Wearing a t-shirt to school that insults the president is considered political speech and is protected by which amendment?
What is the 1st amendment
100
How many years is one term for a Senator?
What is 6 years.
100
Some argue that a ban on assault weapons would violate this amendment.
What is the 2nd Amendment.
100
Which state has the most restrictions on gun ownership?
What is California.
100
Which branch of government does the Supreme Court belong to?
What is the Judicial Branch.
200
The electric chair was deemed cruel and unusual, and using it violates which amendment?
What is the 8th Amendment.
200
How does the government decide how many Congressmen each state will have?
What is the state's population.
200
Which amendment banned slavery in the United States?
What is the 13th Amendment.
200
Name 1 of the 2 factors that we discussed, that may be a contributing cause of gun crime.
What is poverty or population.
200
Which branch of government do the military and the police belong to?
What is the Executive Branch.
300
If a school's principal has probable cause, he or she can search a student's locker without violating the protections of which Amendment?
What is the 4th Amendment.
300
How many Congressmen does New Jersey have?
What is 13 Congressmen.
300
Which amendment repealed Prohibition?
What is the 21st Amendment.
300
If you were to argue that the 1994 ban on assault weapons worked, what would be one of your supporting arguments?
What is 1) crime with assault weapons declined by 72%, 1.8 million potentially dangerous people were denied gun licenses, people killed in mass shootings dropped.
300
Define checks and balances.
What is the way the government makes sure that no one branch becomes more powerful than the others.
400
Which amendment guaruntees an accused criminal the right to a trial by a jury of their peers?
What is the 6th Amendment.
400
What is the name of the agreement that created how our legislature is set up?
What is the Great Compromise.
400
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment.
400
Name one of the 14 states without any type of gun laws.
What is Mississippi, Utah, West Vriginia, Alaska, Arizona, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Dakota, Montana, Missouri, Kentucky, Wyoming, Maine and Kansas
400
How does the President "check" the Legislature?
What is a veto.
500
What was the Supreme Court's explanation of why the burning of the American flag is legal and considered free speech?
Freedom of expression
500
What is the average number of people per Congressmen?
What is 700,000 people.
500
What amendment was violated in the '60s when the State of Virginia denied an interracial couple to marry?
What is the 14th Amendment.
500
A research found that when law-abiding citizens were allowed to carry concealed weapons, crime rates went down. What was one of his reasons/supporting arguments?
What is 1) Criminals do not attempt as much crime because they don't know who has a gun 2) Crime in urban and minority areas declined 3) People can better protect themselves.
500
How does the Judicial Branch "check" the Legislature?
What is by determining whether their laws are constitutional or not.