Question | Answer |
Establishment Clause | The government cannot establish an official religion. |
13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
15th Amendment | Forbids the denial because of race, color, or gender. |
26th Amendment | If you are 18 and older you can vote. |
Voter Registration | You add your name to a list to prevent voter fraud. |
Civil Rights Movement | This movement was to end unfair treatment to blacks. |
Plessy Vs. Ferguson | Included the separate but equal argument |
Poll Tax | You had to pay to vote. |
Grandfather Clause | If your grandfather could vote then you could. |
Dawes Act | To become an American citizen Native Americans had to give up their tribe loyalty. |
5 Freedoms of the First Amendment | 1) Speech 2) Assembly 3) Press 4) Religion 5) Petition |
Free Exercise Clause | The government cannot stop you from holding any religious beliefs. |
14th Amendment | No life, Liberty, or property will be taken from you |
19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote. |
Equal Protection Clause | Protects against unfair treatment or discrimination by the state/government |
Jim Crow Laws | Laws that kept blacks in separate facilities. |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | The laws that ended segregation. |
Brown Vs. Board of Education | The separate but equal clause was violating the 14th Amendment |
Literacy Test | A test if literacy to see if blacks could vote. |
Due Process | A requirement that says to respect life liberty and property, |
Why is the 1st Amendment the most important? | Because it granted 1) Speech 2) Assembly 3) Press 4) Religion 5) Petition. I believe that these 5 freedoms are the foundation of the USA and support the "American Dream". |
When the constitution was passed what were the voting requirements? | 1) White 2) Male 3) Owned Property 4) You belonged to a church 5) You had to be 21 and over |