Vocab
Vocab

Bill of Rights

20th Century Amendments
19th Century Amendments
100
The organized society having a specific form of gov't
What is polity?
100
the minimum number of members of a committee or organization who must be present to make binding decisions
What is a quorum?
100
The five rights guaranteed by the 1st Amendment
What is freedom of religion; freedom of speech; freedom of press; freedom to peaceably assemble; freedom to petition gov't for a redress of grievances
100
This Amendment reversed the ruling of the Supreme Court in Pollack vs Farmers Loan and Trust.
What is 16th Amendment?
100
Per Amendment 12, if no candidate for President gets a majority of the electoral vote, how many candidates will the House of Representative select from for President.
What is they select from the persons having the highest number of electoral votes with a max of 3 candidates
200
a member of the US Senate who is chosen to serve as presiding officer of the Senate in the absence of the Vice President
What is President Pro-tempore?
200
the betrayal of one's country by waging war against it or by purposely aiding its enemies
What is treason?
200
The phrase "taking the fifth" involves invoking this 5th Amendment right.
What is right against self-incrimination?
200
This Amendment returned control of transportation of liquors into and out of states and territories to the states and territories.
What is 21st Amendment?
200
The amendment which honors the sovereign immunity of states to hear cases brought against them by citizens of another state or country
What is 11th Amendment?
300
a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial
What is bill of attainder?
300
protection from legal prosecution
What is immunity?
300
This Amendment grants people the right to a trial by jury in a criminal proceeding.
What is 6th? speedy public trial impartial jury located in district where crime was committed be confronted with the charges confront witnesses and present witnesses lawyer
300
The amendment which gave a process by which a President could be removed from office if he was thought to be unable to perform his duties.
What is 25th? pg 91
300
This Amendment was proposed before the end of the Civil War and ratified after.
What is 13th?
400
a court order requiring officials to bring a prisoner before a judge in a court of law to determine if there are lawful reasons to hold the prisoner in jail
What is writ of habeus corpus
400
The period from 1920 to 1933 during which the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was forbidden in the US
What is Prohibition?
400
Unenumerated rights such as the right to vote, right to privacy and right to move about freely that are justified as belonging to the people based on this Amendment.
What is 9th?
400
Two sections of this Amendment didn't take effect until October 15th following its ratification
What is 20th Amendment?
400
Poll taxes and literacy tests were ways that states tried to circumvent this Amendment.
What is 15th?
500
A person who supports a system of gov't where the citizens have the right to choose those who represent them
What is Republican?
500
A crime which is treated so seriously that death may be considered an appropriate punishment.
What is capital crime?
500
The Virginia statesman who worried that the gov't under the Constitution would not be a federal gov't but a "consolidated gov't" which would render the identity and powers of the states meaningless.
Who is Patrick Henry?
500
This Amendment was part of a series of reforms within the Progressive Era.
What is the 17th Amendment?
500
This Amendment ensured that the leaders during the Reconstruction would be supportive on the Union.
What is 14th?
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