Supreme Court Cases
Brown v. Board
What was the case? What was the outcome?
Racial segregation in schools was a violation of the constitution. Schools could not segregate based on race.
First Amendment
What does it establish?
Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, and Petition.
What is the legislative branch responsible for?
-Create government budget
-tax citizens
-declare war
Who said it?
"Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
Abraham Lincoln
What is the smallest country in the world?
Vatican City
Tinker v. Des Moines
What was the Case? What was the outcome?
Students first amendment rights are not taken away at the school gate. Students could express themselves and their opinions as they wish as long as it did not disrupt the learning of other students.
Second Amendment
What does it establish?
Right to bear arms
What is the system that prevents one branch from becoming too powerful?
Checks and Balances
Who said it?
"Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country."
John J. Kennedy
What Taylor Swift song was the first to chart on the Billboard Hot 100?
Tim McGraw
Schenck v. United States
What was the Case? What was the outcome?
Third Amendment
What does it establish?
U.S. residents cannot be forced to house soldiers in their homes.
What is the principle of dividing government into three branches called?
A separation of powers
Who said it?
"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."
Barack Obama
What is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?
Mercury
Plessy v. Furgeson (1896)
What was the Case? What was the outcome?
Racial segregation did not violate the constitution as long as facilities were "separate but equal"
Fourth Amendment
What does it establish?
Prevents unreasonable search and seizure of personal property.
what are the duties of the president?
Approve/carry out laws, negotiate treaties, and act as Commander-in-Chief
Who said it?
"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil;in its worst state, in intolerable one."
Thomas Paine
What is the full name of the acronym "ZIP" code? (ZIP Code)
Zone Improvement Plan
Gideon v. Wainwright(1963)
What was the Case? What was the outcome?
The sixth amendment requires U.S. states to provide defendants with attorneys who cannot afford their own.
Ninth Amendment
What does it establish?
people have rights beyond those listed in the constitution.
What is the Main Job of the judicial branch?
interpret laws, determine if they are constitutional.
Who said it?
"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty."
Thomas Jefferson
What does the word "hallux" refer to in human anatomy?
The word "hallux" comes from latin, meaning "great toe"