Amendment gives freedom of Speech, Press, Religion , Assembly, and Petition
What is 1st Amendment
100
One of the two major American political parties. It emerged in the 1850s as an antislavery party and consisted of former northern Whigs.
What is the Republican Party
100
The first ten amendments of the Constitution. They protect and list the rights of the people.
What is the Bill of Rights
100
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness or property
What are Nautral rights
200
Refusal to buy certain goods or services, usually as a protest
What is Boycott
200
Criminals convicted of a crime have the right to a speedy and public trial and the right to witnesses in their favor. Also the right to a counsel in his/her defense. Fair Trial.
What is the 6th Amendment
200
A voter or candidate who does not identify with a political party.
What is The Independent party
200
Supporters of the U.S. Constitution at the time the states were contemplating its adoption.
What is a Federalist
200
Written document
Identification of natural rights
Description of social contracts BUT NOT a social contract
Popular sovereignty
Identification of how government's powers can be limited
Equality addressed
What is Declaration Of Independence
300
The formal authority of the president to reject bills passed by both houses of Congress, preventing their becoming law without further congressional action.
What is Veto
300
The police need a warrant or probable cause in order to search or seize citizen's belongings or property.
What is the 4th Amendment
300
One of the two major American political parties evolving out of the Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Democratic party
300
The 1803 case in where Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress, in this case the Judiciary Act of 1789.
What is Marbury v. Madison
300
Person who is in charge of being the Chief of state, chief executive, chief diplomat, commander in chief, chief legislator, and head of Political Party
What are the roles of the president
400
Meeting of political party members to conduct party business
What is Caucus
400
A citizen keeps their rights throughout trials and in front of a Grand Jury. No person will be convicted of the same crime twice (double jeopardy). They also will not be deprived of life, liberty or property and the government cannot take their property without compensation. You have the right to a jury.
What is the 5th Amendment
400
A major party in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century, formally established in 1836. Party was anti-Jackson and represented a variety of regional interests.
What is Whig Party
400
Northern and southern states that allowed slaves to be counted as 3/5 of the population for representation and taxes.
What is the 3/5 Compromise
400
Counter balancing influenced by which an organization or system is regulated, typically those ensuring that power is not concentrated in the hands of individuals or groups.
What are Checks and Balances
500
A state's representation in the House of Representation would be based on population; Two senators for each state; all bills would originate in the house; direct taxes on states were to be assessed according to population
What is The Great Compromise
500
Right to be free from discrimination in states to have due process of law, to have equal protection of the law
What is 14th Amendment
500
Group of people in the early United States who opposed ratifications of the U.S. Constitution because they feared a strong national government and a lack of protection for individuals rights.
What is a Anti-Federalist
500
The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population.
What is the New Jersey Plan
500
People representing the states of the U.S who cast their votes for the election of president and vice president.