Constitution(s)
Types of Law
Miscellaneous
Amendments
Important Documents
100
How many articles are in the Florida Constitution?
What are 12
100
An example of this type of law may involve divorce.
What is Civil Law
100
Common Sense
What is Thomas Paine
100
Speech, religion, press, petition the government and the right to peacefully assemble.
What is First Amendment
100
1215
What is Magna Carta
200
Article II and Article III of the US Constitution covers the powers of these two branches of Government
What are Executive (II) and Judicial (III)
200
An example of this type of law may include conduct unbecoming an officer
What is Military Law
200
What are the steps to amend the Florida Constitution AND the US constitution?
What are Proposal and Ratification
200
No excessive bail or fines. No cruel and unusual punishment.
What is Eighth Amendment
200
****DOUBLE JEOPARDY**** created separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech
What is English Bill of Rights
300
Is found in this Article of the U.S. Constitution
What is Federalism
300
an example of this type of law may include a person caught robbing a store on tape
What is Criminal Law
300
John Locke inspired these
What is Natural Rights
300
Eminent Domain
What is Fifth Amendment
300
13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain and it summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence.
What is Declaration of Independence
400
This is Florida's Article I and the United States Article I
What is the Declaration of Rights (Florida) & Legislative Branch (US)
400
****DOUBLE JEOPARDY**** an example of this type of law may be when a police officer breaks down your door and searches your house and arrests you without a warrant and the information is used against you at your trial
What is Constitutional Law
400
Montesquieu called the idea of dividing government power into three branches the "???????????????" He thought it most important to create separate branches of government with equal but different powers.
What is Separation of Powers
400
Defined Citizenship, expanded the right to vote, grants equal protection
What is Fourteenth amendment
400
served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain
What is Article of Confederation
500
****DOUBLE JEOPARDY**** Articles V (5) and VI (6) list these powers of the US Government
What are the amendment process and the supremacy clause
500
an example of this type of law may be if Sam gets caught buying cigarettes at a gas station by a Police officer. When he is asked to prove his age, he is unable to prove he is old enough to buy cigarettes, the police officer takes him home to his parents as a warning. If he is caught doing this again, the punishment may be much more severe.
What is Juvenile Law
500
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
500
****DOUBLE JEOPARDY**** What are the similarities between the 14th, 19th, and 26th amendments
What are voting rights
500
was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
What is Mayflower Compact
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