Required Reading 1
Established that all people created equal
Declaration of independence
The first draft of the Constitution
Articles of Confederation
The Americans with Disabilities Act, which provides protections for the disabled, is an example of
A) state supremacy
B) horizontal federalism
C) federal mandate
D) dual federalism
E) affirmative action
E
Extended the right of privacy to a woman’s decision to have an abortion
Roe V Wade
Race-based school segregation violates the equal protection clause
Brown v. Board of Education
Outline of federal gov’t structure, powers, and limits to those powers
Guarantees the citizens rights
The Bill of Rights
Which of the following best reflects a function of the Supreme Court in Article III of the Constitution?
A) To interpret the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress
B) To serve as the highest court of appeals
C) To overturn legislation passed by the state legislatures
D) To adjudicate disputes between the president and Congress
B
School sponsorship of religious activities violates the establishment clause
Engel v. Vitale (1962)
Congress may not use the commerce clause to make possession of a gun in a school zone a federal crime
US v Lopez
a strong, united republic would be more effective than the individual states at controlling “factions”
Federalist 10
The civil rights movement will ultimately be successful because "the goal of America is freedom."
Letters From Birmingham Jail
The process of extending the protections of the Bill of Rights by means of the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to the actions of state governments is known as
Responses
A) incorporation
B) judicial review
C) broad construction
D) federalism
E) broad construction
A
Public school students have the right to wear black armbands in school to protest the Vietnam War
Tinker v. Des Moines
Speech creating a “clear and present danger” is not protected by the First Amendment
Schenck v. United States (1919)
Encouraged the People to reject the constitution
Brutus I
Argues that unity in the executive branch is a main ingredient for both energy and safety.
Federalist 70
A state government places security cameras facing a popular site of protest in a public square in front of its statehouse. This scenario illustrates
A) the impact of globalization on individual political attitudes
B)the balance of promoting stability and ensuring civil liberties
C) how political attitudes quickly shift in the United States
D) the free-rider problem of organizing a civil rights protests
C
Established supremacy of the U.S. Constitution and federal laws over state laws
McCulloch v. Maryland
The Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is applicable to the states
McDonald v. Chicago (2010)
Proposes a government broken into three branches: Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
Federalist 51
lifetime appointments, guaranteed “during good behavior” to insure that judges can resist encroachments from the legislature
Federalist 78
In the process and structure of public policymaking, “iron triangles” refer to the
Responses
a) bargaining and negotiating process between the President and Congress about the direction of domestic policy
B) dominance of corporate power in setting the national policy agenda for economic expansion
C) interrelationship among federal, state, and local levels of government in the policy process
D) networks of congressional committees, bureaucratic agencies, and interest groups that strongly influence the policy process
E) group of presidential advisers who formulate the President’s foreign policy agenda
D
Bolstered the freedom of the press, establishing a “heavy presumption against prior restraint” even in cases involving national security
New York Times Co. v. United States
Guaranteed the right to an attorney for the poor or indigent
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)