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US Constitution
Old School Government
Important Amendments
Important Supreme Court Cases
Important People
100
Article I
What is the Legislative Branch?
100
This Frenchman was credited with creating the concept of Separation of Powers.

Who is Baron de Montesquieu?

100
Speech, religion, press, petition the government and the right to peacefully assemble.
What are the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment?
100
This supreme court case established what judicial review really was.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
"Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
200
Article II and Article III
What are the Executive Branch (II) and the Judicial Branch (III)?
200

This pamphlet was used to persuade members of the Second Continental Congress and justified the ideals and reasons for independence from Great Britain.

What is Common Sense?

200
Bear Arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
200

Racial segregation is unconstitutional.

What is Brown v. Board of Education?

200
He had the idea of separation of powers in government.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
300
Article IV (4)
What is federalism?
300

This document allowed a "Governor" to control his territory/colony/state.

What is a Charter?

300
Double Jeopardy (being put on trial twice for the same crime/incident)
What is the 5th Amendment?
300
Public school students have the right to free speech so long as it is undisruptive.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District?
300
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
Articles V (5) and VI (6)
What are the amendment process and the supremacy clause?
400

Boston Tea Party, Sons of Liberty, Bunker Hill

What are incidents that led to the American Revolution?

400
No excessive bail or fines. No cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
400
Allowed the search of a high school student's purse after she was caught smoking.
What is New Jersey v. T.L.O.?
400

He was the king who taxed the American colonists too much.

Who is King George III

500
Article VII (7)
What is ratification?
500

This man could have continued running for President but decided to step down to avoid a new style of Monarchy.

Who is George Washington?

500

Voting rights

What are the similarities between the 14th, 19th and 26th amendments?

500
Japanese Americans were put in prison-like camps
What is Korematsu v. United States
500

He wrote Common Sense.

Who is Thomas Paine?