Amendments
This amendment protects our right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This document defines our government
What is the Constitution?
This case established the precedent of "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This piece of legislation signed in 1964 was designed to protect the civil rights of all Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
There are this many electors in the Electoral College
What is 538?
This amendment prohibits excessive bail.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This amendment gives us the right to avoid self-incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
The United States has this type of economic system.
What is Capitalism?
The result of this case required police officers to read you your rights.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
This amendment states that the federal government cannot take away your rights without the due process of law.
What is the 5th Amendment.
This amendment was also known as "prohibition".
What is the 18th amendment?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The division of power/responsibility between a federal and state government.
What is federalism?
This court decision ruled that African Americans could never be citizens.
What was the Dred Scott Decision? (Dred Scott v. Sandford)
This amendment functions as the state equal protection clause.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This branch of government is discussed in Article II of the Constitution.
What is the Executive Branch? (The presidency)
This amendment established the federal income tax.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This branch of our government is discussed in Article III of the Constitution.
What is the judicial branch? (the Supreme Court)
This court case established a right to privacy.
What is Katz v. United States?
These were often used to prevent Black Americans from voting in elections.
What are literacy tests? (poll taxes)
This case confirmed that flag burning is protected as symbolic speech.
What is Texas v. Johnson?
This amendment established the "two-term tradition" into law.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
An economic system in which the government controls almost everything.
What is a command economy?
This court case was overturned by Dobbs v. Jackson.
What is Roe v. Wade?
What is the difference between "civil liberty" and "civil rights"?
Civil liberties are inherent, civil rights are given by the government
This person is the current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
Who is John Roberts?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
What is the two-party system?
This court case established that executive privilege is limited.
What is United States v. Nixon?
This president signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This many presidents have been assassinated.
What is 4?
Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley, John F. Kennedy