We the people vocab for unite4-5

Question 1

Free exercise clause

Answer 1

Free Exercise Clause refers to the section of the First Amendment italicized here: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise

Question 2

Civil war amendments

Answer 2

The Reconstruction Amendments are the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth amendments to the United States Constitution, passed between 1865 and 1870, the five years immediately following the Civil War.Jul 11, 2012

Question 3

Civil rights act of 1964

Answer 3

Civil Rights Act of 1964 definition. A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment.

Question 4

Tolerant

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showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.

Question 5

Boycott

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withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.

Question 6

Equal protection clause

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The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction “the equal protection of the laws.”

Question 7

Segregate

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set apart from the rest or from each other; isolate or divide.

Question 8

Equal protection of the laws

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equal protection of the laws definition. A phrase in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution requiring that states guarantee the same rights, privileges, and protections to all citizens.

Question 9

Establishment clause

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the clause in the First Amendment of the US Constitution that prohibits the establishment of religion by Congress.

Question 10

Discriminate

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make an unjust or prejudicial distinction in the treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, sex, or age.

Question 11

Expression

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the process of making known one’s thoughts or feelings.

Question 12

Press

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move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Question 13

Petition

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a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.

Question 14

Freedom of expression

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freedom of speech definition. The right to speak without censorship or restraint by the government. Freedom of speech is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. (See clear and present danger.)

Question 15

Assembly

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a group of people gathered together in one place for a common purpose

Question 16

Speech

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the expression of or the ability to express thoughts and feelings by articulate sounds.

Question 17

Freedom of belief or conscience

Answer 17

Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.