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What is a poll tax?
What is a tax you have to pay to vote.
100
What is a literacy test?
What is a test you have to pass to vote.
100
What is a grandfather clause?
What is a law that said that if your grandfather couldn't vote, neither could you.
100
Why were black codes allowed at first even though they violated the Bill of Rights?
What is because they were made by state governments, who did not originally have to abide by the Bill of Rights.
100
Being tried twice for the same crime is known as:
What is double jeopardy.
200
Which amendment guarantees you the right to bear arms?
What is the second amendment.
200
Which amendment guarantees you the right to die your hair purple?
What is the first amendment.
200
Banning of printed materials or media due to alarming or offensive ideas is called:
What is censorship.
200
In order to search your home and take specific items as evidence, law enforcement officers must have a:
What is a search warrant.
200
Lawsuits that involve disagreements between people, not crimes, are known as:
What is civil cases.
300
The 9th and 10th amendments say that powers not given to the federal government go to:
What is the states and the people.
300
Before the 12th amendment which changed the way that the president and the vice president were elected, what major problem existed in the executive branch of government?
What is the president and the vice president were from different parties and disagreed.
300
THIS QUESTION IS WORTH 1,000 POINTS! The right of the government to take private property, usually land, for public use is called:
What is eminent domain.
300
Why did many states pass black codes after the Civil War?
What is to xclude African Americans from many jobs, limited their property rights, and many other restrictions, ensure a supply of inexpensive agricultural labor, and maintain a white dominated hierarchy.
300
What methods did many southern states take to prevent blacks from voting?
What is poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses.
400
The only president to be elected to more than two terms of office was:
What is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
400
If the president is assassinated, who is next in line to take over his duties?
What is the vice president.
400
If both the president and the vice president die, who decides who replaces them?
What is the Congress.
400
The 26th amendment set the voting age to 18 years because:
What is because young men still in their teens bravely fought in battle, but couldn’t vote, which didn't make any sense.
400
What did the original constitution say about women's right to vote?
What is nothing, states got to determine whether or not women could vote.
500
The freedoms we have to think and act without government interference or fear of unfair treatment are known as:
What is civil liberties.
500
These amendments establish and protects citizens fundamental rights and civil liberties and place strict limits on how the national government can use its power over the people.
What is the Bill of Rights
500
The 5 basic freedoms guaranteed by the first amendment are:
What is Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Assembly, and Freedom to Petition the Government
500
Criminalizing the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol was known as:
What is prohibition.
500
The only amendment to be passed and appealed was about:
What is prohibition / alcohol.