Vocabulary
Civil Rights
The Constitution
Chapter 1
The Bill of Rights
100
to reject
What is to veto?
100
laws developed to limit the rights of blacks
What are Jim Crow laws?
100
the opening section of the Constitution
What is the preamble?
100
government by the people, for the people
What is a democracy?
100
guarantees the freedom to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
200
to approve
What is to ratify?
200
the arrest of this person led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
200
the top of Article II
What is the executive branch?
200
to give up something in order to gain something else
What is compromise?
200
protects against cruel and unusual punishment
What is the 8th amendment?
300
a general agreement
What is a consensus?
300
this case established the concept of "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
300
the group of people who elect the president
What is the electoral college?
300
decisions made by the government regarding issues such as healthcare and abortion
What is public policy?
300
protects against double jeopardy
What is the fifth amendment?
400
a government consisting of three or more people in charge
What is an oligarchy?
400
this person ordered federal troops to help integrate Central High school in Little Rock
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
400
According to this principle, the federal government must abide by the Constitution
What is limited government?
400
according to this concept, people and businesses can make their own choices regarding the buying and selling of goods
What is free enterprise?
400
protects against quartering of troops in your home
What is the 3rd amendment?
500
the person who currently holds an office
Who is the incumbent?
500
this amendment guaranteed citizenship rights and equal protection under the law to African Americans
What is the 14th amendment?
500
found in Article I, this states that Congress can do whatever they need to implement their laws
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
500
the supreme power to act within a territory and control affairs
What is sovereignty?
500
protects states' rights (if it isn't given to the federal government and kept from the state then it is a state power)
What is the 10th amendment?
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