Unit II Civil Liberties/Civil Rights

I can statements

Over the course of this unit, place 3,2,1 or 0 next to the statements to describe how true they are to you: We are shooting for 3's. Please see me for help or ask for clarification if you cannot put a 3 on each of these statements.

3 perfect master( I could teach this to someone else)

2 somewhat confident( I know the main concepts , but I might be missing some pieces)

1 confused( I am not exactly sure what it is saying, I might be able to guess my way through it)

0 no ability (I can't even guess how to do this statement)

I can:

  1. Civil liberties, civil rights, due process clause, Eighth Amendment, establishment clause, exclusionary rule, Fifth Amendment, First Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, free exercise clause, incorporation doctrine, clear and present danger test, libel, slander, prior restraint, probable cause, right to privacy, self-incrimination, writ of habeas corpus, Sixth Amendment, Civil Rights Act of 1964, equal protection of the laws, Equal Rights Amendment, Title IX, Fifteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Nineteenth Amendment, Thirteenth Amendment, separate-but-equal doctrine, de jure segregation, de facto segregation, affirmative action, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Twenty-fourth Amendment
  1. Explain the difference between judicial activism and judicial restraint in the interpretation of Supreme Court cases.
  1. Identify the five freedoms listed in the first amendment.
  1. Summarize the history of the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the freedom of expression clause.
  1. Explain the Court’s position to symbolic speech.
  1. Explain the following freedom of expression cases: Gitlow v. New York; Schenk v. U.S.; Brandenburg v. Ohio; Miller v. California; Tinker v. Des Moines; Texas v. Johnson; Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire; N.Y. v. Sullivan;
  1. Evaluate how freedom of expression is interpreted in school cases.
  1. Explain the court’s historical interpretation of the free exercise clause.
  1. Explain the following free exercise cases: Reynolds v. U.S.; Oregon v. Smith; Wisconsin v. Yoder
  1. Summarize the historical basis of the establishment clause.
  1. Explain the lemon test
  1. Analyze the establishment clause as it relates to public schools.
  1. Explain the following cases: Engle v. Vitale; West Virginia v. Barnette; Lemon v. Kurtzman
  1. Summarize the Court’s position with respect to the 2nd Amendment.
  1. Explain how the Supreme Court interprets the 4th Amendment.
  1. Explain the exclusionary rule.
  1. Explain the significance of the following cases: Miranda v. Arizona; Gideon v . Wainright; Mapp v. Ohio
  1. Explain how the right to privacy is implied from the Bill of Rights.
  1. Explain the significance of the following cases: Roe v. Wade; Griswold v. Connecticut
  1. Identify the recent trend in Death Penalty cases.
  1. Explain how the Supreme Court has interpreted the 14th amendment to selectively incorporate various provision of the bill of rights.
  1. Describe the due process and the equal protection clauses of the 14th Amendment.
  1. Explain the justification the Supreme Court used in Plessy v. Ferguson.
  1. Explain the Brown v. Board of Education decision and how it led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
  1. Explain the two sides of the affirmative action debate and where Regents of California v. Bakke fits in.