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Course Contents: Geography, U.S. History & Government Parts I and II - after 12/11/2007 Home; Module 1 - Orientation; Module 2 - Learning Resources and Pre-Instructional Activities; Module 3 - The Americas: Pre and Post Colonization; Module 4 - Colonial America and the American President; Module 5 - Shaping a Nation; Module 6 - A Tragic Legacy; Module 7 - Twentieth Century America and Beyond; Module 8 - Topography; Module 9 - Ecosystems; Module 10 - Climate and Resources; Module 11 - Geography and Culture; Module 12 - Checks and Balances; Module 13 - Citizenship; Module 14 - Historical Roots of U.S. Government; Module 15 - Civil Liberties; Module 16 - Key Documents and Primary Sources, The Constitution in Depth

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Module 15 - Civil Liberties - Activity 2

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Activity 2: Topics

Free press (roles and responsibilities)
Open society
Fundamental Rights
Due Process (6th amendment, 5th amendment, 14th amendment)
Majority Rule
Minority Rights
- 13th Amendment
- 14th Amendment
- 15th Amendment
- 19th Amendment
Role of Supreme Court in defining rights
- Marbury v. Madison
- Dred Scott v. Sandford
- Plessy v. Ferguson
- Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
- Roe v. Wade
- Limitations on individual rights
  - Pornography
  - Free exercise of religion
  - Symbolic speech
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Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, March 01). Module 15 - Civil Liberties - Activity 2. Retrieved March 21, 2010, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/geography-u-s-history-government-parts-i-and-ii-after-11-26-07/a152.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

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