Civil Rights (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards
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Year Declaration of Independence declared
Year Declaration of Independence declared
1776
Civil liberties definition
Civil liberties definition
Fundamental freedoms protecting individuals from govt authority
Civil rights definition
Civil rights definition
Protections ensuring groups aren't discriminated against
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights
First ten amendments to Constitution, ratified 1791
First Amendment freedoms (5 types)
First Amendment freedoms (5 types)
Religion, speech, press, assembly, petition
Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause significance
Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause significance
Basis for many Supreme Court civil rights judgements
Nineteenth Amendment year & right granted
Nineteenth Amendment year & right granted
1920, women's right to vote
Brown v Board of Education (1954) outcome
Brown v Board of Education (1954) outcome
Racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Thirteenth Amendment (1865) effect
Thirteenth Amendment (1865) effect
Abolished slavery throughout United States
Obergefell v Hodges (2015) right established
Obergefell v Hodges (2015) right established
Right of same-sex couples to marry