Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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Which liberty is guaranteed by the First Amendment?

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freedom of speech

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What is the primary purpose of the First Amendment to the Constitution?

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to guarantee basic civil liberties

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The case of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) resulted in

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a ruling that stated segregation in American public schools was inherently unequal.

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The 19th Amendment

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gave women the right to vote.

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The Constitutional amendment that prohibited denying voting rights to people based on race or color is the

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Fifteenth Amendment.

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Amendments 15, 19, and 26 all deal with suffrage. Suffrage is

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the right to vote.

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The 23rd Amendment extended the right to vote in Presidential elections to which of these? Options: all female U.S. citizens, residents of the District of Columbia, people who had been convicted of a felony, all U.S. citizens over the age of 18 years

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residents of the District of Columbia

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The voting age was lowered from 21 to 18 years old. Which amendment is this?

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26th Amendment

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Legislatures were prohibited from passing laws that imposed poll taxes.

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24th Amendment

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When the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education, its decision was based on its interpretation of the 

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Equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment