Chapter 10
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Bill of Rights
100
The most permanent way to change the U.S. Constitution
A. Legislation
B. Supreme Court Case
C. Constitutional Amendment
D. Informal Practices
C. Constitutional Amendment
100
This amendment abolished slavery
13th Amendment
100
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
100
After FDR was elected 4 times, Congress decided this amendment was necessary to prevent it from happening again.
22nd Amendment
100
Which group WANTED the Bill of Rights?
A. Federalists
B. Anti-Federalists
B. Anti-Federalists
200
The War Powers Act (1973) sought to limit the President's war-making powers and return it to Congress. Identify the METHOD used to bring about this change.
A. Legislation
B. Supreme Court Case
C. Constitutional Amendment
D. Informal Practices
A. Legislation
200
This amendment gave Black men the right to vote
15th Amendment
200
A person wearing this button supports the ratification of which amendment?
26th Amendment
200
This amendment altered the electoral college by giving Washington D.C. 3 electoral votes
23rd Amendment
200
List TWO protections found in the 5th Amendment (Hint* there are 5)
Right to remain silent
Right against double jeopardy (being charged with the same crime twice)
Right to a grand jury
Right to due process
Right to be paid a fair value for your home (eminent domain)
300
After decades of protests, women were granted the right to vote by the passage of the 19th Amendment. Identify the METHOD used to bring about this change.
A. Legislation
B. Supreme Court Case
C. Constitutional Amendment
D. Informal Practices
C. Constitutional Amendment
300
Identify ONE problem the 13th, 14th, or 15th Amendment sought to address
Slavery was still legal in many parts of the U.S
African Americans were not given equal protection under the law
African American men did not have the right to vote
THESE ARE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ QUESTION
300
This advertisement addresses which voting amendment?
24th Amendment
300
This amendment determined who would become president if he/she died.
25th Amendment
300
List TWO protections found in the 6th Amendment
(Hint* there are 5)
Right to face your accuser
Right to know your charges
Right to a jury of your peers
Right to a lawyer (attorney)
Right to a fair, public, and speedy trial
400
Define Judicial Review
The Supreme Court can declare laws "unconstitutional"
It is a verb that means when a case is heard by the Supreme Court, they can decide if the issue violate the Constitution or not.
400
Identify ONE method used to disenfranchise African Americans during Reconstruction
Jim Crow Laws- laws designed to limit the rights of African Americans
Grandfather Law- you could do it if your grandfather could (allowed poor, illiterate white males the ability to vote)
Poll Taxes- you had to pay to vote
Literacy Tests- had to demonstrate that you could read
400
Identify TWO groups of people that gained the right to vote as a result of constitutional amendments.
Women, 18 year-olds, African American men, former slaves, poor
THESE ARE THE ANSWERS TO THE QUIZ QUESTIONS
400
Two amendments altered the electoral college (the method used to elect the President). Identify BOTH amendments
12th (separate ballots for the President and Vice President)
23rd (Washington D.C. gets 3 electoral votes)
400
The police must have a warrant before they can enter your home. This is protected by which amendment?
4th Amendment
500
Supreme Court Case that established judicial review
Marbury v Madison
500
Define the Doctrine of Incorporation (Hint* it has to do with the 14th Amendment AND the Bill of Rights)
Because of the 14th Amendment, the Bill of Rights now applied to the states (remember the Constitution is only a federal document)
500
Define disenfranchised
To deny someone the right to vote
500
List ALL 4 of the "presidential amendments"
12th- separate ballots
20th- "lame duck" moved the date the President took office
22nd- limits the President to two terms
25th- determines the order of succession if the President dies
500
Identify the 4 amendments that protect the accused
4th, 5th, 6th and 8th Amendments