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LANDMARK CASES
CITIZENSHIP
TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
THE CONSTITUTION
ULTIMATE CHALLENGE
100
States must pay for public defenders as a result of tis Supreme Court case
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
100
A member of a community of people who pledge loyalty to a government and, in turn, are entitled to its protection
What is a citizen
100
A form of government were citizens choose people to make laws and decisions for them
What is Representative Democracy
100
Three main parts of the US Constitution
What are Preamble, 7 Articles, 27 Amendments
100
This principal means that more than half of the members of a community has the power to make laws that everyone in the community must follow
What is majority rule
200
Supreme Court case that addresses the need for public schools to balance students' rights with principals' responsibilities
What is Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
200
A legal process to obtain citizenship
What is naturalization
200
A term which means ruled by the people
What is Democracy
200
Term meaning any formal change to the US Constitution
What is Amendment
200
A government with a hereditary ruler
What is a monarchy
300
Supreme Court case decision that public school districts that segregate deny equal protection.
What is Brown v. Board of Education
300
US Constitutional Amendment which defines a US citizen
What is the 14th Amendment
300
A government in which one leader or group of people holds absolute power
What is Authoritarian Government
300
Congressional power where congress can do anything which is "necessary and proper"
What is Implied Power
300
Decisions and actions a government takes to solve problems in the community
What is public policy
400
Supreme Court case which includes the guarantee that a defendant is protected against self-incrimination
What is Miranda v. Arizona
400
Supreme Court decision in 1857 which stated slaves were property and not US citizens, therefore they had no legal right to file suit
Dred Scott v. Sanford
400
Leaders who ban any effort to oppose them by taking away individual freedoms, telling people what they can believe and what groups they can join
What is Totalitarian Leaders
400
The branch of the government which has final authority over the US Constitution (what they say, goes!)
What is Supreme Court
400
The individual who is next in line for the presidency if the president AND vice president are disabled or die
What is Speaker of the House
500
The Supreme Court case which decided juveniles accused of crimes continue to be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults.
What is In re Gault
500
Name 3 of the 5 duties of US citizens
What is pay taxes, obey laws, defend the nation (if called upon), serve on a jury (jury duty), attend school (ages 7-16)
500
Term meaning all people, even those who govern, are limited and bound by the law.
What is Rule of Law
500
Two Enlightenment Philosophers who had the greatest influence on the founders/writers of the US Constitution
Who is John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu
500
Current Vice President of the United States
What is Joseph (Joe) Biden