Founding Documents
This 1776 document announced that the 13 colonies were breaking away from Great Britain.
What is the declaration of independence?
The Constitution divides the federal government into three branches: legislative, executive, and this one.
What is the judicial branch?
This 1803 case established the power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition are all protected by this amendment.
What is the first amendment?
There are this many branches of government at both the federal and North Carolina state levels.
What is three?
This document begins with the famous words “We the People.”
What is the Constitution?
This principle means the government gets its power from the consent of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
The 1966 case that created the “Miranda warnings” police must give when making an arrest.
What is Miranda v Arizona?
The Constitution says citizens have a responsibility to serve on this when called.
What is a jury?
The main job of the legislative branch is to make these.
What are laws?
America’s first national government operated under this plan from 1781 to 1789.
What is the articles of confederation?
The president can veto bills passed by Congress; this is an example of what principle?
What is checks and balances?
This 1954 decision declared that racially segregated public schools are inherently unequal.
What is Brown v Board of Education?
The only amendment that directly protects the right to “keep and bear arms.”
What is the second amendment?
The president heads this branch of the federal government.
What is the executive branch?
This 1791 set of ten amendments protects individual freedoms such as speech and religion.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The sharing of power between the national government and the state governments.
What is Federalism?
This 1824 case gave Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce (steamboats on the Hudson).
What is Gibbons v Ogden?
This 1971 amendment banned poll taxes in all federal and state elections.
What is the twenty-fourth amendment?
The formal name for the group of presidential electors who officially choose the president.
What is the electoral college?
The Federalist Papers were a series of 85 essays written to convince people to ratify this document.
What is the constitution?
When North Carolina voters directly approve or reject a constitutional amendment they are exercising this form of democracy.
What is direct democracy?
This 1857 decision declared that African Americans could not be U.S. citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories
What is Dred Scott v Sandford?
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments protect citizens from being tried twice for the same crime; this is called protection against what?
What is double jeopardy?
The Chief Justice and six associate justices serve on this highest court in North Carolina.
What is the NC Supreme Court?