keep peace and improve lives and rights of the people
U.N.
Where does the government get its power from?
The People
this case focused on the U.S. Supreme Court decision self-incrimination
Miranda v. Arizona
law deals with relationships and disagreements between people?
Civil Law
What is an amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibiting Congress from establishing a religion
Amendment 1
Create free trade between United States, Canada, and Mexico
NAFTA
What are our natural rights according to Jefferson? (He got the idea from John Locke, but he changed the last right.)
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
States must pay for public defenders as a result of which U.S. Supreme Court case?
Gideon v. Wainwright
law focuses on interpreting the U.S. Constitution?
constitutional law
What amendment gives right for a person to refuse to testify under oath in a court of law
5th Amendment
What is an organization of European countries formed after World War II
NATO
What two countries were involved in the revolutionary war?
U.S and Great Britain
established the general principle that states could require separate accommodations on trains,
Plessy v. Ferguson
written code of rules that guided the society of Babylon?
Code of Hammurabi
4th amendment
Protection from illegal searches.
What is an organization formed with groups of governments for a specific purpose?
Intergovernmental organization
This pamphlet persuaded many colonists that America should be independent.
Common Sense
The president is accountable for obeying the law.
United States v. Nixon
law established by the outcome of former cases?
Case Law
cruel and unusual punishment, What amendment?
8th amendment
What a 2 ways citizens can participate in non-governmental organizations?
Donate, Volunteer, Raise Awareness
Which act was a response to colonial resistance against British rule and made not following these acts punishable by death.
Intolerable or Coercive acts
This case established Judicial Review
Marbury vs. Madison
Laws passed by Congress or a state legislature are called...
statutory law
According to the Ninth Amendment, any right that is not
specifically addressed in the Constitution still may be protected. These are called ________.
Unenumerated Rights