Lecture
# of members in the House of Representatives, Senate
What is: 435, 100
Alexis de Tocqueville was surprised by this when he arrived in America
What is: Equality of Conditions
upheld separate but equal doctrine; deemed "separate but equal" is inherently equal
What is: Plessy v. Ferguson, Brown v. Board.
One of the most difficult jobs in the world, according to Dr. Moran
What is: cutting the chocolate cake at a 5 y/o's birthday party
Impeached presidents
The basis for aristocracy
What is: Land
State imposed a tax on all banks, Federal bank refused to pay
What is: McColluch v Maryland
# of presidents that have completed two terms
What is: 14
The Great Compromise
What is: Combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey plan to create the Legislative system of the United States.
Type of administration mostly in the North, type of administration mostly in the South
What is: Township, County
Upheld GA's sodomy laws as they did not specify gender or orientation
What is: Bowers v. Hardwick
Why Georgia changed their flag in 1956
What is: To express their anger at Brown v. Board
Georgia's Trial Courts
What is: Superior, Magistrate, Probate, Juvenile, State Administration
Administrative Centralization vs. Governmental Centralization
What is:
Deemed it the legislature's job to overturn GA's sodomy laws
What is: Christensen v. State Supreme Court of GA
Amendment X
What is: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people
The Elastic Clause
What is: gives Congress the ability to make laws that they deem are "necessary and proper"
Differences between North and South
What is:
South - more aristocratic, slavery, more focused on fortune, county has more power
North - not aristocratic, no slavery, focused on maintaining mores, township is less powerful
Deemed that the Gun Free School Zones Act of 1990 overstepped Congress' powers
What is: UNITED STATES v. ALFONSO LOPEZ, Jr.
# of the President's cabinets
What is: 15