The order of the amendments and who they gave suffrage to is
What is
The15th Gives suffrage to African-American men
The 19th Gives suffrage to Women
The 25th Gives Suffrage to 19-20 year olds
100
In a democracy every one votes on everything. What kind of government do we have in the united states?
What is a republic?
100
There are three branches of government what are they?
What is The executive branch, the judicial branch, and the legislative branch.
200
Overturned Plessy VS. Ferguson and forced Integration.
What is Brown VS. Board of Education?
200
The part of the 14th amendment that grants every one equal protection under the law is called?
What is the equal protections clause?
200
Gives people the freedoms of speech, press, assembly, petition, free exercise and establishment.
What is the first amendment?
200
What are the three main theory's of democracy?
What is pluralism, hyper pluralism and elitism.
200
How many state legislators or conventions are needed to propose and amendment to the constitution? How many are needed to ratify an amendment?
What is 2/3 to propose and 3/4 to ratify
300
The state of Maryland Tried to tax the federal bank and was struck down by the supreme court.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
300
Congress has powers not expressly given to create necessary things.
What is the Elastic clause or Necessary and proper clause?
300
This amendment gives citizens the right to a grand jury indictment, protection from double jeopardy, protection from self incrimination, and due process.
What is the 5th amendment?
300
The ability to test laws in different states is called.
What is the laboratory of democracy?
300
who wanted the constitution as it was written? who wanted to add a bill of rights?
What is the federalists wanted the constitution as it was written. The anti-federalists wanted to add a bill of rights.
400
There where two court cases that expanded the commerce clause. one in which a farmer was growing his own wheat and the government told him he was not alout to grow more than the allotted wheat because then he wouldn't buy wheat from out of state and the other was about a BBQ restaurant that would not serve African Americans and argued that they could do this because no one outside of Alabama ate there, but the government cited that they bought products from out of state .
What is Wicker VS. Filburn and Ollies BBQ
400
The Right to face your accuser and the right to cross examine are part of what clause?
What is the confrontation clause?
400
This amendment reserves powers to the states, and people.
What is the 10th amendment
400
institutions that connect people to the government such as interest groups and the media are called what?
What is Linkage institutions?
400
what was a series of essays posted in news papers used to convince northern states to ratify the new constitution called.
What is the federalist papers.
500
The court case that established Judicial Review.
What is Marbury VS. Madison
500
The part of the 14th amendment that prevents states from discriminating against citizens of other states.
What is the Amendment Privileges and Immunities Clause
500
This amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment and prohibits excessive bail and fines
What is the 8th amendment.
500
The philosophers who influenced the declaration of independence and constitution are?
What is John Locke and Thomas Hobbs
500
What was the Virginia plan? What was the New Jersey plan? What was the Connecticut compromise?
What is What is the Virginia plan gave representation based on population. the New Jersey plan gave equal representation. the Connecticut compromise proposed a bicameral system with one house that was population based and one house that had equal representation.