Constitution
The outline of the United States government, how it is structured and how it functions.
What is the Constitution?
The beliefs of how government should be run (this includes a social contract and natural rights).
What is the statement of Rights?
An act that outlawed discrimination based on race, gender, religion, color, or national origin within the workplace and ended segregation in public places.
The writer of the Letters from Birmingham
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
A set of essays written in order to promote the ratification of the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
The date the Constitution was written
What is on September 17, 1787?
August 2nd, 1776.
What is the day the Declaration of Independence was signed?
The President who passed the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
King's famous quote from the letters.
What is "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"?
Key Federalists
Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?
The number of Articles the Constitution has
What is 7 Articles?
Where the Declaration of Independence was written
What is Philidelphia?
The first court case dealing with Civil Rights, happening in 1856
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
The date the Letters were written
What is on April 13th, 1963?
The pen named used by the Federalists for their essays
What is 'Publius'?
The part of the Constitution containing this phrase: "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is the Preamble of the Constitution?
The first person to sign the Declaration
Who is John Hancock?
An act prohibiting discrimination in sale, retail, and financing of housing based on race and national origin
What is the Fair Housing Act of 1968?
Where the Letters were written
What is in Birmingham, Alabama?
The Federalist Paper focusing on needing a stronger central government due to its advantages in breaking up violence caused by the formation of factions. Madison believed there were two ways to control factions: taking away their liberty or by giving them the same interests, with taking away their freedoms being the worst one.
What is Federalist Paper number 10?
Located in Article I, Section 8
What are the powers of Congress?
The part of the Declaration containing this phrase: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is the opening statement of the Declaration of Independence?
The date the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law
Unjust laws cause
What is a moral obligation to disobey?
What is in 1788?