 How does the Constitution protect our basic rights?

 How does the Constitution protect our freedom of expression  1. What is freedom of expression?  2. The First Amendment limits the powers of?

 3. Take brief notes on the following:  A. Individual development-  B. Advancement of knowledge-  C. Maintenance of representative democracy-

 4. In the Supreme Court Case Tinker v. Des Moines, what did the students want?  5. What did the Supreme Court say about a students right to freedom of expression?

 6. Over the years, who has developed guidelines to limit freedom of expression?

 1. Students wanted to publish stories about what two issues?  2. How did the principal react to the stories?

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

 Research Richland Board Policy #220. 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, Allegheny County v. ACLU --  Lee v. Weisman Lee v. Weisman --  Engel v. Vitale Engel v. Vitale --

 1. In early colonial times, who was allowed to vote? WHITE MEN WHO OWNED PROPERTY BELONGED TO A PARTICULAR RELIGIOUS GROUP.  2. Before the Civil War, who still could not vote? AFRICAN AMERICANS  3. List the Civil War Amendments… 13 TH 14 TH 15 TH  4. Which Amendment abolished slavery?14th  5. Which Amendment granted full citizenship to African Americans?  6. What laws prevented African Americans from voting?

 7. The grandfather clause said-that a person had the right to vote  8. People of all races worked to change unfair state laws, these actions became known as: civil rights movement  9. This amendment says that the right to vote shall not be denied because a person fails to pay a poll tax?24 th Amendment  10. In the 1800s, it was a common belief that _women__ should not participate in the government.

 11. In 1876, who led a delegation of women to Philadelphia. SUSAN B. ANTHONY  12. Name and year, of the first territory to grant women the right to vote? Wyoming,1869  13. What happened in 1920?19 th amendment ratified- women the right to vote  14. Native Americans were not fully recognized as citizens until what year? Indian Citizenship Act  15. In the 1960s and 1970s, thousands of young man were drafted to fight in what war ? Vietnam

 16. What did the Twenty-sixth Amendment do? grants the right to vote to any citizen who is 18 years of age or older  17. List 3 voting requirements today?1) must live in the state for a period of time. 2) photo ID  18. The United States ranks? eleventh among the world’s democracies in the percentage of voters who exercise the right to vote?  19. What is essential for a democracy? That the people vote competently and responsibly

 #4. What laws did Congress pass to protect the constitutional right of citizens to vote?  The voting rights act of 1965 and the Indian

 1. Voter registration form in Cambria County…  Write down 3 items you see on the form… Name, Address, Date of Birth

 1. State and local laws required separate facilities. Explain: public facilities: restrooms, theaters, parks have separate areas for white and black people  2. What does the equal protection clause of the 14 th Amendment say? No state can deny to any person  3. Laws that required African Americans to go to separate schools are known as? Jim Crow Laws

 4. Take brief notes on the following:  Plessey v. Ferguson (1896)  Louisiana state law required separate railroad cars for white and black passengers  Homer Plessey sat in a seat for whites  Brown v. Education (1954)

 5. Separation of the races is known as? Segregation  6. Who ordered federal troops to escort students into a school in Little Rock, Arkansas? President Dwight Eisenhower  7. When did the civil rights movement start? 1950’s  8. Term which means, to refuse to buy? boycott  9. Explain what happened to Rosa Parks? She refused to give up her seat to a white man

 10. When and where did Dr. King give his “I Have a Dream” speech? In August of 1963 Washington DC  11. What law ended segregation in public places? Civil Rights Act of 196  12. What groups followed African Americans in their own quest for equal protection? Women, disabled people, older people

 #4. What did the U.S. Supreme Court decide in the Brown v. Board of Education case? Why was this an important decision? The U.S. decided that separating children because of their race denies them equal protection of the law, TURNING POINT

 1. Watch Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech. Take brief notes…  He has a dream that black people will be yreat5rf fairly

 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.