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| What was the purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment (1868)? | To nationalize the Bill of Rights |
| The programs that try to make up for past discriminations. | affirmative action |
| The Nineteenth Amendment (1920) granted suffrage to... | women |
| What is social separation of the races called? | segregation |
| The unfair treatment of certain groups because of prejudice is called. | discrimination |
| What are some criticisms of affirmative action programs? | 1) It discriminates against whites and men. 2) Women and minorities get special treatment. |
| The Vietnam War helped highlight what inequality in voting rights. | Young men could go to war to defend the right to vote but not vote themselves. |
| How can a person use the freedoms outlined in the Constitution to change certain laws? | 1) Write letters to editor(freedom of speech) 2) Hold a meeting (freedom to assembly) 3) Letter writing campaign( right to petition) 4) Start a web site |
| The rights to have a trial by jury and to call witnesses in your defense | due process |
| What is the purpose of a grand jury? | To decide whether evidences supports an indictment |
| The practice of identifying suspects by how they look is called. | racial profiling |
| How does assigning bail help insure that the accused person will come and appear in court? | Bail money is only returned when the accused return to the court for trial. |
| This was designed to make up for past discrimination> | affirmative action |
| This was added to the Constitution to protect civil liberties. | Bill of Rights |
| This is a security deposit to encourage attendance in court. | bail |
| This person was a suffrage leader during the 1800's | Susan B. Anthony |
| This uses the Bill of Rights to decide legal questions. | Supreme Court |
| This is prohibited by the Fourth Amendment. | Unreasonable searches and seizure |
| This is protected by freedom of the press. | media |
| The civil rights movement has reduced discrimination but some Americans still face... | racial profiling |
| What is freedom of full citizenship and equality under the law called? | civil rights |
| In the Tenth Amendment it states that powers not given to the national government by the Constitution must be... | reserved to the states or people |
| This person helped end segregation in the armed force. | Harry S. Truman |
| The Bill of Rights secures fair, legal treatment for citizens by protecting them from... | double jeopardy |
| This person promoted nonviolent resistance in the 1950's and 1960's. | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| This required states to grant all citizens "equal protection of the law" | Fourteenth Amendment |
