Unit 5 - Civil Liberties Flashcards
Thirteenth Amendment
Abolished slavery
Fourteenth Amendment
States must respect civil liberties and immunities, offer due process and equal protection under the law
Fifteenth Amendment
Granted Black males the right to vote
Nineteenth Amendment
Gave women right to vote
Twenty Fourth Amendment
Cannot deny voting rights due to poll tax or any other tax
Twenty Sixth Amendment
Lowered the voting age to 18
Age discrimination in employment Act
Prohibits discrimination of people over 40 in workplace
Age discrimination Act
Prohibits age discrimination for receiving public assistance
Civil Rights Act 1957
Prohibits racial intimidation when voting
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Expanded the 1957 act to include all the other protected groups
Voting rights act
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting period
Fair housing act
Law requires equal housing regardless of race, sex etc.
Rehabilitation Act
Requires reasonable accommodations for persons w/ disabilities
Americans w/ Disabilities act
Prevents discrimination of persons w/ disabilities
Equal pay act
Law made it illegal to pay men more than women for same work at same place
Pregnancy discrimination act
Law made it illegal to discriminate against pregnant women
Basis, Intermediate, and Strict Court Scrutiny
Cases organized by basic discrimination, then sex, then race and other protected groups
Habeas Corpus
Cannot detain someone without convincing the judge why
Bill of Attainder
Legislatures cannot try and convict someone, only the courts can
Ex posto facto
Cannot convict someone now, of a crime that wasn’t illegal at the time
There is only 1 crime that is defined in constitution
Treason
First Amendment
Lists all our freedoms, speech, religion, assembly etc
Second Amendment
Right to bear arms
Fourth Amendment
No search and seizures w/o warrant