PSC Chapters 4 and 5 Flashcards
The 13th Amendment, which __________, was ratified right after the ______.
banned slavery, Civil War
Civil liberties
fundamental rights that the government cannot abridge or restrict against an individual.
The 14th Amendment’s Due Process clause is
the basis for civil liberties
The 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection clause is the
basis for civil rights.
The 14th Amendment, among other things, attempted to
guarantee to former slaves citizenship rights.
In Wisconsin v. Yoder, SCOTUS ruled that it was a fundamental right for
Amish parents to determine the education of their children.
In Loving v. Virginia, SCOTUS ruled that it was a fundamental right for
couples to marry, regardless of race.
The 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause
prohibits any states from denying any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
Miranda v. Arizona was the SCOTUS case that requires the
police to warn criminal suspects of their 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination before interrogation.
Originally, the Bill of Rights only applied to the ________, and not the ______.
federal government, states
The 15th Amendment guarantees
to citizens (men) the right to vote regardless of race.
Jim Crow laws mandated racial segregation, also known as
de jure segregation.
SCOTUS has used the Due Process clause of the 14th Amendment to
apply most of the Bill of Rights provisions to the states in a process known as selective incorporation.
Women were guaranteed the right to vote with the ratification of the _______ Amendment.
19th
The three Civil War (or Reconstruction) Amendments to the U.S. Constitution are the
13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Strict Scrutiny is the standard of review used by the Supreme Court of the United States to decide whether a government practice that classifies citizens based on a protected category
(race, religion, or national origin) violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
___ is the source of de facto segregation and discrimination.
Practice
Southern states enacted poll taxes to get around the ___________
15th Amendment.
An opponent of affirmative action would most likely argue that it discriminates on the basis of _________
race.
Civil liberties are personal freedoms that the government cannot take away.
The ________ clause prevents the government from sanctioning an_______
establishment, official religion.
The _________ bars the use of illegally seized evidence at trial (evidence that was obtained in violation of a person’s 4th Amendment rights).
exclusionary rule
A false written statement is _____, and a false spoken statement is _________.
libel, slander
The _______ guarantees a person accused of a crime the assistance of counsel (attorney).
6th Amendment
The ______ test examines the constitutionality of religious establishments.
Lemon
