The 3 Branches
The Legislative Branch is made up of the House of Representatives and what other chamber of Congress?
What is the Senate?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution is referred to as
What is the Bill of Rights?
The NC Constitution is also separated into 3 different branches. What are they?
What is Executive (Governor), Supreme Judicial, and the Legislative?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln in 1863 this is noted for...
What is the Emancipation Proclamation noted for helping to end slavery.
This is the amount of justices, or judges, that serve on the United States Supreme Court with the Chief Justice being included in this number.
What is 9 Justices?
There are 50 states total. In the Senate there are 2 Senators representing each state equaling 100 Senators total. How many representatives are there total in the House of Representatives?
What is 435 representatives as it is based on the population of each state.
Alice Paul is known for helping to get the 19th amendment ratified into the Constitution which guaranteed women the right to vote. After this success, she authored another amendment that has yet to be ratified. What is this amendment?
What is Equal Rights Amendment?
According to Article III, this person is responsible for assuming the role of Governor if something happens to the current Governor
Who is the Lieutenant Governor?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued this executive order which called for the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII
What is Executive Order 9066?
This landmark Supreme Court case gave suspects of a crime the right to be informed of their rights before being questioned by officers
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The highest court in the land is the Supreme Court. What are the other two levels of court before it?
What are Appeals Court and District Court?
True or False? The 13th amendment fully abolished slavery
False - While the 13th amendment abolished chattel slavery, history has shown us that it was still legal as punishment for a crime. We see this today through mass incarceration in the United States.
This person handles the state bureau of investigation and protects the people of NC from crimes and scams
Who is the Attorney General?
What is Executive Order 10450?
This landmark Supreme Court case gave officers authority to do “stop and frisk” searches if they have reasonable suspicion that someone is involved in a crime.
What is Terry v. Ohio?
The President's power is often checked by the 2 other branches of government. What are at least 2 ways that the President's power can be checked to ensure balance?
What is Congress can override veto, Congress can impeach, Senate approves treaties and appointments, Judiciary can rule executive orders unconstitutional?
The 4th Amendment guarantees protection from
What is unreasonable searches and seizures? "What are you searching FOUR?!"
For someone to run for Governor of North Carolina, the requirements are as follows:
What is they must at least be 30 years old, a US Citizen, and a NC resident?
Harry S. Truman issued this executive order in 1948 to maintain equality of treatment and opportunity for all those who serve in our country's defense
What is executive order 9981?
This landmark Supreme Court case gave schools the right to desegregate because separate is not equal
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Due to the high stress and demands that come with serving as the President of the United States, it is often referred to as...
What is a glorious burden?
The U.S. Constitution is separated into 3 different branches. What are they called? In order.
What is Legislative (Article 1), Executive (Article 2), and Judicial (Article 3)?
This is unique to the NC Constitution and was highlighted in the Leandro v. North Carolina Supreme Court case.
George W. Bush issued this executive order which was responsible for creating the office of Homeland Security after the events on September 11, 2001
What is executive order 13228?
This is considered a landmark Supreme Court case that occurred in 1994 where a student was caught smoking at her school and when they searched her they found contraband/evidence. Her case was heard by the Supreme Court because she believed that one of her rights guaranteed in the Constitution was violated.
What is TLO v. New Jersey?