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What case set the precedent that enslaved people are not citizens? (hint: this got overturned)
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
What court case set the precedent that segregation is illegal? (hint: this case overturned another decision)
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The 13th amendment.
What is the amendment that abolished slavery and involuntary servitude unless convicted of a crime?
Amendment banning cruel or unusual punishment.
What is the eighth amendment?
Which amendment allows freedom of RAPPS (Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech)?
What is the 1st amendment?
What case set up the precedent of judicial review?
What is Marbury v. Madison?
What is the precedent set by Tinker v. Des Moines?
What is the case that set the precedent that freedom of expression is not absolute?
The 2nd amendment.
What is the right to bear firearms?
California Gold Rush year.
What is 1848 or 1849
NO TAXATION WITHOUT ______________ !
What is REPRESENTATION?
What precedent was set by the United States v. Nixon case?
What is the case that set the precedent that executive privilege is NOT absolute?
What is the precedent set by Gideon v. Wainwright?
What is the case that set the precedent that everyone has a right to an attourney in court?
What court case set the precedent that juveniles are required to still get due-process?
What is In Re Gault (In reference to Gault)?
This party belived in 'nativism'. (Hint: this party hates Irish people)
What is the American party? (No-nothing party)
What document did the U.S use to break up with Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is the precedent set by Bush v. Gore.
What is the case that set the precedent that ballots can't be devalued after submitted?
What court case set the precedent that you can own firearms because of the second amendment?
What is Heller v. D.C?
What was the first permanent U.S settlement?
What is Jamestown?
Where was the first Civil War attack? (Hint: The South made this attack)
What is Fort Sumter?
Who allied the Americans in the Revolutionary War?
Who are the French?
What court case set the precedent that school-sponsored item can be censored by school officials?
What is Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier?
What is the precedent set by Korematsu v. United States?
What is the case that set the precedent that its consitutionally acceptable to imprison ~120,000 Japanese-Americans?
This person reported on the mentally ill in the prison system and got 9/13 States to establish hospitals for the mentally ill.
Who is Dorothea Dix?
What rules did the Mexican government put in place for white settlers in Texas?
- Must practice Roman Catholic religions
- Must speak spanish
- Must follow Mexican law (Cannot bring slaves)
About how many people died in the Salem Witch Trials?
What is ~25?