Review
Vocabulary
Court Cases
Amendments
Extras
100

This is a form of government where representatives are elected by the people to make and enforce laws.

Democratic Republic

100
This is the protection of citizens from abuses by the government.
liberty
100

This case created the concept of Judicial Review

Marbury v. Madison

100
This amendment allows the Bill of Rights to be applied to the states.
Fourteenth Amendment Bonus: Which case applied this amendment to the states?
100
Originally, the Bill of Rights limited only the power of what
federal government
200

This branch of government was given the power to coin and print money

Legislative Branch (Congress)

200
This prohibits the national government from supporting an official religion.
the establishment clause
200

This case in 1995 placed a limit on the Commerce Clause

United States v. Lopez

200
This clause in the first amendment states people can believe what they want as long as that practice is not harmful to the public welfare.
Free excercise
200
Wearing a black armband or burning the American flag is considered what
symbolic speech Bonus: What court case established the burning of the flag as symbolic speech?
300

The other name for the "Elastic" clause

The Necessary and Proper Clause
300
This is the view that most of the liberties and rights guaranteed in the Bill of Rights are protected from state government actions
incorporation theory
300

This case led to the development of legal racial segregation known as "Jim Crow" and created the idea of "separate but equal"

Plessy v Ferguson

300
If someone challenges the constitutionality of the death penalty based on the guarantee of no cruel and unusual punishment this is found in what amendment.
Eighth amendment
300
This is the policy in admissions or hiring that gives special consideration to traditionally disadvantaged groups to overcome the present effects of past discrimination is known as
affirmative action
400

Critics of this feel Americans suffer as a result of inequalities across the states.

federalism

400
This form of segregation is due to previous conditions, not deliberate government intention.
de facto
400

This case was decided based on the Establishment Clause

Engel v. Vitale

400
The Thirteenth amendment does what?
abolish slavery
400
Citizens that are 18 years or older received a constitutional right to vote in part because of
they could join/be drafted into the military at that age.
500

This Enlightenment philosopher believed that humans in the "state of nature" were brutish and animalistic 

Thomas Hobbes

500

This is needed to determine if there is enough evidence to go to trial

Grand Jury

500

This case incorporated the exclusionary rule to the states

Mapp v. Ohio

500

This amendment created separate votes for President and Vice President

The Twelfth Amendment

500

This guarantees an individual is protected from unfair treatment by the government and cannot be denied the rights to life, liberty, or property unjustly

Due process

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