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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

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Unit Overview

An understanding of United States politics includes the study of the development of individual rights and liberties and their impact on citizens . Basic to this study is an analysis of the workings of the United States Supreme Court and familiarity with its most significant decisions . Students should examine judicial interpretations of various civil rights and liberties such as freedom of speech, assembly, and expression; the rights of the accused; and the rights of minority groups and women . For example, students should understand the legal, social, and political evolution following the Supreme Court’s decisions regarding racial segregation . Students should also be aware of how the Fourteenth Amendment and the doctrine of selective incorporation have been used to extend protection of rights and liberties . Finally, it is important that students be able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Supreme Court decisions as tools of social change . 
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Civil Liberties

An examination of the rights guaranteed to Americans in the Bill of Rights and the process of selective incorporation.
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Civil Rights

An introduction to the struggle for equality for all Americans and the controversies it creates.
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Paul Sargent Makes History

  • Home
  • My YouTube Channel
  • AP European History
    • Historical Reasoning Skills
    • Thematic Learning Objectives >
      • Interaction of Europe and the World
      • Poverty and Prosperity
      • Objective Knowledge and Subjective Visions
      • States and Other Institutions of Power
      • Individual and Society
      • National and European Identity
    • Concept Outline
    • Period 1: 1450-1648
    • Period 2: 1648-1815
    • Period 3: 1815-1914
    • Period 4: 1914-Present
    • Exam Review Resources
  • AP Government
    • Concept Outline
    • Constitutional Underpinnings
    • Political Beliefs and Behaviors
    • Linkage Institutions
    • Institutions of Government
    • Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
    • Exam Review
  • Government and Economics
    • Foundations of Government
    • The Constitution
    • Executive Branch
    • The Judicial Branch
    • Voting and Elections
  • My Blog