Supreme Court Cases
Primary Source Documents
Ideology
Expansion of Voting Rights
Powers and Checks
100

This Supreme Court case allowed amish family’s there freedom to exercise their religion was more important than the state’s interest

What is Tinker vs Des Moines?

100

This contains the social contract and popular soverinty.

What is the DEC of Independence.

100

This is the main place where we get our ideology.

What is Family?

100

This allowed Black men to vote

What Is the 15th amendment?

100

This branch of government is the commander in chief of the military.

What is the Executive Branch?

200

This Supreme Court case said that racial segregation of schools is unconstitutional.

What is Brown Vs. Board of Education
200

Shays Rebellion showed why this didn't work.

What is the Articles of Confederation?

200

This is the process by which we acquire our ideology

What is Political Socialization?
200

This allowed women to vote.

What is the 19th amendment?

200

This branch of government can strike down any law or presidential action that is deemed unconstitutional.

What is the Judiciary (Judicial Review)?

300

This Supreme Court case established Judicial review

What is Marbury Vs Madison?

300

States that the constitution creates a central gov that was too strong and it will become a tyranny. States should be more powerful than the central gov.

What is Brutus 1?

300
This ideology tends to dislike taxes and minorities.

What is Conservative?

300

Anyone 18+ may vote.

What is the 26th amendment? 

300

This branch approves the budget that the president proposes.

What is the Legislative Branch?

400

This Supreme Court case said the states can't tax the federal government.

What is McCulloch vs Maryland
400

This says that factions can cause tyranny of the majority, so we need a large republic to prevent this.

What is Federalist 10?

400

This is the effect that older people tend to become more conservative, younger people tend to be more liberal

What is the Lifecycle effect?

400

This banned poll taxes

What is the 24th Amendment?

400

This branch can veto and pocket veto congress.

What is the executive branch?

500

These two cases which were about redistricting delt with racial gerrymandering and not considering population shifts.

What is Baker Vs Carr (Population shifts) and Shaw Vs Reno (Racial gerrymandering)

500

This has to do with Checks and Balances

What is Federalist 51?

500

This is when sometimes members switch parties, like when back in the day conservatives were democrat, and then the New Deal flipped them to republican

What is Dealignment?

500

This banned literacy test, other obstacles to vote. Required states with a history of voting discrimination to obtain federal approval for election laws and policies

What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?

500

This branch of government has the power of enacting legislation that addresses a wide range of economic, environmental, and social issues based on the Necessary and Proper clause

What is the Legislative Branch?