1st Amendment

2. Gives citizens the right to engage in symbolic speech (e.g. burning the flag in protest)
6. Citizens cannot burn draft cards as an anti-war protest
8. Prohibits the government from banning speech because it does not agree with the message
12. The government is forbidden to promote one religion over another in this section of the First Amendment
14. Gives a citizen the right not to speak (e.g. when saluting the flag)
17. In this court case, veterans were protesting the war from inside the mall and the mall filed a motion to get them to leave because they were trespassing
18. The owners and operators of a company town wanted to prohibit the distribution of religious literature in the town’s business district
19. A U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that prior restraint on publications is a violation of free speech and free press.

1. In this court case, a man saw a 6-foot-high monolith inscribed with the Ten Commandments by the Texas State Capitol.
3. The freedom of communication and expression through media
4. James Madison pointed to Freedom of Speech as a vital aspect of a healthy republic in this paper
5. People are entitled to assemble and speak and be heard, as long as they are nonviolent
7. Students can wear black armbands to protest war
9. Another name for the Freedom of Religion
10. In this court case, a cross was put on federal land in the Mojave National Preserve by members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
11. Individuals have the right to petition the government in order to express their views and ask for change.
13. Gives citizens the ability to contribute to political campaigns
15. Citizens cannot incite actions that would harm others
16. Where the US Freedom of Speech originally came