US Constitution
FL Constitution
Important Amendments
Important Supreme Court Cases
Important People
100
Article I
What is the Legislative Branch?
100
12
How many articles are in the Florida Constitution?
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
"Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
200
Article II and Article III
What are the Executive Branch (II) and the Judicial Branch (III)?
200
Preamble, Articles, and individual freedoms.
What are the similarities of the US and Florida constitutions?
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 idea of separation of powers in government.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
300
Article IV (4)
What is federalism?
300
Declaration of Rights
What is Article I of the Florida Constitution?
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
Articles V (5) and VI (6)
What are the amendment process and the supremacy clause?
400
Proposal and Ratification.
What are the steps to amend the Florida Constitution AND the US constitution?
400
No excessive bail or fines. No cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
400
Allowed the search of a high school student's purse after she was caught smoking.
What is New Jersey v. T.L.O.?
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
3/5 of both houses (the state House of Rep and the state Senate) vote yea
What is proposal?
500
voting rights
What are the similarities between the 14th, 19th and 26th amendments?
500
Japanese Americans were put in prison-like camps
What is Korematsu v. United States
500
He wrote Common Sense. (Its a shame nobody has it anymore)
Who is Thomas Paine?
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