civil rights

6. The constitutional and other legal protections against government actions.
8. Nonverbal communication, such as burning a flag or wearing an armband.
11. Primary elections from which African Americans were excluded.
14. The legal concept under which the supreme Court has nationalized the Bill of Rights by making most of its provisions applicable to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.
18. Policies designed to protect people against arbitrary or discriminatory treatment by government officials or individuals.
19. A 1954 Supreme Court decision that extended protection against discrimination against Latinos.
20. The publication of false and malicious statements that may damage someone’s reputation.

1. The 1833 Supreme Court decision holding that the Bill of Rights restrained only the national government, not the states or cities.
2. The 1931 Supreme Court decision holding that the First Amendment protects newspapers from prior restraint.
3. The first 10 amendments to the U.S. constitution.
4. Guarantees women the right to vote.
5. Government actions that prevent material from being published.
7. states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.”
9. Small taxes levied on the right to vote.
10. Communication in the form of advertising, which can be restricted more than many other types of speech.
12. Forbade slavery and involuntary servitude.
13. Protects the four great liberties.
15. A 1957 Supreme Court decision ruling that “obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press.
16. The 1925 Supreme Court decision holding that freedoms of press and speech are “fundamental personal rights and liberties
17. The 1962 Supreme Court decision holding that state officials violated the First Amendment when they required that a prayer be recited by public schoolchildren.