Political Parties
These two political parties are the primary frontrunners in United States elections?
What are the Democratic and Republican Parties?
This amendment states that people have the right to a speedy trial.
What is the 6th amendment?
This amendment guarantees the Freedom of Religion to all citizens.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This Supreme Court case concerning gun safety marked the first time in more than 50 years that the Court limited Congress's ever-growing commerce power.
What is US v. Lopez?
Besides the first amendment, this amendment also protects facets of free speech.
What is the 14th amendment?
Before a U.S. general election, these elections are held to determine the party candidates?
What are primaries?
You are called to the office because the principal thinks you vandalized the restroom. You refuse to answer any questions, citing this amendment.
What is the 5th amendment?
This statement written by Thomas Jefferson helped set an early "wall of separation between church and state"
What is The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
This Supreme Court case held that Congress has implied powers derived from those listed in Article I, Section 8. The “Necessary and Proper” Clause gave Congress the power to establish a national bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
False and malicious use of spoken word is known as this.
What is Slander?
The political party popularized by Karl Marx that advocates for a classless system in which the means of production are owned communally, and that is heavily against the principles of capitalism.
What is the Communist Party?
This amendment protects you from being fined $5,000 for stealing a candy bar.
What is the 8th amendment?
These are the two religious guarantees promised by the first amendment.
What are the Establishment Clause and the Free Exercise Clause?
This supreme court case upheld that the detention of Japanese-Americans was a “military necessity” not based on race.
Korematsu v. United States
This type of speech involves the use of actions or symbols to express opinions. (e.g picketing, marching, and the burning of flags and draft cards)
What is Symbolic Speech?
The popular third party often focused on environmental issues.
What is the Green Party?
This amendment states that people have rights outside of those stated in the Constitution
What is the 9th Amendment?
This three-pronged test is a standard to decide whether a state law amounts to an "establishment" of religion.
What is the Lemon Test?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the Constitution's Bill of Rights restricts only the powers of the federal government and not those of the state governments.
What is Barron v. Baltimore?
These rules are put in place to stop expression that may be harmful to the common good
What are reasonable restrictions?
The first two parties of the United States
What are the Federalists and the Democratic-Republicans?
The term for when the government takes private property for the public good while providing fair compensation.
What is eminent domain?
The Supreme Court has ruled sponsoring religious activities in public schools is not permitted unless the activity is this
What is student-led?
This Supreme Court case held that the power to regulate interstate commerce, granted to Congress by the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, encompassed the power to regulate navigation
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
The advocation/urging of overthrowing the government or disrupting lawful activities via violent acts is known as this.
What is Seditious Speech?