Bill of Rights
These are the five rights protected by the 1st Amendment
What are FREEDOM of: religion, speech, press, assembly, petition?
Article Three of the Constitution establishes what part of the government?
The Judicial Branch / Supreme Court
When is election day in the United States?
The Tuesday after the first Monday in November
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in this Landmark Case that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
States must provide citizens with a lawyer because of this amendment.
6th Amendment
This amendment protected citizens from "cruel or unusual punishment".
What is the 8th Amendment?
Article Five of the Constitution was written for what purpose?
To allow for Amendments or changes to the Constitution.
The idea that government should be made up of more than one branch and that the power of each branch should be divided is attributed to what Enlightenment thinker?.
Who is Montesquieu?
This Landmark Case protected students' right to free speech in public schools
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
He warned Americans to avoid political parties and to not allow petty differences to divide them.
George Washington
This amendment allows a person to refrain from testifying if their words could be self incriminating.
What is the 5th Amendment?
Where in the Constitution could you find evidence of the "Great Compromise"?
Article I
Enlightenment thinker who believed that the purpose of government was to protect people from their own greed and violence. Specifically, he said life without government would be "nasty, brutish, and short."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This case established that First Amendment protections exist in schools, especially concerning coerced actions that could violate a person's religious beliefs.
Barnette v. WV Board of Ed.
The GOP, or "Grand Old Party" is another name for who?
The Republican Party
This amendment protects citizens from unlawful searches and seizures.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Which Article of the Constitution established the Presidency?
Article 2
Rousseau's belief that rights are protected when citizens agree to obey the "General Will" is known...
the social contract
When the Court refers to an earlier decision or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances, this process is called:
Precedent
This is how many Justices are on the Supreme Court
What is 9?
This amendment ensures that any powers not specifically granted to the FEDERAL government go to the STATES
What is the 10th Amendment? (Reserved Powers)
Name TWO powers that states are specifically prohibited from having.
States may not:
(1) Print money, (2) pass ex post facto laws, (3) grant titles of nobility, (4) enter into a treaty with a foreign country, or (5) suspend habeas corpus.
(A) Why did Anti-federalists refuse to ratify the Constitution?
and
(B) What did they want in exchange for a "Yes" vote?
(A) they feared a strong federal government
(B) they insisted on a Bill of Rights
This case ruled that symbolic speech, no matter how offensive it is to some people, is protected.
What is Texas v. Johnson
The 5th Amendment allows government to take private property for public use, but also requires that government provide just compensation to the owner of such property. This is called...
Eminent domain