Facts
Terms
Supreme Court Cases
Influences on American Government and Key Principles
Important Documents
100
This is the first phrase of the U.S. Constitution.
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union.
100
This action is an example of petitioning the government.
Lobbying
100
Established Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
100
The right the colonists consider 'inalienable' in the Declaration of Independence
Pursuit of happiness
100
The proclamation made by the second American Continental Congress on July 4th 1776, which asserted the freedom and independence of the 13 colonies from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The U.S. Constitution requires that they must elect the president.
The Electoral College
200
This phrase in the U.S. Constitution addresses the power to seize property.
eminent domain
200
Establishes that the Fifth Amendment requires that law enforcement officials advise suspects of their right to remain silent and to obtain an attorney during interrogations while in police custody
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
200
The principle that the government is created by and subject to the will of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
These are a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.
What are the Federalist Papers?
300
They sign proposed bills into federal laws.
The President
300
This is the principle that the national and state governments share power
Federalism
300
Separate but equal educational facilities are inherently unequal, violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
300
A system of government in which a written constitution divides power between a central, or national government and several regional governments like states.
What is federalism?
300
The great charter forced upon king John of England by his barons in 1215, it established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of the law to nobility.
What is the Magna Carta?
400
This stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
checks and balances
400
They represent the residents of a single state.
U.S. Senator
400
It established that school officials can censor student speech in school publications within reason.
What is Hazelwood vs. Kuhlmeier?
400
A principle where a system of overlapping the powers of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches to permit each branch to check the actions of the others.
What is checks and balances?
400
First constitution of the U.S. that provided a way for the states to enter into friendship with each other.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
500
The number of amendments in the U.S. Constitution.
27
500
This term means fair treatment in judicial proceedings
Due Process
500
This United States Supreme Court decision focused on law enforcement explaining the constitutional rights of suspects before being interrogated
Miranda vs. Arizona
500
A French philosopher who believed in the separation of powers. Into 3 branches of Government. Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
500
The name of the legal document created by the Pilgrims when they landed in Plymouth
What is the Mayflower Compact?