Influencing Government
What are the five rights granted by the 1st Amendment?
What are, Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition?
Nickname given to the right to not testify against yourself.
What is "plead the fifth"? (also acceptable: right against self-incrimination)
What did the 19th Amendment do?
What is, granted women the right to vote?
Parliament made the rulers of England sign this document hundreds of years after the Magna Carta which further limited the King's power and expanded the power of Parliament and rights of the people.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This plan of government created one that was too weak.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
communication that reaches large numbers of people such as television, radio, magazines, newspapers, and internet
What is mass media (or the media)?
The fourth amendment ensures that evidence can't be collected illegally by banning these.
What are "unreasonable searches and seizures"?
What Amendment allowed the government to levy an income tax from all Americans?
What is the 16th?
These words that appear in the Declaration after "We hold these truths to be self-evident..." did not end slavery, even though their meaning seems to contradict its existence.
What is ..." that all men are created equal"?
The process by which a legal resident alien may become a citizen
What is naturalization?
It is nearly impossible to read or watch any news source that does not reflect this type of opinionated view in some way.
What is biased?
This group of delegates felt that a Bill of Rights was necessary to ensure the powers of states and the rights of individuals.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
These are the Civil Rights Amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th 15th?
These two principles of government came mainly from the ideas of Montesquieu.
What are separation of powers and checks and balances?
These famous three words from our Constitution are indicative of the principle of popular sovereignty.
What is "We the People"?
name-calling, bandwagon, glittering generalities, card-stacking, and plain folks are some examples of this technique
What is propaganda?
The 6th Amendment grants a right to a speedy trial in what type of trail?
What is Criminal?
What did the 26th Amendment do?
What is lowered the voting age to 18?
This is what most of the Declaration of Independence consists of.
What are grievances (against the King)?
These are powers of government that are given to the federal government in the Constitution.
What are enumerated powers? (also accept expressed or delegated)
a group of people who share the same opinion about an issue and join together to promote their beliefs and inspire government action
What is an interest group?
Term used in the 5th amendment that means the set of legal procedures that must be followed in criminal cases
What is due process of law? (also accept due process)
What did the 14th Amendment grant?
What is granted every citizen within a state equal protection under the law?
Legislature: one part with equal representation, and one part with representation based upon population. What is this called?
What is bicameral?
The Constitution provided these branches of government that didn't exist under the the Articles of Confederation.
What is an Executive Branch and a Judicial Branch (or a President and Supreme Court)?