amendments
slavery
the black death
Federalism
Unalienable rights
100
The written plan for the United States government
What is U.S. Constutition
100
a slave who sued for his freedom and lost his case at the Supreme Court level
What is Dred Scott
100
an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
What is Calamity
100
System of govt where the national govt & state govts share power, derive all authority from the people, & the powers of the govt are specified in a Constitution
What is Federal system
100
Ten proposed amendments ratified by the States and added to the Constitution in 1791
What is Bill of Rights
200
approve formally; confirm; verify
What is ratify
200
a conductor who saved slaves on the Underground Railroad
What is Harriet Tubman
200
destruction of life; slaughter; killing of large numbers of people or animals
What is Carnage
200
Govt where the local & regional govts derive all authority from a strong nat'l govt
What is Unitary System
200
Guarantees of the safety of persons, opinions, and property from arbitrary acts of government (freedom of religion, speech, press; fair trial)
What is Civil Liberties
300
A change to the Constitution
What is amendment
300
a former slave who was an abolitionist
What is Frederick Douglas
300
a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune
What is Catastrophe
300
powers not stated specifically but considered to be reasonably implied through the exercise of expressed or delegated powers. Derived from enumerated powers & necessary & proper clause
What is Implied Powers
300
Positive acts of government that seek to make constitutional guarantees a reality for all people (prohibitions of discrimination b/c of race, sex, religion, or national origin--Civil Rights Act of 1964)
What is Civil Rights
400
a formal request
What is petition
400
a abolitionist who believed violence would end slavery
What is John Brown
400
extremely harmful
What is Catastrophic
400
National law is supreme to (supercedes) all other laws passed by the states or by any other subdivision of govt
What is Supremacy Clause
400
People who are not citizens of the country in which they live
What is Aliens
500
A person with certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is citizen
500
leader
What is conductor
500
(adj.) belonging to the same period of time as oneself; (n.) a person of the same time
What is Contemporary
500
Sustains the right of self-govt and grants in defining the basic principle of American federalism in stating "the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the state respectively, or to the people
What is Tenth Amendment
500
No State can deny to any person any right that is "basic or essential to the American concept of ordered liberty"
What is 14th Amendment
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