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OGT Soc JHS 36 terms
OGT Soc Studies Citiznship Rights and Resp 36 terms JHS KS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abolition | doing away with something (such as slavery) |
| blacklist | people under suspicion to be penalized or boycotted |
| Brown v. Board of Ed | Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case 1954 that overturned the "separate but equal" Plessey v. Ferguson ruling and ordered racially segregated public schools to be integrated |
| Charles Schenck | Free speech was limited in WWI for passing out pamphlets' encouraging men to resist joining military b/c this was seen as a threat to national security |
| Civil Disobedience in Women's Suffrage Movement | In1872 Susan B. Anthony was arrested for illegally leading women to vote in NY. Anthony claimed right to vote as a citizen and refused to pay fines and was sent to jail. |
| civil rights | constitutional guarantees for all people |
| Clear & Present Danger | Any speech that causes danger is not protected. Cannot yell "fire" in a movie theatre |
| clear and present danger | limits of free speech by Supreme Court is the words bring about substantive evils |
| Common Good | That which is in the best interest of all members of a group (or in a nation – all of its citizens) |
| Compelling Government Interest definition | restriction on individual rights when doing so clearly is in the interest of the government to protect the good of the whole. |
| Compelling government interest examples | 1.Censorship of cussing during certain hours 2.Eminent domain – govt can take private lands for public interest |
| conscientious objector | someone who refuses to bear arms due to religious or moral principles |
| Conscientious Objector | Typically a pacifist – or non violent person - who has been called to war (draft) but appears before a committee to express personal opposition to either the specific war, or wars in general. |
| Counter-Culture of 1960s | Young people who challenged the traditional values of mainstream America. Used many methods to change government and they succeeded. |
| Draft Card Burning | a method of Civil Disobedience used during the Vietnam War by those men who perceived the war and their forced participation in it as illegal |
| Draft | a system that requires a citizen to join their country's armed forces. |
| Historical Examples of National Security | 1.Red Scare – Palmer Raids on suspected communists 2.WWII - Japanese Internment to prevent espionage 3.9/11 – USA Patriot Act |
| Individual Rights | Privileges to which a single person is entitled to and it is the government's duty to protect |
| Libel and Slander | Free speech is not protected if it is a lie that can hurt another person's life (career, marriage, etc). Called defamation laws |
| libel | false printed words that damage a person's character |
| Libel | written lies - press that is not protected |
| March on Washington | in 1963 Civil rights leaders called for a March on Washington to get congress to enact a civil rights bill. MLK delivered his "I Have a Dream" for full equality |
| McCarthyism | anti-communism accusations |
| Methods used by the Counter-Culture Movement | Demonstration – joining together for common cause. Boycotting, Protesting, Civil disobedience – ranging from public use of drugs to burning draft cards in opposition to the Vietnam war |
| Montgomery bus boycott | Civil rights fight to desegregate busses in 1955-56. Black leaders began a boycott of the cities public buses, includes Rosa Parks |
| National Security | limits on rights in crisis or when fear for national security - security of nation is more important then complete protection of individual liberty |
| Non Violence- Non-Cooperation | During the Civil Rights movement. AA leaders faced mob violence and imprisonment yet despite threats to their individual freedom, Civil Rights leaders demonstrated against racial segregation. |
| Public Safety | Govt can limit rights to protect the good of public safety – evacuating an area during natural disaster, implementing a curfew for teens |
| regulation | controlling by law |
| Slander | false spoken words that damage a person's character |
| Slander | spoken lies - speech that is not protected |
| Suffrage | The Right to vote |
| The Civil Rights Movement | Movement for equality led by African Americans in the 1950s and 1960s fought against segregation discrimination and inequality |
| Women's Liberation Movement | A campaign that bean in the 1960s aimed at attaining equal rights for women including - equal pay for equal work and birth control rights. |
| Women's Suffrage | Women trying to gain the right to vote was won in the 1920s with the passage of the 19th amendment |
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