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3.0 Unit 3 Overview: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

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⏱️ April 30, 2020

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It's important to remember that a primary reason for colonists fighting to leave the British empire was that they felt their rights were being infringed upon. This unit will cover exactly how the fight for civil rights and liberties has progressed throughout American history.

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The most important thing you need to know about this unit: 

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Key Ideas

• The United States Bill of Rights protects the rights of its citizens. 

• Civil liberties are the protections from the abuse of government power. 

• Civil rights are the protections from discrimination based on gender, race, or religion. 

• Civil liberties and civil rights are focused upon in the Bill of Rights, which is the first 10 amendments. 

Important Vocabulary 

• Civil liberties

• Civil rights

• United States Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Freedom of religion

• Establishment clause

• Lemon test

• Engel v. Vitale 

• Wisconsin v. Yoder 

• Free exercise clause

• Tinker v. Des Moines  

• Schenck v. United States 

• Espionage Act of 1917

• Clear and present danger clause 

• Freedom of the press

• Pentagon Papers

• New York Times v. United States 

• Prior restraint 

• McDonald v Chicago (2010)

• Due process clause

• Eight Amendment

• Cruel and unusual punishment clause

• Fourth Amendment 

• Search and seizure

• Probable cause

• Search warrant 

• Exclusionary rule

• Selective incorporation

• McDonald v. Chicago 

• Fourteenth Amendment

• Miranda Rights

• Miranda v. Arizona

• Self-incrimination

• Objective of good faith 

• Inevitable discovery rule

• Exigent circumstances

• Sixth Amendment 

• Right to an attorney

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Right to a speedy trial 

• Implicit right to privacy

• Griswold v. Connecticut

• Roe v. Wade

• Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”

• Women’s Rights Movement

• The National Organization for Women

• Brown v. Board of Education

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Title IX

• The Voting Rights Act of 1975

• Equal protection clause

• Brown v. Board of Education II (1955)

• Affirmative Action

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