Which statement best describes the Supreme Court's decision in Texas v. Johnson? It prevented acts of symbolic protest against t
he federal government. It protected actions such as flag burning and not just spoken or written words. It legalized the right to protest, but not the right to burn the flag publicly. It limited freedom of speech protections to only the written or spoken word.
The correct answer is it protected actions such as flag burning and not just spoken or written words.
This famous Supreme Court case took place in 1989. Before this time, flag burning was outlawed in 48 of the 50 US states. However, this case changed all of that.
Gregory Johnson was a citizen who burnt the US flag out of protest after the Republican National Convention in 1984. He argued that this was an example of freedom of speech. After working its way up to the Supreme Court, the Court sided with Johnson. This invalidated the laws against flag burning and protected symbolic freedom of speech.
Another cause of tension was that the Soviet Union was trying to spread communism. The U.S. was against communism and they took leadership of containment policy. The Containment policy was the U.S. approach to trying to prevent communism spreading. ... The soviets trying to spread communism.
Battle of Midway, because we destroyed most of the Japanese Navy, sinking four of their aircraft carriers along with lots of other ships. Japan would never recover from this, allowing the US to mostly dominate the Pacific with our Navy.
