Impeachment
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New Deal
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The only 2 US presidents who have been subject to an impeachment trial in the Senate.
Who is President Andrew Johnson (1868) and President William Clinton (1998)?
100
The collection of amendments that collectively guarantee specific rights and liberties to citizens of the US.
What is the Bill of Rights (1791)?
100
The first case in which the US Supreme Court exercised the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison (1803)?
100
US President who negotiated a treaty that the Senate refused to ratify, preventing the US from joining the League of Nations.
Who is Woodrow Wilson and the Treaty of Versailles ending WWI?
100
US President elected because he promised a 'New Deal' to Americans who sought the government's help during a period of economic calamity.
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
US President who resigned while the House drafted Articles of Impeachment, rather than face the near certainty of an impeachment trial in the Senate.
Who is Richard Nixon (1974)?
200
Amendment that overturned the 1970 case of Oregon v. Mitchell, in which the Supreme Court held that the federal 18-year-old voting age requirement is valid for national elections, but not for State or local elections.
What is the 26th Amendment (1971)?
200
An early version of the US Supreme Court known for expanding or strengthening the powers of the federal government in cases such as McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) and Gibbons v. Ogden (1824).
What is the Marshall Court?
200
The act passed by Congress in 1964 granted the sitting US President the power to take “all necessary measures” to retaliate against North Vietnam for recent attacks that took place off their coast.
What is the Tonkin Gulf or Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (1964)?
200
US Supreme Court case that ruled the National Industrial Recovery Act (1933), which gave the President the authority to regulate certain aspects of commerce during the Depression, was an unconstitutional delegation of presidential power.
What is Schechter Poultry Corporation v. US (1934)?
300
The US Supreme Court case that required the sitting president to turn over audio tapes containing conversations secretly recorded at the White House.
What is US v. Nixon (1974)?
300
Amendment that overturned the 1857 Dredd Scott case which declared that slaves were not citizens of the US, by guaranteeing citizenship for those born within the US and equal protection under the law for all citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment (1868)?
300
A liberal version of the US Supreme Court whose decisions in cases such as Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), Escobedo v. Illinois (1964) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966) expanded the rights of the accused.
What is the Warren Court?
300
The provisions of federal law that banned US assistance for the purpose of overthrowing the Nicaraguan government after Congress learned that the CIA had been secretly mining the harbor to prevent Soviet supplies.
What is the Boland Amendment (1982-84)?
300
US Supreme Court case that found the Agricultural Adjustment Act (1933) unconstitutional because it attempted to regulate and control agricultural production, an area reserved to the states under the 10th Amendment.
What is US v. Butler (1936)?
400
US President who faced impeachment due to charges that he violated the Tenure of Office Act (1864) by dismissing a Cabinet member without congressional consent.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
The Amendment that overturned the 1875 case of Minor v. Happersett which ruled that the US Constitution did not guarantee women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment (1920)?
400
The issue common in the Supreme Court cases of Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), T.L.O. v. New Jersey (1986), and Vernonia School District v. Acton (1995).
What are student civil liberties while in school?
400
Requires the US President to submit a report to Congress justifying the use of military forces within 48 hours of any deployment which is limited to 60 days without congressional approval or declaration of war.
What is War Powers Act (1973)?
400
A bill that effectively ended support for the New Deal by proposing that the sitting US president nominate new Supreme Court justices if existing justices don't retire after reaching age 70.
What is the Court Reform or Court Packing Bill (1937)?
500
The common constitutional issue in the Supreme Court cases of US v. Nixon (1974) and Clinton v. Jones (1997).
What is executive privilege?
500
Amendment reinforced by the 1961 decision in Mapp v. Ohio, which stated that that any evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible in state or federal courts.
What is the 4th Amendment (1791)
500
US Supreme Court case that interpreted the 1965 Executive Order 11375 designed "to correct the effects of past and present discrimination" by requiring that organizations take affirmative action to ensure that "protected class, underutilized applicants" are hired when available, and that employees are not subject to negative discrimination regarding their protected-class status.
What is the University of California Board of Regents v. Bakke (1978)?
500
The Supreme Court case and later congressional action, related to the civil rights and internment of Japanese Americans during World War Two
What is Korematsu v. US (1944) and $20,000 reparation payment to all survivors in 1988.
500
2 New Deal laws that were declared constitutional after being examined by the Supreme Court in separate cases.
What is the Social Security Act (1935) and the National Labor Relations or Wagner Act (1935)?
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