Civil Rights & Liberties

Question 1

Legislation in the U.S. Constitution that speaks to citizenship and the equal rights of citizens

Answer 1

Fourteenth Amendment

Question 2

The free flow of information, ideas, and opinions in our society

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Freedom of Speech

Question 3

The 1876 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the second amendment applied only to the federal government, and that state governments could interfere with a person’s right to bear arms

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U.S. v. Cruikshank

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A law that prevents the U.S. government from creating legislation that would improperly mix church and state and from creating laws that favors/punishes one religion over another

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The Establishment Clause

Question 5

Grants the accused the right to confront the accuser, the right to a public trial, the right to a trial by jury, the right to a speedy trial, and the right to an adequate attorney.

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Sixth Amendment

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The clause in the First Amendment that prevents the U.S. government from penalizing a person based on his or her religious beliefs.

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The Free Exercise Clause

Question 7

Freedom of speech may be regulated if it involves obscene photos of minor children or anything that can dangerously disturb the peace. Time, place and manner are also considered.

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Limitations on Freedom of Speech

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Governments typically regulate the right of people to assemble if there is a compelling reason related to time, place, and manner, but it cannot impact the group’s rights to freedom of speech

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Limitations on Freedom of Assembly

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An individual’s right to live freely from unwarranted publicity and to be left alone

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Right of Privacy

Question 10

Free press may be regulated by the government if it can be determined to be too obscene or broadcasted while children can access it

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Limitations on Free Press

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The right for a group of people to gather in one place for a common purpose

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Assembly

Question 12

The landmark case in 1965 where the Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights implied a right to privacy

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Griswold v. Connecticut

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The first 10 amendments of the United States Constitution

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Bill of Rights

Question 14

Rights that are promised to the people by legislation, court-made law, and by the U.S. Constitution

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Civil Liberties

Question 15

A Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of the rights of individual citizens to carry firearms, not just militias

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District of Columbia v. Heller

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The landmark case in the early 1800s that gave the U.S. Supreme Court the power to block unconstitutional legislation

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Marbury v. Madison

Question 17

A movement to preserve Native American culture and raise awareness about legislation regarding Native American land claims and adopting children with Native American ancestry

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The American Indian Movement

Question 18

A part of the Fourteenth Amendment that ensures no state can deny an individual within its jurisdiction equal protection of the laws

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Equal Protection Clause

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The 1896 case with which the Supreme Court ruled that segregation (‘separate but equal’) was constitutional.

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Plessy v. Ferguson

Question 20

A United Nations document that declares that all human beings are entitled to having their basic civil rights protected

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Question 21

The clause in the First Amendment that prevents the U.S. government from passing laws that allow religious institutions and government agencies to blend, as well as preventing some religions to be favored over others.

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The Establishment Clause

Question 22

The individual right to worship freely, in any religion of one’s choosing, without interference from the state; inspired by early immigrants who fled to the U.S. for religious freedom

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Freedom of Religion

Question 23

An act that proposed denying federal benefits to same-sex couples that were legally married in their states; it was struck down by the Supreme Court

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Defense of Marriage Act

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Laws that were implemented after the Civil War, which allowed for segregation based on race

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Jim Crow laws

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Legislation that required constructed buildings and facilities to be accessible by people with physical disabilities

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The Architectural Barriers Act

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The Supreme Court case in 2010 that established that individuals are protected from unnecessary state and federal interference regarding the right to bear arms

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McDonald v. Chicago

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A doctrine encompassed in the First Amendment that is made up of the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause

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Separation of Church and State Doctrine

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An act that requires local, state and federal governments and programs, workplaces, restaurants, public entertainment facilities, etc. to provide reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities

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Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 29

A law that refused to give federal benefits to individuals in same-sex marriages. It was removed in 2013.

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The Defense of Marriage Act

Question 30

A law that prevents the U.S. government from penalizing an individual based on their religious beliefs

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The Free Exercise Clause

Question 31

Legislation that removed barriers (such as poll taxes or literacy tests) to the right to vote

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

Question 32

The case in which the Supreme Court ruled to desegregated schools and reversed the Plessy v. Ferguson ruling

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

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The Supreme Court case in 2008 that established an individual’s right to possess and carry firearms

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District of Columbia v. Heller

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Legislation that prevents discrimination based on disability in any program or service that receives federal funds

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The Rehabilitation Act

Question 35

An agency set up to combat discrimination based on race or gender. It ruled that it was against the law for companies to use sex-segregated employment ads.

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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Question 36

A consideration that uses race or gender to make decisions that will benefit a minority group or a group of people that have been discriminated against in the past

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Affirmative Action

Question 37

An individual’s right to buy and use a gun, expressed in the Second Amendment

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Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Question 38

The case in which the Supreme Court ruled that both federal and state governments could infringe upon the right to bear arms if it was not related to preserving well-regulated militia

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U.S. v. Miller