The Voting Franchise -Suffrage
This voting amendment allowed women to vote in 1920?
What is the 19th amendment?
The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was still legally this.
What is a slave?
This principle and ideal is related to power coming from the people to make decisions?
What is popular Sovereignty?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This land purchased caused a series of compromises over bringing new states into the union.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This amendment stated that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous conditions of servitude.
What is the 15th amendment?
The Court decided Dred Scott did not have this, which meant he could not sue in federal court.
What is citizenship or legal standing?
This principle states that citizens all follow the same laws and have consequences for breaking them
What is the rule of law?
This person wrote the Constitution and then agreed to add the Bill of Rights to make everyone happy?
Who is James Madison?
This compromise was written into the U.S. Constitution to allow the south to count slaves toward their representation in the house.
What is the 3/5th compromise?
This voting amendment was added to prevent states from using a poll tax to disenfranchise voters.
What is the 24th amendment?
The fifth amendment was used in this decision. The Court treated enslaved people as this, not as people with rights.
What is property?
This principle is represented by the government being divided into multiple branches, none of which have absolute authority over the other.
What is the separation of powers? (Legislative, Executive and Judicial)
The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution mainly to address concerns from this group.
Who were the Anti‑Federalists?
This compromise allowed new territories in the Mexican Cession (Utah/New Mexico) to vote on slavery - popular sovereignty.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This voting amendment allowed the people of D.C. to vote for the President and Vice-President.
What is the 23rd amendment?
This amendment fixed problems caused by Dred Scott, and established birth right citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Voting for elective representatives allows people to rule and is called?
What is the consent of the governed?
This amendment guarantees the right to a trial by jury in criminal cases.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This compromised allowed Maine to enter as a free state, Missouri as a slave state then added in a line at 36.60 latitude to determine if new states would be free or not.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
The voting amendment allowed people to directly choose their state senators.
What is the 17the amendment?
The Supreme Court ruled in Dred Scott vs. Sanford that this compromise was unconstitutional.
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
This principle is in the Declaration of Independence and means that people are born with value and have basic rights and that government cannot take away.
What is natural law or natural rights?
This amendment limits the power of the federal government by reserving powers for the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
Allowing popular sovereignty in Kansas and Nebraska resulted in what is called today Bleeding Kansas. This senator passed the Kansas-Nebraska act for his railroad and was very unpopular.
Who was Senator Stephen Douglas?