Road to Revolution
Creating the Constitution
Amendments to the Constitution
Supreme Court Cases
Three Branches of Government
100
The event to protest the British Tea Act
What is the Boston Tea Party
100
This is the name of the group that created the US Constitution
What is the Constitutional Convention
100
These are the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
100
This court case ended the "Separate but equal" standard that was established by Plessy v Ferguson in 1896
What is Brown v Board of Education (1954)
100
The President is a member of this branch
What is the Executive Branch
200
The tax on paper products
What is the Stamp Act
200
The document and form of government that was considered weak and therefore replaced by the US Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation
200
This amendment protects from unreasonable searches and seizures
What is the 4th Amendment
200
This US Supreme Court decision protects the 4th Amendment guarantee that officers must have a search warrant or evidence is inadmissible in court
What is Mapp v Ohio
200
Congress makes up this branch, which is also established by Article I of the US Constitution
What is The Legislative Branch
300
The killing of unarmed 5 colonists by British troops
What is the Boston Massacre
300
This group did not support the original US Constitution (it lacked some rights)
What are Anti-Federalists
300
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and defines US Citizenship
What is the 14th Amendment
300
This Supreme Court Case guarantees that a suspect must be made aware of their rights when arrested
What is Miranda v Arizona
300
This member of the Executive Branch has the power to veto legislation
Who is The President
400
The main cause to the Revolution, this was the cry of colonists that did not have representatives in Parliament
What is "No Taxation without Representation"
400
This compromise led to the Bicameral government we have today.
What is The Great Compromise
400
These Amendments are considered the Civil War amendments because they extended rights to freed slaves
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments
400
This Supreme Court Case restricts students rights to free press in school publications
What is Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier
400
The Responsibility of interpreting the Constitution belongs to this Branch of government
What is the Judicial Branch
500
An economic policy in which a country exports more than it imports
What is Mercantilism
500
This group supported a strong central government to protect their property as well as the country
What are Federalists
500
This Amendment is supported by the Supreme Court case Gideon v Wainwright and guarantees the right to a lawyer, a jury trial, and to confront witnesses
What is the 6th Amendment
500
The Supreme Court case established the principle of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v Madison
500
The initial debate and research for a bill begins in this part of the Legislative Branch
What is committee
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