Miscellaneous
2nd highest elected public office created by the Constitution
Vice President
Taxes on imports
Primary strategy for the Civil rights movement
Nonviolent Resistance
What is the symbol for both parties?
Democrat - Donkey
Republican - Elephant
Only constitutional amendment to be repealed
18th
An attempt to talk a bill to death
Filibuster
Tax on your right to transfer property at your death
Estate tax/Death tax
Name the 3 Reconstruction Amendments
13th,14th and 15th
Who is the Conservative Party/Right Wing
Republican Party
Abolished slavery
13th
Who has the power to declare war
Congress
This tax is the largest source of federal revenue
Income tax
What did Brown v. Board of Education do?
Ended segregation
What party is the longest running political organization in the world
Democratic
Outlawed poll taxes
24th
What is a simple majority in the House of Representatives
218
Employers pay this tax to fund programs such as Social Security and Medicare
Payroll tax
What did Plessy v Ferguson do?
"Separate but equal legal"
What party is the "Grand Old Party"
Republican
Made the voting age 18
26th
What branch interprets the laws, enforce the laws and makes the laws
Judicial- interpret
Executive- enforce
Legislative- makes
The power to tax and borrow
The power of the purse
What Act outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities
Civil Rights Act of 1964
When was the Republican Party born
Early 1850's, by anti-slavery activists
The amendment the Equal Protection Clause is a part of
14th