Supreme Court/Civil Rights
US Supreme Court case that ended school segregation
Brown v. Board
Theory that government is based on an agreement with the people
Social Contract
Power divided among branches
Separation of Powers
Powers of national government
(coining money, declaring war, creating post offices)
Enumerated
Freedom of speech
1st Amendment
Local Government
In this government system, power is held by a central government
Unitary
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
This document says that the people have the "right to overthrow government."
Declaration of Independence
Branches ensure that the others do not abuse their power.
Checks & Balances
Shared powers
(taxing, creating court systems, protecting the public)
Concurrent
Voting regardless of gender
19th Amendment
The process to remove elected officials from office
Recall
In this type of government, citizens use their power to elect representatives
Representative Democracy/Republic
Upheld “separate but equal” leading the way to legalize segregation
Plessy v. Ferguson
This philosopher wrote Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes
Power shared between state & national governments.
Federalism
State powers
(handling of education, creation of marriage laws, management of elections)
Reserved
Voting age 18
26th Amendment
The process for citizens proposing laws
Initiative
In this government system, power is divided between national and state governments
Federal
Law that ended segregation in public places and discrimination in the workplace
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Philosopher that ntroduced the idea of separation of powers.
Montesquieu
Power comes from the people
Popular Sovereignty
The 10th Amendment helps define which system by reserving powers to the states?
Federalism
Outlaws cruel & unusual punishment
8th Amendment
Measure on a ballot that citizens vote for
Referendum
A government where states join together but keep most of their power is called what type of system?
Confederation
This law banned literacy tests and other barriers that prevented African Americans from voting
Voting Rights Act of 1965
1215 document limiting the king's power
Magna Carta
This is the portion of the Constitution that states the Constitution is the highest law of the land
Supremacy Clause
If laws conflict, who wins
Federal Government
Right to jury trial/right to an attorney/right to confront witnesses
6th Amendment
The state's main source of revenue
Taxes
This Enlightenment work argued that government power should be divided (separated) to prevent tyranny
Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu