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Government Ch. 13 1/2

Terms in this set (25)

human rights
This is at the heart of the United States political system.
Bill of Rights
This guarantees that government cannot abuse the rights of individuals.
incorporation
This process extends the Bill of Rights to protect individuals from all levels of government.
freedom of speech
Gitlow v. New York nationalized the Fourteenth Amendment over this issue.
nationalization
This allows citizens to take their cases to a higher court.
First Amendment
Thomas Jefferson believed this builds a wall of separation between church and state.
parochial schools
Schools operated by church or religious group are called
Equal Access Act
This allows student religious groups to meet in high schools receiving federal funds.
secular textbooks
In the Board of Education v. Allen, the court upheld state programs to provide these to parochial schools.
flag salute cases
These cases illustrate how the Court can change its interpretation of the Constitution.
Bill of Rights
James Madison introduced a series of amendments in Congress that became the _____ in 1971.
incorporation
The ______ of the Bill of Rights means that United States citizens in every part of the country have the same basic rights.
First Amendment
The establishment clause of the ____ ______ states that "Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion.
religion
The free exercise clause prohibits government from unduly interfering with the free exercise of _____.
parochial schools
The Supreme Court uses the so-called Lemon test to decide whether state or federal aid to _____ ______ is constitutional.
citizen
person born or naturalized in the U.S.
United States citizens
keepers of the rights
human rights
basic freedoms
Fourteenth Amendment
due process
Bill of Rights
first ten amendments
establishment clause
first clause of the First Amendment
free exercise clause
second clause of the First Amendment
Supreme Court
usually follows precedent on religious freedoms
Everson v. Board of Education
challenged aid to parochial schools
abridged
limited
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