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Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
The Constitution
100

This process involved legislation that directs specific funds to projects within districts or states.

Pork Barrell Spending

100

The 8th amendment protects individuals from 

What is cruel and unusual punishment

100

What Supreme Court case established the Judicial Review?

Marbury v. Madison
100
This plan for national government, written by James Madison, created an executive and legislative branch that would be dominated by larger populated states.
What is the Virginia Plan
100
These are powers not specifically granted to the national government or denied the states.
What are reserved powers?
200
Allowing the states and the federal government to exercise power separately in areas of legitimate concern to them characterize this form of federalism.
What is Dual Federalism?
200

Which division of government was most responsible for expanding the rights of accused criminals during the 1960s

What is the supreme court?

200

This case recognized an individual’s right to bear arms under the Second Amendment on a federal level

What is DC v. Heller

200

This amendment forms the basis of federalism.

10th amendment

200
What branch of government was viewed by the framers of the Constitution as the center of policy making in the United States?
What is Congress?
300
The Supreme Court case of Mapp v Ohio established this important 4th amendment process.
What is the exclusionary rule?
300
This amendment and what clause states that states Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion.
What is the 1st amendment establishment clause?
300
In a case regarding abortion, interest groups such as Right to Life and Planned Parenthood file this kind brief urging the court to decide the case in their favor.
What is an Amicus Curaie brief?
300
This event served as a dramatic example of the failure of the Articles of Confederation?
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300

This amendment set limits on the number of presidential terms

What is the 22nd Amendment

400
A conservative movement designed to return more power and control of money to the states. The term was coined during the Nixon presidency.
What is New Federalism.
400
This important piece of 1960s legislation created equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, equal access to public accommodations regardless of race, religion, or national origin and the withholding federal grants-in-aid from state programs that discriminated on the basis of race?
What is the 1964 Civil Rights Act
400
Rare court cases, "affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a State shall be a party", where only the Supreme Court can hear the case.
What is Supreme Court Original Jurisdiction?
400
Worried that states would not be able to select competent choices to serve as the chief executive in this process electors were selected by states and "directed" by the popular vote to select a president.
What is the electoral college?
400
This concerns states being required to recognize the official documents and civil judgements rendered by the courts of other states.
What is the full faith and credit clause.
500

Channels that allow individuals to communicate preferences to policymakers

Linkage Institution

500

This Supreme Court case selectively incorporated the Second Amendment to apply to the states.

What was McDonald v. Chicago

500

Written by Alexander Hamilton, justifies an independent judiciary branch.

Federalist No. 78


500

Document arguing the Constitution gives too much power to the central government

What is Brutus 1?

500
The Constitution is silent regarding the ability of the national government to establish a draft. However this power is linked to the Article I, section 8 power for congress to "raise an army". This makes the draft what kind of power?
What is an implied power?