Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Study Guide
Explain how the civil liberties included in the Bill of Rights were “nationalized”.
Describe how the First Amendment protects freedom of religion.
Describe how the First Amendment protects free speech.
Does the Second Amendment mean people have a right to own guns? Why or why not?
Explain the major rights that people have if they are accused of crimes.
Assess whether people have a right to privacy under the Constitution.
What is the difference between civil liberties and civil rights?
What major provisions are found in each amendment of the bill of rights?
Under what circumstances is free speech curtailed or prevented?
What does prior restraint mean?
What is the difference between establishment and free exercises of the first amendment?
What are the major provisions of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
Why is the 14th amendment important in discussing civil liberties?
What is the incorporation doctrine and to which amendments does it apply?
What are the major details and results of some of the major Supreme Court landmark
cases dealing with civil liberties and civil rights?
What is the difference between slander and libel and why are they not protected by the
first amendment?
What groups are supposed to be protected by civil rights policy?
What is gerrymandering?
What is affirmative action?
Trace the legal developments and social movements that expanded civil rights.
Describe how different groups have won protection of their rights.
Contrast arguments for and against affirmative action.
CIVIL LIBERTIES CASES TO REVIEW
Miranda v. Arizona
Texas v. Johnson
Gideon v. Wainright & U.S. v. Lopez
Lemon v. Kurtzman
McDonald v. Chicago
Mapp v. Ohio
Roe v. Wade
Lawrence v. Texas
Civil Rights Cases to Review
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education
Parents Involved in Community Schools v. Seattle School District No. 1
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire
Loving v. Virginia
Franklin v. Gwinett County Public Schools
Mendez v. Westminster
SC Court 2012 decision to strike down portions of AZ Immigration Law (2010)
Gross v. FBL Financial Services
Bowers v. Hardwick
Regents of the Univ. of California v. Bakke