PROTECTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

Question 1

What are civil liberties

Answer 1

Freedoms enjoyed by individual americans

Question 2

many civil rights originate from what amendment

Answer 2

14th amendment

Question 3

Example of cases of the 14th amendment being used

Answer 3

roe v wade

Brown v board of education of topeka

Question 4

what are civil rights

Answer 4

additional protections that ensure groups of citizens aren’t discriminated against

Question 5

Example of a civil rights legislation

Answer 5

voting rights act 1965

Outlawed banning african americans from voting

Question 6

What are inalienable rights

Answer 6

rights that can’t be taken away

Question 7

how does the constitution being codified help rights

Answer 7

rights are entrenched are are hard to get rid of through amendments

Question 8

what is an unratified amendment

Answer 8

the equal rights amendment (ERA)

Question 9

what would the equal rights amendment done

Answer 9

illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sex

Question 10

when was ERA

Answer 10

1972

Question 11

Is there a recent push for the ERA

Answer 11

yes

a new campaign by 3 states

Question 12

2 landmark cases for racism

Answer 12

Brown vs board - students not segregated by race

shelley V kraemer - made it illegal to not sell houses to black people

Question 13

2 landmark cases for sex

Answer 13

roe v wade - right to abortion

loving V virginia - state laws against interracial marriages made illegal

Question 14

2 landmark cases for gay rights

Answer 14

obergefell V Hodges - gay marriage

altitude express V zarda - right of employees to not be discriminated for being gay