Ss study guide

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, .

Right to bear arms

Citizens do not have to house soldiers.

No unreasonable search or arrest.

No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.

The right to a speedy and public trial.

The right to a jury trial in civil matters of $20 and over.

No excessive bail or cruel punishment.

People get rights not listed in Constitution.

Any rights not given to federal government are given to the states and people.

Individual cannot sue a state in a federal court.

Separate ballots for President and Vice President.

Abolish slavery.

If you are born or naturalized in the U.S. then you are a citizen of the U.S.

You cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed.

Income tax

Popular election of U.S. Senators.

Ban of alcohol prohibition

Women get the right to vote.

President takes office on January 20th instead of March 4th.

Repeal prohibition

President can only serve two terms.

Washington D.C. residents can vote for president.

Anti poll tax.

Lays down the rules for who becomes president if the president dies/resigns etc.

18 year olds get to vote.

Congress cannot accept a pay raise until next term.

Supreme Court ruling- giving students' rights to free speech in public schools.

the Supreme Court ruled that detained criminal suspects, prior to police questioning, must be informed of their constitutional right to an attorney and against self-incrimination

The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia

This Supreme Court Case Brought about the first Judicial Review

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court established that the Fourteenth Amendment creates a right for criminal defendants who cannot pay for their own lawyers to have the state appoint attorneys on their behalf.

Segregation was not legal (separation is not equal)

The Supreme Court clarified some of the limits on First Amendment rights for public school students.

The proclamation said that all enslaved people in the Confederate states were free.

These laws were passed to limit the rights of newly freed African Americans and to continue the white dominance that had existed under slavery.

Slavery or bondage of any kind

Poll taxes were requirements for voting.

a former slave who spoke out for the rights of African Americans and women

a Quaker and an abolitionist with considerable organizing and public speaking skills

an abolitionist who was a co-organizer of the Seneca Falls Convention for women’s rights; author of the Declaration of Sentiments; co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association

the right of women to vote

an organized effort to improve the political, legal, and economic status of women in American society

a close ally of Stanton’s; co-founder of the National Woman Suffrage Association