Units 4-5 Flashcards

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The right to read and write whatever you wish

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Press

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The right to talk about your beliefs, ideas, and feelings

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Speech

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The right to meet with others to discuss your beliefs, ideas, or feelings

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Assembly

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3
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The right to ask your government to correct things that you think are wrong or to do things you believe are needed.

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Petition

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4
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To communicate your beliefs, ideas, or feelings to others

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Expression

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5
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To treat some people unfairly

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Discriminate

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6
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Being willing to let others hold different opinions

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Tolerant

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7
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Congress may not set up an official religion for our country or favor one religion over another

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Establishment Clause

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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

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Free Exercise. Clause

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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

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Freedom of Belief or Conscience

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10
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Boycott

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An act of protest

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Segregate

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To set apart from others

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Equal Protection Clause

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Prohibits laws that unreasonably and unfairly favor some groups over others

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Equal Protection of the Laws

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State governments may not treat people differently unless there is a good reason for doing so

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Civil Rights act of 1964

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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

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Civil War Amendments

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The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution passed after the Civil War intended to give former slaves the rights of citizens

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Fifth Amendment

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No person shall have their life, liberty, or property taken away by the federal government without due process of law

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Fourteenth Amendment

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No person shall have their life, liberty, or property taken away by state and local governments without due process of law

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Right To Due Process of Law

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The right to be treated fairly by your government

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Civil Rights Movement

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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

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Grandfather Clause

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Law that says a person has the right to vote if their grandfather had the right to vote

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Literacy Test

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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

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Nineteenth Amendment

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Gave women the right to vote

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Poll Tax

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A tax a person must pay to be allowed to vote

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Twenty Fourth Amendment

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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

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Twenty Sixth Amendment

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Gave citizens 18 or older the right to vote

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Voting Rights Act

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Law that further protected the right to vote for all US citizens

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Humanitarian

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To show concern for the pain of others

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To carry on a relationship with governments of other countries

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Diplomacy

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An international organization created in 1945 to maintain peace and security for its members

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United Nation

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A person who is a member of a nation.

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Citizen

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Someone who is born elsewhere but who passes a citizenship test on the Constitution and the history of the US

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Naturalized Citizen

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A person who isn’t a citizen, but who lives legally in the US

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Resident Aliens