Unit Two – Civil Liberties & Civil Rights

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Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Civil RightsMovements

Supreme Court Cases

Vocabulary

The three types of speech not protected according to the Supreme Court.

What is slander, obscenity, and speech that presents a “clear and present danger”?

All of the following situations involve civil liberties except:

-An angry protestor burns an American flag- A burglary suspect is read his rights before questioning- Homosexuals challenge a ban on gay marriage in court- A group sacrifices a goat as part of a religious ceremony- A state provides funds to increase salaries of religious

school teachers

What is - Homosexuals challenge a ban on gay marriage

in court

This protects against unfair police interrogation and/or the violation of a suspected criminal’s due

process rights.

What are “Miranda rights”?

The “wall of separation” divides

What is church and state?

Four rights of a person suspected of and arrested for a crime protected by the Constitution.

What are the rights to remain silent, be represented by a lawyer,

demand a writ of habeas corpus, and receive a speedy and public trial?

Of the following, these are incorrectly paired:13th amendment: Women’s suffrage

15th amendment: African American (male) suffrage 21st amendment: Poll tax banned

26th amendment: 18 – 21 year old suffrage

What are the 13th amendment & women’s suffrage and the 21st amendment & poll tax

banned?

Fill in the blanks:The biggest difference between civil rights and civil liberties is that civil rights have to do with

protections of _______ while civil liberties have to do with protections of _________.

What are groups and individuals?

This amendment was the first to clarify the American concept of equality by ensuring that all

citizens receive “equal protection of the laws.”

What is the 14th amendment?

Three of the tactics used to keep African Americans from voting even after the passage of

the 15th amendment.

What are poll taxes, white primaries, grandfather clauses, literacy tests, state laws, discriminatory

registration practices, and/or intimidation?

In the following cases: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas (1954); Baker v.

Carr (1962); and Regents of University of California v. Bakke (1978) this clause of the 14th

amendment was used.

What is the “equal protection” clause?

If adopted, the Equal Rights Amendment would have prohibited discrimination based on this.

What is gender?

A major victory of the African American civil rights movement was the adoption of this, which

prohibited racial discrimination in public accommodations (like restaurants and hotels).

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

In 1990, this movement achieved a major victory when an act was passed protecting those in their

group from job discrimination by requiring employers to provide “reasonable

accommodations.”

What is the disability rights movement?

Of the following cases, this is the most likely to involve a violation of civil rights:

- Classifying people into brackets on the basis on income and taxing them at different rates- Conducting a search without a warrant or

probable cause- Classifying people using any system that treats

one group of people differently from another- Classifying people and treating them differently

based on race or gender- Giving adults more rights than minors

What is - Classifying people and treating them differently based on race or gender?

Affirmative action laws are designed to remedy the following kind of discrimination:

de jurede facto

What is de facto discrimination?

Roe v. Wade (1973) ruled that a woman’s right to an abortion came from the Constitutionally

implied _____________.

What is right to privacy?

Engle v. Vitale (1962) and Lemon v. Kurtzman (1973) both involve this civil liberty.

What is freedom of religion?

This Supreme Court case upheld the right of the government to place Japanese citizens in

internment camps during WWII.

What is Korematsu v. United States?

This court case established the “exclusionary rule” dealing with evidence gained through an

unlawful search.

What is Mapp v. Ohio?

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) is most closely associated with this

movement.

What is the affirmative action movement?

Government censorship by press; it is usually found to be unconstitutional.

What is prior restraint?

Implied through the 14th amendment, this is the process by which provisions of the Bill of Rights

are applied to the states.

What is selective incorporation?

Written statement defaming another with false information.

What is libel?

Restricted voting in Democratic primaries (the only election that mattered given Democratic

dominance at the time) to whites.

What were white primaries?

Passed to prevent any state from using any methods to disenfranchise citizens, specifically

African Americans.

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?