Politics in the US
This part of the American Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, speech and the press.
What is the First Amendment?
branch of government which is concerned with the law
What is the legislative?
year of Voting Rights Act
What is 1965?
the two main reasons for the British colonization of North America
What are religion and trade?
basis of the aristocratic society of the Southern colonies/states
What was slave labor/trade?
the first ten amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
branch of government which is concerned with implementing and enforcing the law
What is the executive?
What is 19?
first English colony
What is Jamestown?
uprising against British taxation and for independence in 1773
What is the Boston Tea Party?
a controversial part of the Constitution which debates about gun control and gun ownership are focused on
What is the Second Amendment?
branch of government concerned with evaluating the law
What is the judicial?
the Tuesday after the first Monday in November
What is Election Day?
group of people landing in Massachusetts in 1620
What were the Pilgrim Fathers?
document issued on July 4, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
a group of citizens empowered to conduct legal proceedings
What is a grand jury?
system to maintain the separation of powers
What is checks and balances?
January 20
What is the Inauguration Ceremony?
the first American university
What is Harvard?
Frederick Jackson Turner defined this term at the end of the 19th century
What is the „frontier“?
Non bis in idem
What is double jeopardy?
House of Representatives and Senate
What is Congress?
They were guaranteed the right to vote with the Consitution.
What are white male citizens over the age of 21?
original name of New York
What is New Amsterdam?
country that sold Alaska to the US in 1867
What is Russia?