Timeline of Key First Amendment-Related Events

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The First Amendment

• Part of the United States Bill of Rights, which was ratified in 1791

• Establishes five freedoms:– Establishment Clause and Free Exercise of Religion– Freedom of Speech– Freedom of Press– Right to Assemble– Right to Petition the Government

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free

exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a

redress of grievances.”

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Timeline Activity• Working with your group, research each event

on your group’s slide.• Click on an event to be linked to a web-based

resource that provides some background information about the event.

• Find at least one additional source of information to support your research and help you answer the questions on your group’s handout.

• Be prepared to present your timeline of events to your class.

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Group 1

1791 1971 2008

1948 2001

USA Patriot Act passed.McCollum v. Board of Education

Bill of Rights ratified Lemon v. Kurtzman Commemoration of Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday

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Group 2

Schenck v. United States

Free Speech ZonesHollywood Ten

Texas v. Johnson

Alien and Sedition Acts

2004

1989

19501798

1919

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Group 3

1835Gag Rule passed.

1925

The Scope Monkey Trials

1953

Arthur Miller writes The Crucible.

2007

Morse v. Frederick

1998

Beussink v. Woodland R-IV School District

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Group 4

1878Reynolds v. United States

1936Dorothea Lange and the Great Depression

1964

NY Times v. Sullivan

2000Boy Scouts of America v. Dale

1989

Skyywalker Records, Inc. v. Navarro

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Group 5

1906

The Jungle

1943West Virginia v. Barnette

1970

1989

2008United States v. Williams

Tiananmen Square Protests

Tinker v. Des Moines