Amendments 1-10
Amendments 11-27
Supreme Court Cases
Influences on American Government and Key Principles
Important Documents
100
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition
What is the 1st Amendment?
100
Abolishes slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
100
Established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
He believed that we have natural rights such as life, liberty, and property. These "inalienable rights" are granted by god and cannot be taken away by a government.
Who is John Locke?
100
The proclamation made by the second American Continental Congress on July 4th 1776, which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
Right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
200
Right to vote shall not be denied based on race
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
Establishes that the Fifth Amendment requires that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
200
The principle that the government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
These are a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
What are the Federalist Papers?
300
The right against unreasonable search and seizure. Warrants to be issued only with probable cause.
What is the 4th amendment?
300
Prohibition of Alcohol
What is the 18th Amendment?
300
Separate but equal educational facilities are inherently unequal, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national government and several regional governments like states.
What is federalism?
300
The great charter forced upon king John of England by his barons in 1215, it established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of the law to nobility.
What is the Magna Carta?
400
The right to a jury trial in civil lawsuits
What is the 7th amendment?
400
Repeal of prohibition (People can drink again)
What is the 21st Amendment?
400
It established that school officials do not need to obtain a warrant to search a student if they have a reasonable suspicion that a school rule has been violated.
(Hint: Think of a northern state)
What is New Jersey vs. T.L.O. ?
400
A principle where a system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
What is checks and balances?
400
First constitution of the U.S. that provided a way for the states to enter into friendship with each other.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
500
The right against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail.
What is the 8th amendment?
500
People 18 years and older can vote.
What is the 26th Amendment?
500
The ban on registering handguns and the requirement to keep guns in the home disassembled or nonfunctional with a trigger lock mechanism violate the Second Amendment.
What is District of Columbia v. Heller?
500
A French philosopher who believed in the separation of powers. Into 3 branches of Government. Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
500
•This chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory
Hint: This one is from 1787
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?