Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Incorporation Part 2
The Supreme Court examined the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment in the case of Gitlow v. New York (1925), and recognized the right of free speech as a basic right.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Incorporation Part 3
Covers the basic facts of the Gitlow v. New York (1925) case in which the Supreme Court upheld the conviction, and established precedents governing freedom of speech and state law.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Incorporation Part 4
After the Gitlow v. New York (1925) case, the Supreme Court used the due process clause in the Fourteenth Amendment to examine how the Bill of Rights and the First Amendment applied to the states.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Incorporation Part 5
Covers the process of selective incorporation, where the Supreme Court examines rights on a case-by-case basis to determine if they are being protected.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Equal Protection of the Laws
An early Supreme Court decision in the case of Strauder v. West Virginia (1880) concluded that West Virginia violated the equal protection of the law rights in the Fourteenth Amendment.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Equal Protection: Strict Scrutiny
Laws that can potentially violate a person's equal protection under the laws are the subject of strict judicial scrutiny by the courts.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Equal Protection and the States
The due process clause in the Fifth Amendment can be invoked if the parties feel they have not been given equal protection under the laws, and want to mount a court challenge against the national government.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Native Americans and Voting: Part 2
Even with the passing of the Fourteenth Amendment, Native Americans were not recognized as full citizens of the United States, so still could not vote.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Bill of Rights: Part 2
Explains how the Bill of Rights came to be, and how the Supreme Court was able to extend its application through the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Illinois Institute of Technology
The Oyez Project: Baker v. Carr
This resource offers hours of oral arguments on Real Audio, a link to the transcripts of the Baker v. Carr case, an abstract summary, and notes about the vote of each justice.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Origins of Jim Crow Part 2
Explains how the South responded to the end of slavery by enacting the Black Code laws that prevented African Americans from exercising the rights they had been given, e.g., voting. To combat this, Congress passed the Fourteenth...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1844 1877: Reconstruction: The 14th Amendment
A discussion of the 14th Amendment. [6:16]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: Origins of Jim Crow Part 3
Discusses how federal troops tried to ensure that the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments were abided by in the South. [4:01]
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Bill of Rights Pt. 23: Incorporation
The passage of the Bill of Rights had little impact on most people. In 1833, the Supreme Court ruled that it applied only to the federal government. The provisions in the Bill of Rights were incorporated later through the 14th Amendment...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Citizenship Pt. 14: Fourteenth Amendment Defines Citizenship
This podcast episode examines how the Fourteenth Amendment defines national citizenship.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1865 1898: Black Codes and Reconstruction
In the period after the Civil War in the American South, when Southern society reorganized to account for the end of slavery. In this video, Kim discusses how many Southern governments passed laws preventing African Americans from...
PBS
Pbs: Explicit & Implicit Language: Interprete the Meaning of the 14th Amendment
Students watch two video segments about the Fourteenth Amendment and then write an essay addressing where the amendment is explicit or implicit in meaning.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 9: Moral/political Motivations
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Rights of African Americans Pt. 10: The Fourteenth Amendment
After the Civil War, Republicans had both moral and political reasons to support the civil rights of African Americans. This led to the Fourteenth Amendment.