By the time you finish reading this chapter, you will be able to

3.1 Explain the value, cost, and limitations of having a Bill of Rights

3.2 Identify the civil liberties that came “first” for the founders and discuss why these liberties were so important to the founders

3.3 Describe the origins of due process rights

3.4 Explain how the right to privacy was created by the Supreme Court

3.5 Describe how the courts decide when laws can treat people differently

3.6 Discuss the history of the African American civil rights movement in the United States and identify the major arenas in which it has taken place

3.7 Discuss the history of the women’s rights movement in the United States and how it is similar to and different from the struggle of Blacks

3.8 Discuss the ways in which inequalities of power persist in America