Foundation
The number of colonies who signed the Declaration of Independence
What is 13?
What a government should do to avoid discrimination and apply civil liberties to every group and individual in society.
What are Civil Rights?
Freedoms enjoyed by individuals, government cannot infringe on those freedoms.
What are Civil Liberties?
Senator Merkley helping microbreweries is an example of...
What is Pork Barrel?
Supreme Court justices will do this at the start of each meeting.
What is shake hands?
Article I of the Constitution established this type of congress
What is a bicameral legislature? (Or, the Senate and House of Representatives)
What is Plessy v. Ferguson? (1896)
Civil Liberties are the direct result of these.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This part of Congress was meant to be more prestigious, more thoughtful and measured.
What is the Senate?
This is called the 4th branch of government.
What is the bureaucracy?
A series of essays attempting to convince people to ratify the new constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
In this case, the justices said that even identical facilities for different racial groups could instill a
sense of inferiority
What is Brown v. Board of Education? (1954)
Through Supreme Court case decisions, the Supreme
Court has effectively ruled that most protections in the Bill of Rights applies to all levels of government
What is Selective Incorporation? (14th Amendment)
What is the majority party?
When bureaucracy, interest groups, and Congressional subcommittees work together.
What is the Iron Triangle?
This case established the "necessary and proper" clause.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland? (1819)
The "mother" of the Civil Rights Movement
Who is Rosa Parks?
This amendment guarantees that an individual’s property cannot be searched or seized unless there is sufficient evidence for such a search.
What is the 4th Amendment?
After a bill is introduced on the floor it goes here.
What is a committee?
When the President needs the Senate to approve/confirm actions.
What are delegated (shared) powers?
A series of British laws that sought to punish the colonies after the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts)?
The police attack on civil rights demonstrators as they crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge on their way from Selma to Montgomery on March 7, 1965 is now referred to as this...
What is Bloody Sunday?
The 5th Amendment ensures that you cannot be tried for the same crime twice. This is called...
What is double jeopardy?
It takes this many Senators to end a filibuster.
What are 60?
The number of times the U.S. has declared war since WWII.
What is 0?