The Supreme Court and Civil Rights

Question 1

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.No state shall make or enforce any law which shall [take away] the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States.

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equal protection under the law.

Question 2

Through which clause did state governments become bound by the Bill of Rights?

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the due process clause

Question 3

Look at the political cartoon.

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protecting freed African Americans.

Question 4

most

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African Americans were not protected under the law.

Question 5

In order to extend the civil rights of slaves after the Civil War, the United States

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banned slavery with the Thirteenth Amendment and created new protections with the Fourteenth Amendment.

Question 6

Why was the Supreme Court’s ruling important in Gitlow v. New York with respect to due process?

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because Gitlow's legal rights were used to interpret the issue of incorporation

Question 7

Read the excerpt from the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

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federal law only.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.[N]or shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.

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all states follow similar rules and legal processes.

Question 9

Why were some members of Congress in favor of incorporating the Bill of Rights with regard to the Fourteenth Amendment?

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the Bill of Rights would cover both state and federal laws

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