Court Cases
Amendments
Government
Early History
Mixed
100
The Supreme Courts power of judicial review
What did the court case Marbury v. Madison establish?
100
A change or addition to the Constitution
What is an amendment?
100
No one is above the law
What is the "rule of law"?
100
Political liberty, religious freedom, escape persecution, economic opportunity
What is one reason colonists came to America?
100
100
How many Senators are there?
200
African Americans cannot be "Seperate but equal"
What did Brown v. Board of Education establish?
200
27
How many amendments does the Constitution have?
200
The Speaker of the House
If both the president and the vice president can no longer serve, who becomes president?
200
Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation), saved or preserved the Union, led the United States during the Civil War
What was one important thing that Abraham Lincoln did?
200
Seperation of Powers or Checks and Balances
What stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
300
Slaves were property and not people therefore they did not have citizenship rights under the Constitution.
What did Dred Scott v. Sandford establish about African Americans?
300
The 23rd amendment gave residents of Washington DC the right to vote for representatives in the Electoral College.
What did the 23rd amendment do?
300
Secretary of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Human and Health Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, State, Transportation, the Treasury, Veteran Affairs, Attorney General, Vice President
What are two cabinet-level positions?
300
Announced our independence from Great Britain
What did the Declaration of Independence do?
300
The Constitution
What is the "supreme law of the land"?
400
"Miranda Rights" or at the time of the arrest suspects cannot be questioned until informed of their rights.
What did Miranda v. Arizona establish?
400
26th
What amendment lowered the voting age to 18 years old?
400
To print money, to declare war, to create an army, to make treaties
Name 3 powers of the federal government
400
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay
The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.
400
Vote in a federal election or run for federal office
Name one right only for United States citizens
500
Abortion was legal under certain circumstances.
What did Roe v. Wade establish?
500
13th, 14th, and 15th amendments.
Which amendments are known as the "Reconstruction" amendments?
500
The President
Who is the Commander in Chief of the military?
500
Africans
What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves?
500
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
What were the 3 main goals of the New Deal?
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