Shanice Johnson Week 3 Civil Liberties 
Associate Level Material
Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline and Synopsis
Instructions
Complete the following timeline with entries that demonstrate the development of civil liberties and rights over time. In part two, write a brief essay of at least 350 words which discusses specific social movements and how they relate to the development of civil liberties and rights.
Part One: Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline
Complete the second column with brief descriptions of key decisions on civil liberties. Include which amendment from the Bill of Rights was used to support the decision and why. In the third column, complete the timeline with entries describing the historical development of civil rights in the United States.
Time Period
Key Decisions on Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights
Key Decisions on Civil Rights and the Bill of Rights
1790s
The Bill of Rights
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1790s
The eleventh amendment forbids the federal government from taking jurisdiction over lawsuits filed against states by citizens
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19th century
The Tenth Amendment clarified that the federal government’s power was limited to what was specifically mentioned in the Constitution, thereby preventing the government from interfering in a case where a free former slave was abducted from Pennsylvania and returned to her former “owners” in Maryland.
1842 Prigg v. Pennsylvania ruled states do not have to aid in returning fugitive slaves
19th century
The Thirteenth Amendment was not included with the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights, but the Thirteenth Amendment is the amendment that applied in this case. A Supreme Court Justice, recognizing that the Thirteenth Amendment would never be fully realized and slavery would never be truly abolished unless the Civil Rights Act was enforced, reversed an earlier decision barring an African-American woman from testifying against a white person who had robbed her.
1866 U.S. v.
Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline and Synopsis
Instructions
Complete the following timeline with entries that demonstrate the development of civil liberties and rights over time. In part two, write a brief essay of at least 350 words which discusses specific social movements and how they relate to the development of civil liberties and rights.
Part One: Civil Liberties and Rights Timeline
Complete the second column with brief descriptions of key decisions on civil liberties. Include which amendment from the Bill of Rights was used to support the decision and why. In the third column, complete the timeline with entries describing the historical development of civil rights in the United States.
Time Period
Key Decisions on Civil Liberties and the Bill of Rights
Key Decisions on Civil Rights and the Bill of Rights
1790s
The Bill of Rights
You do not need to fill out this textbox.
1790s
The eleventh amendment forbids the federal government from taking jurisdiction over lawsuits filed against states by citizens
You do not need to fill out this textbox.
19th century
The Tenth Amendment clarified that the federal government’s power was limited to what was specifically mentioned in the Constitution, thereby preventing the government from interfering in a case where a free former slave was abducted from Pennsylvania and returned to her former “owners” in Maryland.
1842 Prigg v. Pennsylvania ruled states do not have to aid in returning fugitive slaves
19th century
The Thirteenth Amendment was not included with the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights, but the Thirteenth Amendment is the amendment that applied in this case. A Supreme Court Justice, recognizing that the Thirteenth Amendment would never be fully realized and slavery would never be truly abolished unless the Civil Rights Act was enforced, reversed an earlier decision barring an African-American woman from testifying against a white person who had robbed her.
1866 U.S. v.