The Amendments
This amendment grants all persons within the US the rights of free speech, freedom of and from religion, free press, petition, and assembly.
This Supreme Court Case from 1954 ended segregation in all public schools.
What is Brown v Board of Ed?
How many federalist papers are there in total? (Hamilton anyone?)
85
1787, Philadelphia
This amendment keeps persons within the US safe from unlawful searches and seizures, and requires law enforcement to have a warrant before seizing or searching property.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This Supreme Court Case granted all federal courts the power to review and overturn acts of the Legislative and Executive Branches.
What is Marbury v Madison?
How many Federalist Papers did Hamilton write?
51
Who led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
George Washington
This amendment keeps you safe from cruel and unusual punishments.
This Supreme Court Case granted freedom of speech to students on school grounds after several students were suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
What is Tinker v Des Moines?
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." What is this quote from?
The Gettysburg Address
These two major events occurred in Boston and helped stoke the flame towards revolution.
Boston Tea Party and the Boston Massacre
This amendment ensures you are not charged for the same crime twice, and also keeps you safe from being compelled to testify against yourself.
What is the 5th amendment?
Wisconsin v Yoder found that states could not compel students to attend school past the 8th grade for religious reasons. What right did the court say was violated? Bonus 500 pts: What is the specific name of the clause?
What is the first amendment and freedom of religion?
What is the Free Exercise Clause?
James Madison in Federalist 10 wrote about factions and how they can destroy democracies. What did he believe was the best way to combat them?
A large republic where no faction could become extreme as they would lose their power.
This was our first Constitution and was an abject failure that almost led to the dissolution of the United States due to its weak central government and zero power to collect taxes.
The Articles of Confederation
This amendment grants you rights that are not found within the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment?
In Citizens United the Supreme Court decided that this was considered speech and therefore cannot be regulated.
What is money?
In Federalist 70 Hamilton writes about the Executive Branch, how did he envision this branch working?
It would be one person at the top making all decisions for the branch, they would be energetic and able to respond to crises much quicker than the Legislative.
This Revolutionary War veteran led a rebellion in Massachusetts against the US. Despite his rebellion being short-lived this event would spark the Constitutional Convention and the creation of the US Constitution.
Daniel Shays