Civil Rights Acts
What three amendments outlawed slavery?
13th, 14th, and 15th amendment
This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
the U.S. Constitution
What term defines redrawing the district line to include two or more incumbents from the same party?
Hijacking
Who do civil liberties protect you from?
the government
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
To declare freedom from Britain.
Who signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
What term defines redrawing the district line around an incumbent's neighborhood to place it in a new district with the opposing party?
kidnapping
The government cannot take away your right to pass around or sign a written request which asks for something to be done. What is this written request called?
A petition
What does the preamble of the Declaration of Independence tell?
Why the Declaration was needed and why the colonists had the right to break away from Britain and form their own nation.
What did Malcolm X say when he heard Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech?
"While King is having a dream, the rest of us are having a nightmare."
How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
What are Legislative Districts?
territorial areas partitioned on a map designating areas of representation by a legislative body
Who is responsible for writing and issuing an indictment?
A grand jury
What was told in the rights and grievances section of the Declaration of Independence?
The colonists main ideas about government and the complaints the colonists had against King George III and Parliament.
What kind of boycott started in Montgomery in 1955?
Bus boycott
How long did it take to write the Constitution?
4 months
Define Packing
one group is consolidated as a super-majority in a small number of district, they reducing its electoral influence in surrounding districts.
What is the name of the group of people who thought it was dangerous to add a Bill of Right to the U.S. Constitution?
The Federalists
Why was the Declaration of Independence a dangerous idea?
If the Americans lost the Revolutionary War, the people who signed the Declaration of Independence would be accused of treason (working against their own country and killed.)
Where was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed?
The Capitol Building, Washington D.C.
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
What is redistricting?
process of redrawing the districts within a jurisdiction to reflect the result of the reapportionment process as well as the result of the Census
List three civil liberties that are found in the 8th Amendment.
the government can’t punish you in a cruel or unusual way; the government can’t make you pay an unfair amount of bail; the government can’t make you pay an unfairly high fine
The colonists had many complaints or _______________ with King George III and Parliament.
Grievances