US Constitution
Important documents
Important Amendments
Important Supreme Court Cases
Important People
100
Article I
What is the Legislative Branch?
100

A pamphlet that fanned the flames of revolution.

What is Common Sense?

100
Speech, religion, press, petition the government and the right to peacefully assemble.
What are the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment?
100
This supreme court case established what judicial review really was.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100

He said people were born with natural rights, life, liberty and property.

Who is John Locke?

200

The powers of the executive branch are defined in this article.

What is Article II?

200

Document that gave us the idea of self government.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

200
Bear Arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
200
Racial segregation is constitutional as long as things were separate but equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
200

He had the ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances in government.

Who is Baron de Montesquieu?

300

This is the number of articles in the U. S. Constitution

7

300

This document established rights that the founders wanted to protect.

What is the English Bill of Rights?

300
Double Jeopardy (being put on trial twice for the same crime/incident)
What is the 5th Amendment?
300
Public school students have the right to free speech so long as it is undisruptive.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District?
300
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400

This Article defines powers of the Judicial branch

What is Article III

400

Document that established the rule of law and due process (trial by jury)


What is the Magna Carta?

400
No excessive bail or fines. No cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
400

This case helped protect due process rights for minors.

What is In Re Gault?

400
He was the king who taxed the american colonists too much.
Who is King George III
500

Article VII (7)

What is ratification?

500

Locke's idea of social contract was put into practice by this document.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

500

Lowered the voting age to 18

What is the 26th amendment?

500

This case overturned Plessy v Ferguson.  Said segregation was not constitutional.

What is Brown v Board of education?

500

He wrote Common Sense.

Who is Thomas Paine?

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