Vocabulary Terms: Chapter Five, Government in America 
 
Section 1 Supreme Court Cases
  1. Civil Liberties (142)
  2. Freedom of religion
  3. Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty (142, 143)
  4. Establishment Clause (143)
  5. Free Exercise Clause (143)
  6. Conscientious Objector (147)
Section 2 
  1. Freedom of  Speech (150)
  2. Pure Speech
  3. Speech Plus
  4. Sedition (150)
  5. Clear and Present Danger (150)
  6. Smith Act (152)
  7. Defamation
  8. Slander (153)
  9. Libel (153) 
Section 3
 
  1. Freedom of the Press (pg. 155)
  2. Censorship
  3. Prior Restraint
  4. Injunction (pg. 156)
  5. Obscenity
  6. Mass media (pg. 157)
  7. Fairness Doctrine (pg. 158)
  8. Freedom of Information Act (pg. 159)
  9. Sunshine Law
  10. Shield Law
Section 4
  1. Freedom of Assembly
  2. Heckler's veto
Investigate the following cases. Describe the facts of the case and the Supreme Court's decision in the case. 

1) Engel v. Vitale (pg. 146) 
2) Yoder v Wisconsin (pg 147) 
3) US v O'Brien (pg. 151) 
4) Tinker v Des Moines School District. 
5) Schenk v US (pg .152) 
6) Dennis v US 
7) Yates v US 
8) Brandenburg v Ohio (pg. 153 
9) NY Times vs Sullivan 
10) Chaplinsky vs New Hampshire (pg. 154) 
 


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