Chapter 6 & 7
Chapter 19 & 20
MISCELLANEOUS I
MISCELLANEOUS II
MISCELLANEOUS III
100
Those who said “old enough to fight, old enough to vote” supported the ratification of the ________ Amendment, which provides that not state can set the minimum age for voting at more than 18 years of age.
What is 26th amendment?
100
This clause prohibits the government from mandating a national religion
What is establishment clause?
100
A ________ is a representative of a group of people who is sent to a meeting or organization to act on behalf of the people he or she represents
What is a delegate?
100
Constitutionally, what group makes the formal selection of the nation’s President?
What is electoral college?
100
party leader of the party in power
What is President?
200
Those who fought for suffrage were trying to...
What is gain the right to vote?
200
false and malicious use of printed word
What is libel?
200
document that proclaimed that the American colonies were no longer a part of Great Britain was the
What is Declaration of Independence?
200
a current office holder
What is an incumbent?
200
Drawing a weird shaped voting district in order to limit the voting strength of a minority
What is gerrymandering?
300
When the Constitution went into effect in 1789, only _____were allowed to vote in the United States
What is white male property owners?
300
act of gathering with others to express views on public matters. It protects the right to organize and influence public policy, whether in political parties, interest groups, or other organizations.
What is assemble?
300
formal approval of each of the 13 States to adopt the Articles of Confederation is called
What is ratification?
300
The _____ Amendment granted African Americans the right to vote.
What is 15th amendment?
400
The 19th Amendment granted ______ the right to vote
What is women?
400
To prevent the disappearance of evidence, a judge may issue a search warrant which is
What is a court order authorizing a search by an officer?
400
Built inequality into the Constitution by counting slaves as only 3/5ths of a free person for the purposes of taxation and representation
What is Three-Fifths Compromise made at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
400
What party elected their first President, Abraham Lincoln, in 1860?
What is Republicans?
400
The Court stated that it would no longer uphold convictions in any cases in which suspects had not been told of their constitutional rights before police questioning
What is Miranda rule?
500
What are the three universal requirements for voting in the United States today?
What is citizenship, residence, and age?
500
once a person has been tried for a crime, he or she cannot be tried again for the same crime. The Fifth Amendment guarantees against this
What is double jeopardy?
500
The Constitution created a legislative branch (Congress), an executive branch (The President) and a judicial branch (the Supreme Court). The fact that three branches of government were created to make, enforce, and interpret the law was evidence of a belief in which of the basic principles of government?
What is separation of powers?
500
Thomas Jefferson and James Madison built what political party?
What are Democrats?
500
Treason, as stated in the Constitution, can consist of only two things: One is
What is levying war against the United States?
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