How does the Constitution protect our basic rights? Freedom of Speech.
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How does the Constitution protect our freedom of expression 1st amendment
1. What is freedom of expression? Freedom of speech, press, assembly,
and petition2. The First Amendment limits the
powers of? Congress
3. Take brief notes on the following: A. Individual development- right to
present ideas, and to say what you think B. Advancement of knowledge- ideas
discussed freely C. Maintenance of representative
democracy- vote our reps. to Congress
4. In the Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, what did the students want?
5. What did the Supreme Court say about a students right to freedom of expression?
1. Students wanted to publish stories about what two issues?
2. How did the principal react to the stories?
#3. What are some circumstances that might cause government to limit the right to freedom of expression?
1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Take brief notes on:▪ Establishment of religion-
▪ Free exercise-
2. Did religious freedom exist in the early English colonies?
3. Why were the founding fathers concerned about religious intolerance?
4. Government is to be separated from religion. What clause is this idea found in?
5. The government can limit the way you practice your religious beliefs under what conditions??
6. When the constitution was written did public schools exist?
7. Should religious teaching be supported in public schools? Explain…
Research the following Supreme Court cases:
Take brief notes:Allegheny County v. ACLU, -Lee v. Weisman -Engel v. Vitale -
1. In early colonial times, who was allowed to vote?
2. Before the Civil War, who still could not vote?
3. List the Civil War Amendments… 4. Which Amendment abolished slavery? 5. Which Amendment granted full
citizenship to African Americans? 6. What laws prevented African
Americans from voting?
7. The grandfather clause said- 8. People of all races worked to change
unfair state laws, these actions became known as:
9. This amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied because a person fails to pay a poll tax?
10. In the 1800s, it was a common belief that __________ should not participate in the government.
11. In 1876, who led a delegation of women to Philadelphia.
12. Name and year, of the first territory to grant women the right to vote?
13. What happened in 1920? 14. Native Americans were not fully
recognized as citizens until what year? 15. In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands
of young man were drafted to fight in what war?
16. What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?
17. List 3 voting requirements today?18. The United States ranks _________
among the world’s democracies in the percentage of voters who exercise the right to vote?
19. What is essential for a democracy?
1. State and local laws required separate facilities. Explain…
2. What does the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment say?
3. Laws that required African Americans to go to separate schools are known as?
5. Separation of the races is known as?6. Who ordered federal troops to escort
students into a school in Little Rock, Arkansas?
7. When did the civil rights movement start?
8. Term which means, to refuse to buy?9. Explain what happened to Rosa
Parks?
10. When and where did Dr. King give his “I Have a Dream” speech?
11. What law ended segregation in public places?
12. What groups followed African Americans in their own quest for equal protection?
#4. What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case? Why was this an important decision?
1. The right to be treated fairly by government?
2. Due process Procedures-
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3. Due process can be found in what 2 Amendments?
1. Make a list of unfair procedures used by govt. officials in the case:
Before the hearing - - At the first hearing - - At the second hearing - -