3 Branches of Government
What do we call people who serve in the House of Representatives?
What is a Congressman and/or a Congresswoman?
This document listed the grievances against King George.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Defined citizenship.
What is the 14th Amendment?
Laws that make actions crimes and are designed to protect citizens.
What is criminal law?
The two main political parties in the US
What are Democrats and Republicans?
These are the people who advise the President.
What is the Cabinet?
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Gave women the right to vote.
What was the 19th Amendment?
Laws that have been developed to meet the needs of the armed forces.
What is military law?
This political party believes that the government should provide more social services to take care of the citizens.
What is the Democrat party?
The person in charge of the Senate when the Vice President can't be there.
Who is the president pro tempore?
This document brought about the idea of self government since the people who drafted it were miles from their ruler.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Laws that deals with the actions and well being of people who are not yet adults.
What is juvenile law?
This political party believes that the government should pay for things like healthcare and education and transportation and that these things should be free for their citizens.
What is the Socialist party?
An order from an appellate court granting a request for review of a lower court decision.
What is a writ of certiorari?
This document limited the power of the King of England and made sure the King had to follow all the laws of the Kingdom.
What is the Magna Carta?
What is the 24th Amendment?
This is the supreme law of the land and judges use this to determine what the law is.
What is constitutional law?
This political party plans things in 5 year increments and has people called city planners decide what is produced and how much of it is produced.
What is Communism?
When a federal court can rule that a law passed by Congress or an executive order issued by the President is unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
This created a government where the central government could not tax it citizens or put down rebellions.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Gave African American's the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
When a judge makes a decision on a case that case can be used in the future to help decide a similar case.
This political party was founded because of the Kansas Nebraska Act.
What is the Republican party?