Declaration of Independence
How many colonies approved the Declaration of Independence?
All 13
Which Article of the Constitution talks about the powers of Congress
Article 1
Clause found both in the 5th and14th Amendments that states that a person may not be denied life, liberty or property without the due process of law.
Due process clause
For whom did Martin Luther King Jr. craft his letter titled Letter from Birmingham Jail?
Eight clergymen
What are national government applied powers?
printing money
• regulating interstate and international trade
• making treaties and conducting foreign policy
• declaring war
Why do you think the authors made the point that the king had conducted himself as a tyrant?
Gives them an argument to break away from Britain
What is used to determine the number of people a state would have?
Census
Clause found in the 14th Amendment that says that states cannot deny U.S. citizens the equal protection of the law. The basis for nearly all civil rights cases.
Equal protection clause
What persuasive elements does Martin Luther King Jr. use in his letter?
Ethos, pathos, logos
What are State powers
-issue licenses
-regulation of interstate business
Why were the colonists protecting British tax policies?
Taxes were imposed without colonists' consent
(NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION)
This house of Congress would base the number of representatives it has on the number of people that state had in its population.
House of Representatives
Clause in the Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 1) that gives Congress the power to regulate all business activities that cross state lines or affect more than one state or other nations.
Commerce Clause
What kind of peace does Martin Luther King Jr. say too many people are striving for?
A superficial peace that ignores the problem and only deals with the symptoms
Who played the biggest role in creating the constitution?
James Madison
What does it mean when the writers of the Declaration said they hold Britain "as we hold the rest of mankind, enemies in war, in peace friends"?
Make war, make peace, make alliances, make money
This house of Congress would have equal representation with 2 representatives coming from each state regardless of the size of their population.
Senate
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments; all passed immediately following the Civil War.
Reconstruction amendments
What question was continually asked in the self-purification process?
"Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?" "Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?"
What is required for an amendment to change
proposed by 3/4 congress, ratified by 2/3 state legislature or 2/3 conventions. Or proposed by 3/4 states 2/3 congress
Why do you think the signers of the Declaration pledged "to each other's ourselves"?
They were committing treason against Britain so they knew they had to stay together.
What is the name of a two house legislature in which our own congress is comprised?
Bicameral
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Constitution; one of the powers of Congress that allows them to make any laws that are necessary and proper for carrying out their other powers. Also called the "Elastic Clause"
Necessary and proper clause
What evidence did Martin Luther King Jr. give to show that they did collect facts?
Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States.
Its ugly record of brutality is widely known.
Negroes have experienced grossly unjust treatment in the courts.
There have been more unsolved bombings of Negro homes and churches in Birmingham than in any other city in the nation.
Powers not given to the federal government but are assumed are in?
Tenth amendment and the reserved powers