Amendments Basics
Which amendment abolished slavery?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Judicial review was established by this Supreme Court case.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This amendment allowed African American men to vote.
What is the 15th Amendment?
Political parties formed because early leaders disagreed about what?
How strong the national government should be.
What do the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments all have in common?
They expanded civil rights after the Civil War.
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th Amendment?
Judicial review allows courts to declare laws…
What is “unconstitutional”?
Which two amendments expanded voting rights for groups previously excluded?
What are the 19th and 26th Amendments?
This is a written statement of a party’s goals and beliefs.
What is a platform?
What part of the Constitution protects equality under the law?
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.
Which amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
What is the 26th Amendment?
Judicial review is an example of which constitutional principle?
What is checks and balances?
Why were poll taxes used before they were outlawed?
To prevent poor and minority voters from voting.
How do political parties help connect citizens to government?
By informing voters and organizing participation.
Which amendment protects citizenship rights for all born in the U.S.?
What is the 14th Amendment?
This amendment banned poll taxes, making voting more accessible for poor citizens.
What is the 24th Amendment?
Explain WHY judicial review increases protection of individual rights.
It prevents laws that violate the Constitution from staying in effect.
Which amendment likely added the LARGEST number of new voters at once?
What is the 19th Amendment? (women)
Name two major functions of political parties.
Recruiting candidates, informing voters, organizing elections.
A law violates the Constitution. What can the Supreme Court do?
Use judicial review to strike it down.
Name the three Reconstruction Amendments AND explain their shared purpose.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
Purpose: expanding equality and civil rights after the Civil War.
Judicial review can overturn laws at BOTH the national and state level.
What clause in the Constitution makes this possible?
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Which TWO amendments focused on removing barriers that prevented certain groups from voting — and what specific barriers did they eliminate?
What are the 15th Amendment (eliminated racial voting barriers for African American men)
and the 24th Amendment (eliminated poll taxes that prevented poor voters from voting)?
Explain how expanding voting rights (like the 15th, 19th, or 26th) forces political parties to change.
They must adjust platforms and campaign strategies to attract new voters.
Which expanded democracy more?
the 19th Amendment OR the 26th Amendment?
The 19th Amendment, because it added half the U.S. population to the electorate.