Terms
Directly encouraging a law maker to support an issue or proposed law is known as what?
Lobbying
Right to bear arms
2nd amendment
Gave 18 year olds the right to vote
26th Amendment
Right to assemble peaceably
1st Amendment
This is a payment made in order to vote
Poll tax
A proposed law that is voted on by citizens is known as what?
referendum
Right to a Speedy Trial
6th Amendment
Gave African-Americans the Right to Vote
15th Amendment
You have more rights than what is listed in the Bill of Rights
9th Amendment
A person who works to convince a lawmaker to vote for a particular issue by going to rallies and encouraging others to write letters.
Grassroots lobbyist
A petition created to support a new law is known as what?
an initiative
No Cruel and Unusual Punishment
8th Amendment
Gave women the Right to vote
19th Amendment
Right to an Attorney
6th Amendment
A relationship between Congress, the Bureaucracy and special interests that has grown since World War II and putt more and more money into politics.
The Iron Triangle
A method by which voters can remove a politician, like a mayor, from office is called what?
recall
Right against Double Jeopardy
5th Amendment
Ended Slavery
13th Amendment
The government cannot take property without just compensation.
5th Amendment
This 2010 court case has allowed more money than ever to be put into political campaigns.
Citizen's United vs Federal Election Board
What was the voting age before it became 18?
21
No Unreasonable Searches or Seizures
4th Amendment
Got rid of poll taxes
24th Amendment
No quartering of troops
3rd Amendment
A decision made by an appellate court sets one of these that all lower courts must follow.
a precedent