Historical Documents
This document, also know as the Great Charter, established that the power of the monarch was not absolute, guaranteed trial by jury, and due process of law to the nobility.
Magna Carta
This principle has the powers of government split in three branches.
Separation of Powers
This 1803, landmark U.S. Supreme Court case established Judicial Review?
Marbury v. Madison
This is stalling tactic that can only be used in the Senate.
Filibuster
The process of becoming a U.S. Citizen is known as what?
Naturalization
This document defines the framework of the Federal Government of the United States
Constitution
The courts have the power to determine if government actions violate the Constitution.
Judicial Review
Miranda v. Arizona
U.S. v. Nixon, in 1974 reinforced what principle of our government?
Rule of Law
Who brings charges in the impeachment process of a Federal official?
House of Representatives
This document was written by Parliament and agreed to by William and Mary of England in 1689. It was designed to prevent abuse of power by the monarch. Some of its provisions included: freedom from excessive bail and from cruel and unusual punishment and required that all parliamentary elections be free
English Bill of Rights
This principle is based on the people giving the government its power
Popular sovereignty
This 1963 U.S. Supreme Court case, involving a burglary at a pool hall led to the establishment of the right to counsel for criminal defendants in state courts.
Gideon v. Wainwright
These are directives that circumvent the traditional lawmaking process. Yet, they have the same effect of a law.
Executive order
This Amendment, establishes a Presidential line of Succession for the office of President
25th Amendment
This document expresses the ideals on which the United States was founded and the reasons for separation from Great Britain.
Declaration of Independence
A system of government where the powers are divided between a national government and several regional governments like States
Federalism
This 1857 U.S. Supreme Court case, denied the right citizenship to African Americans.
Dred Scott v. Sandford
The following is what type of power of Congress writing federal laws, raising army, navy, and declaring war.
Expressed Power
As a result of the Boston Tea Party, these acts restricted towns meetings in Massachusetts and allowed British soldiers to be housed in private homes.
Intolerable Acts
This clause of the 14th Amendment guarantees that "no State deny basic rights to its people."
Due Process Clause
This principle of American Government states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away.
Limited Government
This 1988 Supreme Court ruling held that schools could censor student speech in school-sponsored activities as long as the censorship was related to educational concerns
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
What type of crimes can the President pardon someone for?
Federal Crimes
What philosopher influenced the idea of Separation of Powers?
Baron de Montesquieu