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How have citizen movements and social movements brought about political and social change?

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How have citizen movements and social movements brought about political and social change?

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-Ex. Feminist movement
Important events: women winning the right to vote, the right to an education, the right to hold the same careers as men (in subjects such as STEM fields), equal pay opportunities, etc.
-Ex. Civil Rights movement
Important events: POC winning the right to vote, end segregation, equal opportunities for education and careers,

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Why are the freedoms in the Bill of Rights and later amendments essential to our democracy?

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Why are the freedoms in the Bill of Rights and later amendments essential to our democracy?

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-The belief in fundamental freedoms of expression and religion lies at the heart of the American political system
- The essential, core political purpose of the First Amendment is self-governance - enabling people to obtain information from a diversity of sources, make decisions, and communicate these decisions to the government (lies at the heart of an open, democratic society)
-The Bill of Rights protects people from actions by the government and from those acting with the authority of the government
-The First Amendment includes the right to hear, to see, to read, and in general to be exposed to different messages and points of view

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What restrictions, if any, should be placed on our constitutional rights and freedoms?

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What restrictions, if any, should be placed on our constitutional rights and freedoms?

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-When the action or speech harms others or encourages other to be violent or hateful
-When their actions violate somebody else’s freedoms
-Speech that includes obscenity, defamation, and “fighting words” can be punished
-Religious belief is protected, yet actions based on those beliefs may be restricted if they violate an important secular government interest