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Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Supreme Court
Constitutional Convention
The Constitution
100
John Locke's three basic rights that must be protected by government.
What are life liberty and property?
100

This is the type of segregation seen in the North, which is not caused by laws; rather it is the result of residential segregation, preferred living patterns, and informal social sources. School districts often exemplify this...

What is de facto segregation?

100

The supreme court decision in Baker v. Carr dealt with this issue?

What is malapportionment? or What is "one person, one vote"

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

Landmark legislation that reinforced the rights of minorities...banning discrimination in places of public accomadation.

What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

200

The ability and authority of the court to overturn past court decisions?

What is Judicial Review?

200

This plan called for a unicameral legislature with each state getting equal representation?

What is the New Jersey Plan?

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 clause states that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion.

What is the 1st amendment establishment clause?

300

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 U.S. Constitutional Amendment outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
400

A movement in the concept of federalism that returns authority and discretion to the states...block grants are an example of this concpet.

What is devolution?

400

This Constitutional Amendment bans the practice of instituting poll taxes for voting.

What is the 24th Amendment?

400

Landmark SCOTUS case that requires that an attorney is provided for all defendants.

What is Gideon v. Wainwright?

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

Hamilton's argument for strong and energetic executive is found here.

What is Federalist 70?

500

SCOTUS Case that protects the expressive speech of students at school.

What is Tinker v. Des Moines?

500

When the SCOTUS uses past precedent and "let's the previous decision stand".

What is stare decisis?

500
This combined the elements of both the NJ and Virginia Plans to create a bicameral legislature.

What is the Connecticut or Great Compromise?

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?