CONGRESS
COUT CASES
FOUNDING FATHERS
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
CIVIL RIGHTS
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The Most Influential Leader In The Senate.
What is the Majority Leader?
100
Says that there can be no school-led prayer in public schools.
What is Engel v. Vitale (1962)?
100
He was an inventor and an ambassador to France, as well as signer to the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution. He also was a scientist, a philosopher, an educator, and a public servant. He organized the first library in America.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
This document, the nation's first constitution, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
Governor of Alabama and strong opponent of integration and civil rights for African-Americans.
Who is George Wallace?
200
This house of congress has had more minorities and women elected.
What is The House of Representatives?
200
Citizens have an implied right to privacy, including the right to use contraceptives. -Established right of privacy through 4th, 9th, and14th Amendments. -Set a precedent for Roe v. Wade.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?
200
His writings brought courage in times of crisis, Paine published a pamphlet, 'Common Sense' which argued for separation from England and the creation of a new Republic. Paine wrote and reasoned in a style that common people understood.
Who is Thomas Paine?
200
Event that led to the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
200
Group of civil rights workers who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation.
What are Freedom Riders?
300
Votes in case of a tie for cabinet nominee.
Who is the Vice President?
300
Ordered schools to desegregate "with all due and deliberate speed."
What is Brown v. Board of Ed. (1955)?
300
One of the youngest and brightest of the founders of the United States, he served as an assistant to George Washington during the American Revolution and favored strong central government.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
300
The only state to not attend the Constitutional Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
300
A law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African American suffrage. Under the law, hundreds of thousands of African Americans were registered and the number of African American elected officials increased dramatically. Encouraged greater social equality and decreased the wealth and education gap.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
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Formed when the senate and the house pass a particular bill in different forms. party leaders appoint members from each house to iron out the differences and bring back a single bill.
What is a Conference Committee?
400
Holds that community standards determine what obscenity is.
What is Miller v. California (1973)?
400
Called the Father of the Constitution because he was the author of the basic plan of government the Constitutional Convention adopted.
Who is James Madison?
400
The proposal at the Constitutional Convention that called for equal representation of each state in Congress regardless of the state's population. Favored by the small states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
400
system that required colleges, professions, and businesses to demonstrate that there was minority representation in their hiring and admissions.
What is Affirmative Action?
500
One of the three primary activities undertaken by members of congress to increase the probability of their reelection, it involves taking a stand on issues and responding to constituents about these positions.
What is Position Taking?
500
Establishes campaign money limits but also holds that contributions are a form of speech.
What is Buckley v. Valeo (1976)?
500
He helped found the "Sons of Liberty" and the "Committee of Correspondence." To rouse public opinion he gave speeches, wrote newspaper articles, and made behind-the-scene maneuvers. His famous "circular letter" appealed to all the colonies to join in action against the crown.
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
Describes how the Northwestern territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and citizen rights. New states would have equal rights with existing states and laid the groundwork for Western expansion.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
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protests by black college students, 1960-1961, who took seats at "whites only" lunch counters and refused to leave until served; in 1960 over 50,000 participated in sit-ins across the South. Their success prompted the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.
What are Lunch Counter Sit-Ins?
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