How does the Constitution protect our basic rights?

Bill of Rights, Freedom of Expression, etc.

How does the Constitution protect our freedom of expression

1. What is freedom of expression? Freedom of speech, of the press, of assembly, and of petition

2. The First Amendment limits the powers of? Congress

3. Take brief notes on the following:A. Individual development- right to

present ideas, freedom to say what you think

B. Advancement of knowledge- ideas can be discussed freely

C. Maintenance of representative democracy- vote our representatives to Congress

4. In the Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, what did the students want? Freedom of expression so that they could wear armbands to protest the Vietnam War

5. What did the Supreme Court say about a students right to freedom of expression? School cannot limit a student’s freedom of expression, unless it disrupts the educational process

6. Over the years, who has developed guidelines to limit freedom of expression? The courts in our country

1. Students wanted to publish stories about what two issues? Teenage pregnancy and divorce

2. How did the principal react to the stories? The principal had both stories removed from the paper before it was printed and distributed

#3. What are some circumstances that might cause government to limit the right to freedom of expression?

When it is dangerous to public safety, national security. When it conflicts with other important rights and interests.

Research Richland Board Policy #220. Summarize your findings…

1. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Take brief notes on:▪ Establishment of religion-

▪ Free exercise-

2. Did religious freedom exist in the early English colonies?

3. Why were the founding fathers concerned about religious intolerance?

4. Government is to be separated from religion. What clause is this idea found in?

5. The government can limit the way you practice your religious beliefs under what conditions??

6. When the constitution was written did public schools exist?

7. Should religious teaching be supported in public schools? Explain…

5. Can government limit your right to freedom of belief? Why or why not?

Research the following Supreme Court cases:

Take brief notes:Allegheny County v. ACLU, -Lee v. Weisman -Engel v. Vitale -

1. In early colonial times, who was allowed to vote?

2. Before the Civil War, who still could not vote?

3. List the Civil War Amendments… 4. Which Amendment abolished slavery? 5. Which Amendment granted full

citizenship to African Americans? 6. What laws prevented African

Americans from voting?

7. The grandfather clause said- 8. People of all races worked to change

unfair state laws, these actions became known as:

9. This amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied because a person fails to pay a poll tax?

10. In the 1800s, it was a common belief that __________ should not participate in the government.

11. In 1876, who led a delegation of women to Philadelphia.

12. Name and year, of the first territory to grant women the right to vote?

13. What happened in 1920? 14. Native Americans were not fully

recognized as citizens until what year? 15. In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands

of young man were drafted to fight in what war?

16. What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do?

17. List 3 voting requirements today?18. The United States ranks _________

among the world’s democracies in the percentage of voters who exercise the right to vote?

19. What is essential for a democracy?

#4. What laws did Congress pass to protect the constitutional right of citizens to vote?

1. Voter registration form in Cambria County… Write down 3 items you see on the

form…

1. State and local laws required separate facilities. Explain…

2. What does the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment say?

3. Laws that required African Americans to go to separate schools are known as?

4. Take brief notes on the following: Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

Brown v. Education (1954)

5. Separation of the races is known as?6. Who ordered federal troops to escort

students into a school in Little Rock, Arkansas?

7. When did the civil rights movement start?

8. Term which means, to refuse to buy?9. Explain what happened to Rosa

Parks?

10. When and where did Dr. King give his “I Have a Dream” speech?

11. What law ended segregation in public places?

12. What groups followed African Americans in their own quest for equal protection?

#4. What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case? Why was this an important decision?

1. Watch Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Take brief notes…

1. The right to be treated fairly by government?

2. Due process Procedures-

Content-

3. Due process can be found in what 2 Amendments?

1. Make a list of unfair procedures used by govt. officials in the case:

Before the hearing - - At the first hearing - - At the second hearing - -

4. P. 239 Problems of due process involve two govt. responsibilities. Explain 1.

2.

5. Due process applies to what hearings?

#2. What is the meaning of due process?

1. Research due process in the news choose an article and write a brief

summary.