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50 Cards in this Set
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these protect our personal freedoms and liberties |
civil liverties |
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these protect groups from discrimination |
civil rights |
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this prevents an unfair arrest and imprisonment |
habeas corpus |
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this prevents making an act a crime, when the time the act was committed it was not unlawful |
ex post facto laws |
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this prevents a law or laws from being written against an individual or group |
bills of attainder b |
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this amendment has the due process clause |
14th d |
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this amendment has the equal protection clause |
14th a |
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which amendment defines american citizenship |
14th d |
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which answer contains the correct amendments protecting rights of the accused? |
4th 5th 6th 8thc |
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which amendment prevents an unlawful search and seizure |
4thc |
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which amendment prevents double jeopardy and self-incrimination |
5th a |
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which amendment prevents cruel and unusual punishment |
8th b |
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which amendment guarantees a grand jury for capital crimes and the right to face your accuser |
6th b |
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what clause in the 1st amendment creates the wall between church and state |
establishment clause b |
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which clause in the 1st amendment says you can believe whatever you want |
free exercise claus ec |
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what is prior restraint |
you are free of government censorship c |
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what are the types of defamatory speech |
libel and slander c |
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which amendent asserts we have more rights than stated in the constitution |
9th a |
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which amendment refers to the reserved rights of the states and to the people |
9th a |
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what does the government use to keep from entangling with religious institutions |
the lemon test c |
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this amendment guarantees our civil rights and liverties |
15th a |
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this amendment guarantees our civil rights and liberties |
14th d |
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this type of segregation occurred in the north |
de facto segregation b |
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this type of segregation occurred in the south |
jim crow laws and de jure segregation d |
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this supreme court ruling held segregation to be constitutional |
plessey v ferguson b |
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this supreme court ruling held segregation to be unconstitutional |
brown v board of education (topeka) 1954 d |
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what us the 15th amendment |
right to vote (males)c |
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what is the 19th amendment |
womens suffrage a |
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which amendment gave 18y/o the right to vote |
26th c |
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what amendment outlawed poll taxes |
24th d |
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when was the voting rights act ratified |
1965c |
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when was the fair housing act ratified |
1968 a |
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what was the era |
the equal rights amendment c |
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what is the name of the 1978 reverse discrimination case |
the bakke case c |
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what were the historic origins of american chinatowns |
they were tourist attractions d |
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what civil rights act for people with disabilities was ratified in 1990 |
the ADA c |
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what institution did the civil rights act of 1964 establish |
the EEOC c |
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what group benefitted most from affirmative action |
women c |
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who led the civil rights movement during the 1960's |
rev. dr. martin luther king d |
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when did native americans get the right to vote |
1924 by congressional statute d |
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when did women get the right to vote |
1920 a |
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which answer is an example of symbolic speech |
all of the above; buring the american flag, wearing a political inspired armband, displaying the american flag upside down d |
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what amendment has the exclusionary rule found that prohibits any evidence in a trail that was not gathered by a court-ordered warrant |
the 4th amendment c |
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what year was the stonewall inn riot that began the gays struggle for equal rights and where did it occur |
1969 nyc c |
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what did the court rule in the bakke case |
the affirmative action quotas were illegal b |
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what year was affirmative action implemented |
1964 c |
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what organization led the civil rights movement |
the national association for the advancement of colored people NAACPc |
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what test is used by the supreme court to prevent the governments entanglement with religion |
the lemon test a |
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what are miranda rights |
police must tell the accused their constitutional rights at the moment of arrest b |
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when does due process begin |
when police turn on their red lights b |