the state is declared unconstitutional
This clause protects citizens from government interference in religious practices.
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
What did Plessy v. Ferguson say about “separate but equal”?
What is separation but equal?
What rights does the First Amendment protect?
What is freedom of expression
What strategies were used in the Civil Rights Movement?
Revealing injustice through the media, using pressure to make Congress pass civil rights laws, and the founding of organizations like the NAACP that actively fought segregation
This principle describes the idea that the Supreme Court cannot make Congress pass laws about religion.
What is the wall of separation between church and state?
What is “due process”?
What is protection from an arbitrary government and fairness in legal matters?
How does the 14th Amendment relate to civil rights?
The 14th Amendment relates to civil rights in that it ensured that no state could take away the rights of any citizen, no matter who they are, as long as they are a citizen
This concept comes from the First Amendment and limits how closely government and religion may interact.
What is the wall of separation?