Amendments
Freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly, and the right to petition the government.
1st Amendment
Which party rarely wins an election but can have an big influence to the elections?
Third Parties
Things we do or obligations that we fulfill voluntarily.
Responsibilities
What years did the civil War take place ?
1861-1865
Armed robbery, first degree murder, and kidnapping are all examples of felonies or misterminers?
Felonies
Has the right to a fair and speedy trial by a jury.
6th Amendment
Thomas jefferson created ______, who wanted less power for the national government and more for the states
Democratic-Republicans
Organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation to oppose racism.
NAACP
What case ruled that Louisiana law mandating "separate but equal" on trains was constitutional.
Plessy v. Ferguson
What are the 4 sources of public opinion?
Personal background, mass media, public officials, and special interest groups
Any powers that the Constitution does not give to the federal government belong to the satetes.
10th Amendment
What party did the anti-slavery Democrats and Whigs merge together to form?
Republican party
The right to vote in political elections
Suffrage
Secret terrorist organization founded in Tennessee in 1865 by confederate veterans.
Ku Klux Klan
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adaptoped in many southern states after the civil war.
Civil Rights Act of 1965
Congress must limit when and how much its members are paid.
27th Amendment
______ _______ helped immigrants get jobs, apartments, and medical care in exchange for their vote. These soon became corrupt or unresponsive to the people, but did guarantee votes in their area.
Political machines
A non partisan research and public engagement organization dedicated to strengthening democracy and expanding opportunity for all Americans.
Public Agenda
What amendment outlawed slavery?
13th Amendment
Government actions that prohibits speech or other expression before the speech happens.
Prior restraint
If the President dies or cannot serve , the vice-president become President. If both die, the Speaker of the House becomes President.
25th Amendment
What type of people was Andrew Jackson mainly supported by?
Small farmers and laborers (Non highclass)
A law that prohibits the use of illegally obtained evidence in a civil trial.
Exclusionary Rule
What leader in black education believed that the way to achieve economic equality was through education. He also promoted the idea of working with whites to achieve progress.
Booker T. Washington
The former practice of segregating black people in the US
Jim Crow