Civil Liberties
What does the First Amendment guarantee?
Freedom of speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition
What branch of government is responsible for making laws?
Legislative branch
To whom does the 10th Amendment reserve powers?
The states and the people
What First Amendment freedom protects the right to gather peacefully?
Right to assemble
What was the first governing document of the United States before the Constitution?
Articles of Confederation
Originally, the Bill of Rights limited the powers of which level of government?
The federal government
What branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws?
Judicial branch
What type of powers are not delegated to the federal government but are reserved to the states?
Reserved powers
What kind of speech is demonstrated when someone burns the American flag to make a political statement?
Symbolic speech
What is the introduction to the Constitution that begins with “We the People”?
Preamble
DAILY DOUBLE:
What Supreme Court case guaranteed the right to an attorney for those who cannot afford one?
Gideon v. Wainwright
What branch of government is responsible for enforcing laws?
Executive branch
Regulating education is an example of what type of power under the 10th Amendment?
State power
What clause of the First Amendment protects individuals’ right to practice their religion freely?
Free Exercise Clause
What group supported ratifying the Constitution and favored a strong central government?
Federalists
DAILY DOUBLE:
What is the doctrine called that applies most of the Bill of Rights to the states through the 14th Amendment?
Selective incorporation
How many justices currently serve on the U.S. Supreme Court?
Nine
What constitutional principle balances power between the federal government and the states?
Federalism
DAILY TRIPLE:
In what Supreme Court case did students wear black armbands to protest war, and the Court protected this as free speech?
Tinker v. Des Moines
What compromise decided how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation?
Three-Fifths Compromise
What clause prevents the federal government from establishing an official religion?
Establishment Clause
What system ensures that no one branch of government becomes too powerful?
Checks and balances
What nickname describes the idea that states can test new policies, like legalizing marijuana?
Laboratories of democracy
Speech that creates a “clear and present danger” is not protected, as established in what 1919 case?
Schenck v. United States
What collection of essays was written to persuade states to ratify the Constitution?
The Federalist Papers