US Constitution
FL Constitution
Important Amendments
Important Supreme Court Cases
Important People
10
Articles V (5) and VI (6)
What are the amendment process and the supremacy clause?
10
Proposal and Ratification.
What are the steps to amend the Florida Constitution AND the US constitution?
10
No excessive bail or fines. No cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
10
Allowed the search of a high school student's purse after she was caught smoking.
What is New Jersey v. T.L.O.?
10
He was the king who taxed the american colonists too much.
Who is King George III
20
Article II and Article III
What are the Executive Branch (II) and the Judicial Branch (III)?
20
Preamble, Articles, and individual freedoms.
What are the similarities of the US and Florida constitutions?
20
Bear Arms
What is the 2nd Amendment?
20
Racial segregation is constitutional as long as things were separate but equal.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
20
He had the idea of separation of powers in government.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
30
Article IV (4)
What is federalism?
30
Declaration of Rights
What is Article I of the Florida Constitution?
30
Double Jeopardy (being put on trial twice for the same crime/incident)
What is the 5th Amendment?
30
Public school students have the right to free speech so long as it is undisruptive.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines School District?
30
He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
40
Article VII (7)
What is ratification?
40
3/5 of both houses (the state House of Rep and the state Senate) vote yea
What is proposal?
40
voting rights
What are the similarities between the 14th, 19th and 26th amendments?
40
Japanese Americans were put in prison-like camps
What is Korematsu v. United States
40
He wrote Common Sense. (Its a shame nobody has it anymore)
Who is Thomas Paine?
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Article I
What is the Legislative Branch?
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12
How many articles are in the Florida Constitution?
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Speech, religion, press, petition the government and the right to peacefully assemble.
What are the freedoms guaranteed in the 1st Amendment?
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This supreme court case established what judicial review really was.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
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"Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?