Ss study guide

Amendment 1

Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, .

Amendment 2

Right to bear arms

Amendment 3

Citizens do not have to house soldiers.

Amendment 4

No unreasonable search or arrest.

Amendment 5

No double jeopardy or no witness against yourself.

Amendment 6

The right to a speedy and public trial.

Amendment 7

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

Amendment 8

No excessive bail or cruel punishment.

Amendment 9

People get rights not listed in Constitution.

Amendment 10

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

Amendment 11

Individual cannot sue a state in a federal court.

Amendment 12

Separate ballots for President and Vice President.

Amendment 13

Abolish slavery.

Amendment 14

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

Amendment 15

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

Amendment 16

Income tax

Amendment 17

Popular election of U.S. Senators.

Amendment 18

Ban of alcohol prohibition

Amendment 19

Women get the right to vote.

Amendment 20

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

Amendment 21

Repeal prohibition

Amendment 22

President can only serve two terms.

Amendment 23

Washington D.C. residents can vote for president.

Amendment 24

Anti poll tax.

Amendment 25

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

Amendment 26

18 year olds get to vote.

Amendment 27

Congress cannot accept a pay raise until next term.

Tinker v. Des Moines

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

Miranda V Arizona

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

District of Columbia v. Heller

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

Marbury V. Madison

This Supreme Court Case Brought about the first Judicial Review

Gideon V. Wainwright

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.

Brown v. Board of Education

Segregation was not legal (separation is not equal)

Hazel wood v. Kuhlmeir

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

The Emancipation Proclamation

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

Black Codes

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

Servitude

Slavery or bondage of any kind

Poll Tax

Poll taxes were requirements for voting.

Sojourner Truth

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

Lucretia Mott

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

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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

women’s suffrage

the right of women to vote

women’s right movement

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

Susan B. Anthony

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