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14 Cards in this Set
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What is the Bill of Rights?
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Amendments 1-10 guaranteeing rights
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What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
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To limit the power of the federal government
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What is preferred position doctrine?
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1st amendment rights are higher that any others in the constitution, any law that regulates the 1st amendment is unconstitutional
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What is the 14th Amendment?
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...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process by law
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What happened in the 1925 case of Gitlow v. New York?
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began to incorporate most of the Bill of Rights to apply to the states
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What oppression did Giodana Bruno endure at the hands of the Vatican?
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was burned to death because he argued that the earth is not the center of the universe
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What is Shariah?
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strict Islamic Law
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Who was Amina Lawal?
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first women sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery after adopting Shariah Law in Nigeria
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What kind of oppression happened under Khomeini in Iran?
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Expelled all women from government, created vice squads to look for moral offenses.
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What kind of moral offenses did Khomeini's vice squard look for?
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alcohol, music, playing cards and mixed parties
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What happened to Hashem Aghajari, history professor in Iran?
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sentenced to hang for saying "Muslims should not blindly follow leaders like monkeys."
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What kind of oppression has been seen in Saudi Arabia?
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secret trials, stone adulteress to death, amputate hand of thieves, religious police enforce Islamic Law
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What are some other examples of oppression?
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Mexican torture, China's Tinemen Square, Rwanda Massacre, Cambodian killing fields, Nazis, Afghnistan's call for death to all Christians
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What are two examples of oppression in the US?
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Slavery and Salem Witch Trials (16 women were hanged for being witches)
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