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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 civil rights activist wrote Letter from a Birmingham Jail and I Have a Dream.

What is Martin Luther King Jr?

100

This SCOTUS case established the principle and purpose of judicial review.

What is Marbury v Madison?

100

This compromise settled the dispute over counting slaves towards representation in Congress.

What is 3/5 compromise?

100
These are powers not specifically granted to the national government or denied the states.
What are reserved powers?
200

Requires states assist in apprehending fugitives from other states and return them for trial.

What is extradition?

200

Which Supreme Court case required that all persons reagardless of wealth be entitled to legal counsel under the 6th amendment?

What is Gideon v Wainwright?

200

This Congressional house has final approval on all federal judges appointments.

What is the Senate?

200

These are the three constitutional requirements to hold the office of the president.

What is 35, natural born citizens, residency of 14 years?

200

What clause in the Constitution gives Congress most of its law making powers?

What is necessary and proper clause?

300

In which Federalist paper did Madison address the dangers of factions.

What is Fed 10?

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

This type of opinion issued by the court, is one in which there is agreement with the majority but for different reasons or lines of logic.

What is dissenting opinions?

300

This was the number of states required for ratification of the Constitution.

What is 9?

300
This U.S. Constitutional Amendment outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
400
The amendment which limits the President to two terms. 

What is 22nd.

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
Name two of the three basic requirements for any case to be heard by the Supreme Court.

What is constitutional issue, standing to sue, national significance?

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
The name used by Alexander Hamilton as a pseudonym for the Federalist Papers essays, derived from the name of a famous Roman consul.
What is Publius?
500

This legislation passed in 1973 requires equal funding opportunities for both male and female sports and other extracurriculars in schools.

What is Title IX?

500

This is issued to cases in which at least 4 justices agree to hear a case, requires all documentation be sent up for review before the hearing.

What is a writ of certiorari?

500

Name two of the main concerns of the Anti-Federalists.

What is too powerful of a national government, possible abuse of the power to tax, strong military under executive command, no bill of rights.

500

This amendment defines citizenship under the Constitution and promises equal protection under the law, and has been the basis for many civil rights court decisions

What is 14th amendment?