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| A right that is given to you at birth | Unalienable right |
| What war did Americans fight for individual rights | American Revolution |
| Where can we find the commitment of Americans to individual freedoms? | Declaration of Independence, Preamble |
| What are the first ten amendments called that preserve our individual rights? | Bill of Rights |
| They guarantee safety of person safety, opinions and property | Civil Liberties |
| Those positive acts of government that make sure everyone has is guaranteed their freedoms. | Civil Rights |
| Our government can do only those things that the people let the government do. | Limited Government |
| The difference between a democratic government and a dictatorship. | In a dictatorship the authority of the government is unlimited. |
| What is the limitations to everyone's rights | Each person's rights are relative to the rights of every other persohn. |
| Why was Dr. Sheppard's case reheard? | Because the press interfered with the fairness of the trial. |
| Foreign born residents, noncitizens | Aliens |
| What rights do aliens not have | to travel freely |
| What group of people were evacuated focibly from the Pacific Coast in WWII? | Japanese Americans |
| Why is the 2nd Amendment an example of states' power with amendment | States can regulate what kind of funds, forbid concealed weapons |
| No State shall...deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law... | Due Process Clause |
| What does the Due Process Clause mean? | Tjat ot ,eams tjat mp Satte cam demu any person any right in any State |
| Who nationalized the Bill of Rights? | The Supreme Court |
| What was the Gitlow case about? | Supreme court said he could pass out flyers that promoted communism under freedom of speech |
| Mapp v. Ohio | People are protected from unreasonable search, nor could that evidence be used in a trial |
| What does the 9th Amendment do? | It gave people all those rights not listed in the Constitution. |
| What protects freedom of expression | The First Amendment |
| Pierce v. Society of Sisters | Made an Oregon law illegal that students under 16 could only attend public schools |
| Programs that let students in public school to go to religious classes | Release time |
| Engel v Vitale | court outlawed the use of prayer written by NY State Board Regents |
| Abington School District v. Schempp | Struck dow a PA law that required that each schoold ay begin with reading from the Bible and the Lord's Prayers |
| How has the court generally decided on public schools and religion? | Public schools cannot sponsor religious exercises. |
| What is the Equal Access Act of 1984? | The statute declares tha any public high school that receives federal funds. |
| Are Christian clubs allowed to exist in public schools | yes, equal access. |
| Can a state forbid the teaching of evolution? | No |
| Can a school newspaper deny printing of their clubs newsletter. | No |
| When can a nativity scene in a public display | When there are other Christmas display that are not religious |
| If government emphasizes separation of church and state, why is their prayer in congress? | Because of tradition and that they are not susceptible to religioous indoctrination or peer pressure. |
| Why are churches exempted from taxes? | Court feels ut creates only a minimal remote involvement between church and state. |
| When can public funds be used in parochial schools? | When the activity is not religious in nature |
| What is the three-pronged standard on cases involving State aid? | The Lemon Test |
| What are the three prongs of the Lemon Test? | The aid must be non-religious, it must neither advance nor inhibit religionm avoid excessive entanglement of government with religioun |
| It guarantees to each person the right to believe whatever that person chooses to believe? | Free Exercis Clause |
| Why did Utah have to wait to become a state in 1890? | Had to change the laws about polygamy |
| What ultimately did the court decided about requiring to salute the flag? | Cannot force a student. |
| The false and malicious use of printed words | libel |
| Use of spoken words that hurts someone | Slander |
| What is the Court decision on obscenity | must meet with community standards, is it offensive, does it lack serious purpose. |
| governmental prohibition on expression before the expression actually takes place | prior restraint |
| gives reporters some protection against having to disclose their sources | shield laws |
| A person can say something with a facial expression , a shrug or wear an arm band | symbolic speech. |
| Patrolling of a business site by workers who are on strike | Picketing |
| The practice of spying for a foreign power | espionage |
| An act of destruction intended to hinder a nation's war or defense effort. | sabotage |
| Starting war against your nation or supporting the enemy | Treason |
| The use of spoken or written worked to incite resistance to lawful authority | Sedition |
| It gave the President power to deport undesirable aliens and made any criticism of the government illegal | Alien and Sedition Acts |
