AP Government Jeopardy – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
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You Can’t
Do That
Church & State
Speak Up Crime &
Punish-ment
Make a Case for
It
Toward Equality
Mis-cell-any
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AP Government Jeopardy – Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Final Jeopardy! QuestionCivil Liberties & Civil Rights
Free Speech
A law making an action illegal retroactively; criminalizes acts that
were legal when committed
Prohibited by the Constitution
Ex post facto law
You Can’t Do That 100
Act of the legislature declaring a person or group guilty of some crime and punishing
them without benefit of a trial
Prohibited by the Constitution
Bill of attainder
You Can’t Do That 200
Government cannot block peaceful protests, but it can limit freedom
of assembly in these ways (name two)
Time, place, and nature of protest
You Can’t Do That 300
Exclusionary ruleEvidence obtained
illegally cannot be used against a person in a trial; extended to the
states in Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
You Can’t Do That 400
Blocking publication or censoring a story before
it is published; the Supreme Court has
generally rejected this (in cases such as Near v.
Minnesota, New York Times v. U.S.)
Prior restraint
You Can’t Do That 500
First Amendment prohibition against
government recognizing an official religion or
promoting one religion over another
Establishment clause
Church & State 100
Supreme Court ruled that requiring prayer in
school violated the establishment clause
and was unconstitutional
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Church & State 200
Must not result in “excessive
entanglement” between church & state, must not
advance or inhibit religion, much have a
secular purpose
Lemon Test
Church & State 300
First Amendment prohibition against
government interference in people’s right to practice a religion;
limited when it conflicts with another right or
compelling state interest
Free Exercise clause
Church & State 400
Supreme Court upheld a federal law prohibiting polygamy even though this was a limitation on free exercise of religion
Reynolds v. United States (1879)
Church & State 500
SCOTUS ruling on obscenity; established the following criteria: Not protected if it is patently offensive
judged by local standards and is without
any serious literary, artistic, political or
scientific value
Miller v. California (1973)
Speak Up 100
SCOTUS ruled that wearing black armbands to protest Vietnam War was protected symbolic
speech
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
Speak Up 200
SCOTUS held that speech was not
protected when it constituted a “clear and present danger” to the
country in wartime
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Speak Up 300
SCOTUS ruled that burning the U.S. flag
was a form of symbolic speech protected by the
First Amendment
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
Speak Up 400
Supreme court held that the plaintiff must prove
that the newspaper knowingly or
maliciously printed false information in order to
obtain damages for libel
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
Speak Up 500
Writ of habeas corpusPrisoner’s right to a court review of his/her case to
determine if there is sufficient cause to keep
him/her in jail
Crime & Punishment 100
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Supreme Court ruled that those who cannot afford an attorney in criminal cases must have one provided by the state
government
Crime & Punishment 200
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)Extended the exclusionary
rule to the states
Crime & Punishment 300
Due ProcessThe process by which
citizens may be deprived of life, liberty or property – contained in the 4th, 5th, & 6th Amendments, and including a speedy and
public trial, right to confront witnesses, right
to an attorneyCrime & Punishment 400
Death penaltySupreme Court has
affirmed its constitutionality, except when used against the mentally disabled and
those under age 18
Crime & Punishment 500
Roe v. Wade (1973)Supreme Court voided
state laws that outlawed all abortions, allowing
pregnancy termination in the first trimester; the state
has increasing power to regulate in subsequent
trimesters
Make a Case for It100
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action quotas
were unconstitutional; however, race can be
considered as one of many factors for college
admissions
Make a Case for It200
Gitlow v. New York (1925)First case in which the
Supreme Court declared that First Amendment rights applied to state
governments
Make a Case for It300
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Supreme Court declared a state law banning the sale
of contraceptives unconstitutional; held that
birth control decisions were private matters not subject to state control
Make a Case for It 400
Korematsu v. U.S. (1944)Supreme Court declared
the internment of Japanese Americans in World War
II constitutional – justified by a compelling national
interest in preventing spying in wartime
Make a Case for It 500
Equal protection clauseContained in the
Fourteenth Amendment; protects minorities from discrimination by state
governments
Toward Equality 100
Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Abolished poll taxes in 1964, which were used to
subvert the Fifteenth Amendment and keep
African Americans from voting
Toward Equality 200
Civil Rights Act of 1964Landmark legislation that banned racial segregation
in schools, public transportation, public
facilities, and employment – ending Jim Crow
Toward Equality 300
Voting Rights Act of 1965Landmark legislation that outlawed discriminatory
voting practices (like literacy tests) responsible
for widespread disenfranchisement of
African Americans in the South
Toward Equality 400
Affirmative actionPolicy designed to correct
effects of past racial or gender discrimination by giving certain preferences
in education and employment to these
groups
Toward Equality 500
Civil libertiesRights belonging to all
citizens guaranteed by the Constitution, federal laws,
and court decisions
Mis-cell-any100
Eminent domainThe power of the
government to take private property for public use; must follow due process of law and must provide
just compensationEx: Seizing property to
build a highway
Mis-cell-any 200
Selective incorporationApplication of the rights guaranteed in the Bill of
Rights to state governments through the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
Mis-cell-any 300
Right to privacySupreme Court has
determined that this right is implied in the First,
Third, Fourth, Ninth, and Fourteenth Amendments –
though it is never explicitly stated in the
Constitution
Mis-cell-any 400
Civil rightsRight of minority groups
to be free from discrimination by the
majority
Mis-cell-any 500
• Name three limitations on the freedom of speech
FINAL JEOPARDY
• Libel and slander laws• Obscenity laws
• Laws against incitement of violence (“clear and present danger”)
FINAL JEOPARDY