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Civil Liberties And Civil Rights Flashcards

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Espionage and sedition act 1917? What time period? Who did it target?

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Made it illegal to criticize the gov’t
WWI
It targeted Germans and Radicals

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Sedition act 1798? What group passed it? Who wrote it? Who did it target?

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Passed by the federalist to stop criticism of the gov’t.
John Adams
It targeted followers of the democratic-republicans

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Limits of permissible speech? What case did this come from

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Clear and present danger- Schenck v. U.S.

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Culture conflicts? 3 examples-

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Jews v. Christians
Abortion
Gay marriage

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No gays in Boy Scouts. Unconstitutional?

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No. In 2000 Supreme Court declared they are a private organization and can choose who they want to participate.

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Freedoms from 1st amendment? (5)

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Religion
Assembly 
Press
Petition 
Speech
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Schenck v. US- what year? What was the case about? Verdict? What came from this case? (Clause and behavior from gov’t)

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1917
Burning draft cards
US won
Clear and present danger
Free speech limited during time of crisis
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Brandenburg v. Ohio- What was the case about? Verdict? What came from this case?

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KKK cross burning
Brandenburg- constitutional, freedom of speech
Symbolic speech

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National socialist party v. Skokie- what was it about? Verdict? Why did they make this decision (2)?

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Nazi party marching
National socialist party won
Freedom of assembly
Constitutional because no threat of safety

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Texas v. Johnson- what was it about? Verdict? What did they contribute this verdict to?

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Flag burning
Johnson
Ruled as symbolic speech

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Map v. Ohio- cause for this case? Verdict? What did they wrong?

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Exclusionary rule- evidence obtained illegally can’t be used in court
Mapp
They didn’t have a warrant- must have probable cause

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Escobedo v. Illinois- what was it about? Verdict? Why?

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He didn’t have a lawyer, they wouldn’t give him one and he confess d to the crime.
Escobedo
Because defendants have a right to a lawyer during trial

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Miranda v. Arizona- verdict? What came from it

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Miranda

Miranda rights- must be read rights when arrested

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Plessy v. Ferguson- what was the case about? Verdict? What came of this?

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Whether Train car segregation was constitutional,he was 1/8 black
Plessy
14th amendment equal protection clause

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Brown v. Board of education- verdict? What did this case do?

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Unanimous for Brown

Overturned Plessy

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Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg- verdict? What came of this?

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Charlotte

School busing constitutional to integrate schools

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Roe v. Wade- what is it about? Verdict?what are the conditions? What came of it?

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Abortion
Roe
Only in the first trimester
Rights to privacy

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Bakke v. CA- what is it about? Verdict? What came from it?

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Affirmative action
Bakke
Explicit numerical quotas are unconstitutional BUT…race can be taken into consideration

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Define libel and slander. What does it have to be in order to be libel or slander

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Libel- written falsehoods to defame an individual
Slander- is verbal
Malice must be proven for both of them

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What is symbolic speech? What cases are involved with symbolic speech? (4)

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Doing something to make a political message
Tinker 
Schenck
Brandenburg 
Johnson
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Do corporations and interest groups have the same rights as people?

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Yes

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2 clauses in 1st amendment dealing with religion

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Establishment

Free exercise

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What’s the “wall of separation”? Who wrote it?

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Separation of church and state

Thomas Jefferson

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Conditions for gov’t involvement in religion (2)

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Secular- non religious

Can’t favor one religion over another

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What’s the exclusionary rule? Do other countries do this?

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Can’t use illegally seized evidence in court.

No, other countries can use this evidence- under the “good faith” clause

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Requirement for a search warrant

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Probable cause

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Why did the equal rights amendment fail?

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Because women feared being drafted.

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What’s the Patriot act? When did it start? What department arose from this?

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Gov’t can tap phones, read emails, listen to voicemails
Happened after 9/11
Homeland security

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What’s the establishment clause in the 1st amendment

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No official religion

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How did blacks advance their interests in the 1960s

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Media attention

Court system

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What’s the equal protection clause? What amendment

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Everyone is equal, 14th amendment

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Jim Crow laws (4)? When/where? What were they for?

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Deep South after Civil War
Literacy test
Poll taxes
Intimidation. Anything to prohibit the advancement
Grandfather clause Of black people in American society

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Difference between De jure and De facto segregation

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Dejure- by law

De facto- based on North and settlement patterns

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Strategies used by MLK (4)

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Civil disobedience
Bus and economic boycotts
Marches
Sit-ins

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Factors helping promote civil rights in the 1960s (3)

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Media attention
White attitudes changed
Violence on tv

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How did black leaders gain attention to their cause in the 1950s and 1960s?
(2)

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Court

Media

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Democratic landslide Johnson- what year? What was special about this? What was the effect of this?

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1964
Democrats controlled executive and legislative branches
Civil rights legislation was easily passed

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Key provisions of major civil rights laws? (4)

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Desegregation
Colleges
Public accommodations
Housing

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Define civil rights and civil liberties

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Civil rights- to be free from unequal treatment based on characteristics
Civil liberties- freedoms that are guaranteed

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Hyde amendment?

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No federal cash for abortion unless the mothers life is in jeopardy

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