COURT CASES
This case established Judicial Review.
Marbury V. Madison
This amendment allows the bill of rights to be applied to the states.
14th Amendment
Terms set by the national government that states must meet whether or not they accept federal grants.
A mandate
Term used to describe powers shared by the national and state governments.
Concurrent powers
A belief that you play a role in politics and the government is responsive to the participants.
Political Efficacy
"Separate but Equal"
Plessy V. Ferguson
Prohibits the government from supporting a national religion
Establishment Clause
Views the national and state governments as collaborating to solve common problems.
Cooperative federalism
This large-state contribution to the Constitutional Convention called for a strong national government.
Virginia Plan
The difference between the results of random poll samples at the same time
Sampling error
Wisconsin's compulsory school attendance law was unconstitutional as applied to the Amish, because it violated their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.
Wisconsin v. Yoder
What does the writ of Habeas Corpus do?
Someone must be presented in front of a judge before they are sentenced.
Type of federal grant for a specific purpose.
Categorical grant
Brought attention to several weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
Shays's Rebellion
The process by which a person forms his or her political views
Political Socialization
Supreme Court ruled that Congress had exceeded its constitutional authority under the Commerce Clause when it passed a law prohibiting gun possession in local school zones.
United States v. Lopez
What is civil right?
Protection from unequal treatment and your basic rights.
Landmark case that held a national ban on guns in a school zone had violated the commerce clause.
U.S. v. Lopez
List and define two of the bills in the bill of rights.
Many Answers
Secret ballot adopted in the U.S. around 1890
Australian ballot
The Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms,” applies to state and local governments as well as to the federal government.
McDonald v. Chicago
What is civil liberty?
Concerns basic rights and freedoms that are guarantied
Landmark case that held all interstate commerce will be regulated by the national government.
Gibbons v. Ogden
What is popular sovereignty?
The people are the ultimate authority in government.
Increased voter registration dramatically.
Motor-Voter law