What are the three branches of government and their roles?
100
Guaranteed freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the first amendment?
100
In order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty.
What are the goals of the Constitution listed in the Preamble?
100
The Amendments that banned slavery, granted citizenship to all citizens, and granted citizens the right to vote despite their race.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
100
Powers specifically given to the federal government and powers that belong to the States.
What are delegated and reserved powers?
200
The three-way division of power in the federal government.
What is separation of powers?
200
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the fourth amendment?
200
An example of the unwritten Constitution.
What is minimum wage?
200
Granted citizens the right to elect Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
200
The system that ensures equal distribution and limits of powers.
What is checks and balances?
300
Establish courts, borrow money, and punish lawbreakers.
What are the concurrent or shared powers of the federal government?
300
The standard used to determine if freedom of speech is protected in certain circumstances.
What is clear and present danger?
300
Conducting elections.
What is an example of concurrent powers?
300
Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
300
The division of power between state and federal government with federal power being greater when in conflict.
What is federalism?
400
The part of the executive branch that advises the president and does not formally appear in the Constitution.
What is the cabinet?
400
The idea that religion and government should not be intertwined.
What is separation of church and state?
400
Amendment, interpretation and custom.
What are three ways in which the Constitution can be adapted to the changing needs of the country?
400
The clause in the 14th Amendment that includes the idea that all citizens have the right to be treated equally under the law.
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
400
Principle stating that a person cannot be punished for a crime until the law has been fairly applied to his or her case.
What is due process of law?
500
The Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review and granted the judicial branch the power to check the other two branches and determine if their actions are constitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
500
All powers not specifically granted to the federal government or denied to the states belongs to the states and the people, allowing states to further protect civil rights.
What is the power granted by the tenth amendment?
500
2/3 of Congress or States - propose
3/4 of States - ratify
What is the process of amending the Constitution?
500
Elizabeth Stanton, Blatch Harriot, and Susan B Anthony.
What are three of the most influential women who helped obtain the women’s right to vote in the 19th Amendment?
500
The difference between duties and responsibilities.
What are things we must do and things we should do?