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Democracy in the United States derives its powers from __________.
What is citizens
100
__________ is the right to vote.
What is Suffrage
100
The United States employs a(n) __________ system.
What is federal
100
__________ refer to the rights of all Americans to equal treatment under the law.
What is Civil rights
100
The Bill of Rights limits the power of __________.
What is the government over the rights and liberties of individuals
200
Originally, the Bill of Rights limited only the power of the __________.
What is national government
200
De facto segregation means __________.
What is segregation because of previous conditions, not deliberate government intention
200
The Federalist Papers were written by __________.
What is Madison, Hamilton, and Jay
200
The full faith and credit clause __________.
What is protects the rights of citizens as they move from state to state
200
Which amendment to the Constitution allows for portions of the Bill of Rights to be applied to the states?
What is Fourteenth Amendment
300
Slander, libel, and obscenity are __________.
What is are outside the protection of the First Amendment
300
The transfer of power from the national government to state and local governments is known as __________.
What is devolution
300
In response to the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments, Southern states passed ___________ to limit the civil rights of African Americans and developed labor regulations that resembled slavery.
What is black codes
300
The exclusionary rule is part of the Fourth Amendment’s guarantee __________.
What is against unreasonable searches and seizures
300
The verdict of Plessy v. Ferguson directly resulted in __________.
What is the development of a system of legalized racial segregation sanctioned by Jim Crow laws
400
African Americans, women, Native Americans, and white men who did not own property were __________.
What is not conferred rights in the Constitution because the founders believed equality required independent thinking and the capacity for rational action, which they believed these groups did not possess
400
Which statement best identifies the Democratic Party’s argument for preventing African Americans from participating in their party’s primary?
What is The Democratic Party claimed political parties were private organizations.
400
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and the women’s movement were significant because __________.
What is they produced legislation that secured important rights for all Americans
400
The theory that individuals form government by mutual consent, giving up some of their individual liberty in order to gain the protection of government is known as __________.
What is social contract
400
Title IX is often associated with increasing women’s access to sports, but its greatest impact has been on __________.
What is admissions to professional programs, on financial aid, and on educational facilities
500
The Framers of the Constitution did not create a direct democracy because __________.
What is they believed the masses were too uneducated and likely to be influenced by demagogues
500
The concept in which the Constitution provides the fundamental structure of government and describes what the national government can and cannot do is called __________.
What is limited government
500
__________ theorized that government is formed to protect life, liberty, and property, but if government violates the social contract with the people, the people have the duty to end the abusive government and establish a new government.
What is John Locke
500
Since the 1990s, Supreme Court decisions on federalism __________.
What is have established limits on the national government’s powers under the commerce clause
500
If the Supreme Court were to declare the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, the full faith and credit clause would __________.
What is require states to recognize that a couple married in Massachusetts is also married in Kansas
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