Across
- 2. Harsh penalties banned by the 8th Amendment
- 6. Prevents unfair government actions
- 9. Government stopping speech before it happens
- 11. Ended school segregation
- 12. First ten amendments protecting individual rights
- 14. Policies to increase opportunities for minorities
- 15. Protects speech religion press assembly and petition
- 16. Guarantees due process and equal protection
- 19. Defendant pleads guilty for a lighter sentence
- 22. Equal pay for jobs of equal value
- 23. Banned gender discrimination in law
- 24. Banned discrimination in public life
- 26. Ruled enslaved people were not citizens
- 28. Proposed guarantee of gender equality
- 31. Fee used to block certain voters
- 32. Bans government endorsed religion
- 34. Abolished slavery
- 37. Gave women the right to vote
- 38. Allowed segregation under separate but equal
- 39. Protects religious practice
- 40. Protections against discrimination
Down
- 1. Applies federal rights to state laws
- 3. Advertising with limited protection
- 4. Basic freedoms the government cannot take away
- 5. Upheld Japanese internment during WWII
- 7. Actions that express ideas
- 8. Protects people with disabilities from discrimination
- 10. Set number used in some affirmative action plans
- 13. Banned poll taxes
- 17. Began applying the Bill of Rights to states
- 18. Protected minority voting rights
- 20. Protects voting rights regardless of race
- 21. Unwanted sexual behavior in workplaces or schools
- 25. Requires equal treatment under the law
- 27. Offensive content not protected by free speech
- 29. Protects people from testifying against themselves
- 30. Written false statements that harm someone
- 33. The right to vote
- 35. Blocks illegally obtained evidence
- 36. Implied right to personal autonomy