Units 4-5 Flashcards
The right to read and write whatever you wish
Press
The right to talk about your beliefs, ideas, and feelings
Speech
The right to meet with others to discuss your beliefs, ideas, or feelings
Assembly
The right to ask your government to correct things that you think are wrong or to do things you believe are needed.
Petition
To communicate your beliefs, ideas, or feelings to others
Expression
To treat some people unfairly
Discriminate
Being willing to let others hold different opinions
Tolerant
Congress may not set up an official religion for our country or favor one religion over another
Establishment Clause
Congress may not stop you from holding any religious beliefs you choose or from having no religion at all. The government may not unfairly limit your right to practice any religious beliefs you wish
Free Exercise. Clause
The government may not force you to swear to a belief you do not hold. You may not be forced to pray in school or any other place by government
Freedom of Belief or Conscience
Boycott
An act of protest
Segregate
To set apart from others
Equal Protection Clause
Prohibits laws that unreasonably and unfairly favor some groups over others
Equal Protection of the Laws
State governments may not treat people differently unless there is a good reason for doing so
Civil Rights act of 1964
Act that ended segregation in public places. Law also said employers could not discriminate against people because of their race, national origin, religion, or gender
Civil War Amendments
The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution passed after the Civil War intended to give former slaves the rights of citizens
Fifth Amendment
No person shall have their life, liberty, or property taken away by the federal government without due process of law
Fourteenth Amendment
No person shall have their life, liberty, or property taken away by state and local governments without due process of law
Right To Due Process of Law
The right to be treated fairly by your government
Civil Rights Movement
In the US during the 1950’s and 60’s people organized to demand that the federal government protect the right of African Americans and other minorities
Grandfather Clause
Law that says a person has the right to vote if their grandfather had the right to vote
Literacy Test
A test to prove that a person can read and right. African Americans in some states had to pass it to be able to vote
Nineteenth Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
Poll Tax
A tax a person must pay to be allowed to vote
Twenty Fourth Amendment
Says that the right to vote in a national election shall not be denied because a person fails to pay a poll tax or any other tax
Twenty Sixth Amendment
Gave citizens 18 or older the right to vote
Voting Rights Act
Law that further protected the right to vote for all US citizens
Humanitarian
To show concern for the pain of others
To carry on a relationship with governments of other countries
Diplomacy
An international organization created in 1945 to maintain peace and security for its members
United Nation
A person who is a member of a nation.
Citizen
Someone who is born elsewhere but who passes a citizenship test on the Constitution and the history of the US
Naturalized Citizen
A person who isn’t a citizen, but who lives legally in the US
Resident Aliens
