Problem 1: The Civil Rights Movement used civil disobedience to highlight the injustices of Jim Crow laws. What is civil disobedience? How and why is it used? How does civil disobedience fit in with the protections of the First Amendment?
Problem 2: Tensions over civil rights continues to show tensions between state and federal power. Identify a modern-day policy issue that highlights this struggle. Which civil liberty or right is at stake? What makes it an issue? Who is affected by it? Explain your answers.