Bill of Rights
This 2010 Supreme Court case dealt with the Second Amendment and selective incorporation
McDonald v Chicago
What are civil liberties?
Constitutional freedoms guaranteed to all citizens
Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals.
What rights are covered under the 4th Amendment?
Search and seizure rights
How MLK defended the civil rights movement when people told him the movement was too radical
Jesus was a radical / Radical gets to the root of something
List the protections in the First Amendment.
Freedom of speech, religion, assembly, petition, and press.
Identify the term that goes with this definition:
The process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights are brought within the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment and so applied to state and local governments.
Selective Incorporation
What was the main goal of the Women's movement in the early 1900s?
1920s- right to vote
What rights were not provided in Gideon v. Wainwright?
6th amendment- Right to an attorney
The 2nd amendment, according to SCOTUS, protects this...
Which of the following founding fathers believed a Bill of Rights was unnecessary because the Constitution itself restricted the rights of the federal government?
Madison-Argued that by explicitly listing rights in a Bill of Rights, it could be interpreted as the only rights protected, leaving other rights unprotected. He believed that the Constitution's structure, by only granting specific powers to the federal government, already protected individual liberties by implication.
What Supreme Court case dealt with public school students may wear armbands to class protesting against America's war in Vietnam when such display does not disrupt classes? What amendment covers this case?
Tinker v Des Moines; Freedom of speech
This amendment would give more rights to women...but it has not passed to become law.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
What clause and amendment is connected to the Letter from Birmingham Jail?
14th Amendment- Equal Protection Clause
Define the exclusionary rule
What is evidence from an illegal search cannot be used in a court of law?
What is the difference between Libel and Slander in freedom of press?
Libel – an untrue written statement that injures a person’s reputation
Slander – an untrue spoken expression that injures a person’s reputation
List both must know Supreme Court cases that deal with freedom of religion.
- Engel v Vitale- stated that required school prayer in school violated the freedom of religion
-Wisconsin v Yoder- case that ruled that Wisconsin's compulsory school attendance law violated the First Amendment
In what foundational document (for this class) did MLK write about the power of nonviolent protests?
What is Letter from Birmingham Jail?
What SCOTUS case established rights of the accused in providing information in relation to their case?
Miranda v Arizona- Miranda rights
This is the reason why convict leasing in the late 1800s/early 1900s was sometimes considered to be worse than enslavement
What is an enslaved person was (horribly) a long term "commodity" but a leased convict could be easily replaced
What Supreme Court case dealt with press and freedom of speech in the early 1900s? What precedent did it set?
Schenck v US; clear and present danger
List Supreme Court cases related to the Equal Protection Clause. (8 total)
- Plessy v Ferguson
-Brown v Board
-Gitlow v New York
-Mapp v Ohio
-Gideon v Wainwright
-Griswold v Connecticut
-Loving v Virgina
-Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
What is the difference between de facto segregation versus de jure segregation?
De facto- segregation by unwritten custom or tradition
De jure- Racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies.
Name 2 amendments that provide protections for alleged criminals?
5th-protects people from self-incrimination, double jeopardy, and unfair treatment by the government.
6th-Rights of criminal defendants- speedy/public trial, right to an attorney, trial by jury of peers, right to know charges
8th- No cruel and unusual punishments
14th- Equal Protection Clause
This former Georgia representative used to tell people to get "into good trouble"?
Who is John Lewis?