Influential Docs
This document declared that people are born with natural rights like life and liberty.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This principle means that government gets its power from the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This political process allows Congress to remove a sitting president, vice president, or other federal officials for “Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.”
What is impeachment?
This colonial agreement established self-government in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This case declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This idea states that everyone, including leaders, must follow the law.
What is rule of law?
This legal protection requires the government to explain why a person is being held in jail.
What is habeas corpus?
Which article of the U.S. Constitution grants the power to coin money, make treaties, and levy import duties? (congressional powers)
What is Article 1?
This document outlines the structure and powers of the U.S. government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This case ruled that suspects must be informed of their rights upon arrest.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This clause makes federal law stronger than state law when they conflict.
What is the supremacy clause?
This Supreme Court case guaranteed the right to an attorney in criminal cases.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright?
This 1787 law established the process for admitting new states to the Union and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What is the northwest ordinance?
This amendment ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This case upheld “separate but equal” segregation laws.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This Enlightenment idea explains that people create government to protect their rights.
What is social contract theory?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment?
Implemented during the 1930s, this series of government programs, public work projects, and financial reforms was designed to combat the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This early U.S. law established a process for admitting new states and banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This case allowed the government to limit civil liberties during wartime for national security.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
This compromise created a two-house Congress with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other.
What is the great compromise?
This constitutional protection is violated when law enforcement holds a suspect for an extended period without formally charging them or allowing them to challenge their detention.
What is habeas corpus?
Which legislation reflects federal efforts to regulate transportation?
A. Interstate Commerce Act
B. Sherman Anti-Trust Act
C. Bland-Allison Act
D. Pendleton Act
What is A. Interstate Commerce Act?