Foundations of the Constitution
Key Constitutional Principles
Amendments and Rights
Checks and Balances
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
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What were the Articles of Confederation?

The first governing document of the United States, replaced by the Constitution in 1789.

100

What is separation of powers?

The principle that ensures no branch of government becomes too powerful.

100

What is the Bill of Rights?


    1. The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
      • What is the Bill of Rights?
    2. The amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press.

      • What is the First Amendment?
    4. The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.

      • What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
    6. The amendment that granted women the right to vote.

      • What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
    8. The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.

    • What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?


  • Category 4: Checks and Balances (Chapters 11 & 12)

    1. The branch of government responsible for making laws.

      • What is the legislative branch?
    3. The presidential power to reject a bill passed by Congress.

      • What is a veto?
    5. The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws.

      • What is the executive branch?
    7. The process by which Congress can remove a president from office.

      • What is impeachment?
    9. The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws.

    • What is the judicial branch?


  • Category 5: Historical Context and Influences (Chapter 2)

    1. The first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

      • What is Delaware?
    3. The rebellion that highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to the drafting of the Constitution.

      • What was Shays’ Rebellion?
    5. The philosopher whose ideas of natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

      • Who was John Locke?
    7. The compromise that counted enslaved individuals as a fraction of a person for representation purposes.

      • What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
    9. The collection of essays written to support the ratification of the Constitution.

    • What are the Federalist Papers?


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100

What is the legislative branch?

The branch of government responsible for making laws.

100

What is Marbury v. Madison?

This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review, allowing courts to strike down unconstitutional laws.

200

What was the Constitutional Convention?

The event in 1787 where delegates met to draft the U.S. Constitution.

200

What are checks and balances?

The system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the others.

200

What is the First Amendment?

The amendment that guarantees freedom of speech, religion, and the press.

200

What is a veto?

The presidential power to reject a bill passed by Congress.

200

What is Plessy v. Ferguson?

The 1896 case that upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

300

What is the Magna Carta?

This document, signed in 1215, influenced the U.S. Constitution by limiting the power of the monarchy.

300

What is the Supremacy Clause?

The clause that establishes the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

300

What is the Thirteenth Amendment?

The amendment that abolished slavery in the United States.

300

What is the executive branch?

The branch of government responsible for enforcing laws.

300

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

The 1954 case that overturned segregation in public schools, ruling "separate but equal" unconstitutional. 

400

What was the Great Compromise?


    1. The compromise that created a bicameral legislature, balancing representation between large and small states. 
400

What is federalism?

The division of power between national and state governments.

400

What is the Nineteenth Amendment?

The amendment that granted women the right to vote.

400

What is impeachment?


    1. The process by which Congress can remove a president from office.
      • What is impeachment?
    2. The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws.

    • What is the judicial branch?


  • Category 5: Historical Context and Influences (Chapter 2)

    1. The first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

      • What is Delaware?
    3. The rebellion that highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to the drafting of the Constitution.

      • What was Shays’ Rebellion?
    5. The philosopher whose ideas of natural rights influenced the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

      • Who was John Locke?
    7. The compromise that counted enslaved individuals as a fraction of a person for representation purposes.

      • What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?
    9. The collection of essays written to support the ratification of the Constitution.

    • What are the Federalist Papers?


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400

What is Miranda v. Arizona?

The 1966 case that required police to inform suspects of their rights before interrogation.

500

Who were the Anti-Federalists?

The group that opposed the Constitution, fearing it gave too much power to the federal government.

500

What is judicial review?

The power of courts to declare laws unconstitutional.

500

What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?

The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.

500

What is the judicial branch?

The branch of government responsible for interpreting laws.

500

What is Roe v. Wade?

The 1973 case that protected the constitutional right to privacy regarding abortion laws.

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