When a president vetoes a bill from Congress, this action is an example of:
What is CHECKS AND BALANCE
100
Reform of the federal system that gives state and local governments more power over important public policies.
What is DEVOLUTION
100
The Schenck v. United States case established which of the following tests for individual liberty?
What is CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER
100
The Supreme Court in Barron v. Baltimore ruled that the Bill of Rights limited the actions of:
What is THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
100
Extended the protections under the Bill of Rights to the States
What is THE 14TH AMENDMENT
200
Thomas Hobbes was the author of
What is LEVIATHAN
200
The Supreme Court decisions in the McCulloch v. Maryland and Gibbons v. Ogden cases:
What is GAVE THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT MORE POWER OVER THE STATES
200
Refers to the concept that one's personal information if protected from public scrutiny. "The right to be left alone". It is not explicitly stated in the U.S. Constitution.
What is RIGHT TO PRIVACY
200
Segregation mandated by law
What is DE JURE SEGREGATION
200
The Supreme Court ruled that the Bill of Rights only limited the actions of the national government.
What is BARRON v BALTIMORE
300
A difference between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution is that in the Constitution:
What is ALL AMENDMENTS REQUIRE UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE STATES
300
National money given to state and local governments for general purposes with no specific program objectives and few significant conditions attached is called:
What is A BLOCK GRANT
300
Near v. Minnesota was the first significant prior restraint case to come before the Supreme Court and ultimately protected the right of newspapers to print:
What are SCANDALOUS AND DEFAMATORY ARTICLES
300
The Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas overturned Plessy v Ferguson and the idea of:
What is SEPARATE BUT EQUAL
300
Using this concept the Supreme Court has made parts of the Bill of Rights apply to the States
What is SELECTIVE INCORPORATION
400
If you were arrested and jailed without explanation in the United States, you could seek to obtain a(n):
What is WRIT OF HABEUS CORPUS
400
Federal government regulations require local school districts to provide special facilities for the physically handicapped but provide no money to pay for these facilities. This is an example of:
What is UNFUNDED MANDATE
400
The Miller v. California ruling established the current standard for obscenity by saying that sexual material is obscene if it:
What is LACKS SERIOUS LITERARY, ARTISTIC, POLITICAL, OR SCIENTIFIC VALUE
400
In the follow-up to the Brown decision, the Supreme Court ruled that public schools needed to desegregate:
What is WITH ALL DELIBERATE SPEED
400
"No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of the law.
What is DUE PROCESS CLAUSE
500
Proposed constitutional amendments can be approved by:
What is A 2/3 VOTE IN THE HOUSE AND SENATE
500
The Morrill Act of 1862, which gave federal land grants for the establishment of state colleges, was an early example of:
What is GRANT-IN-AID PROGRAMS
500
In Roe v. Wade, the Court ruled that states can prohibit abortion altogether in the ____ trimester(s).
What is THIRD TRIMESTERS
500
Prohibits discrimination based on gender
What is TITLE IX
500
Supreme Court Ruled that the 14th Amendment was only meant to protect the rights of blacks.