types of government
The people are the power
What is democracy?
Police need a search warrant to search your property
What is the 4th amendment?
Ended segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Power is divides between national and regional governments
What is federalism?
Practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries
What is gerrymandering?
Power is gained by force
What is dictatorship?
Abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
Ensures that people are read their rights upon arrest
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Powers shared by both the federal and state governments
What are concurrent powers?
Contains 435 members
What is the House of Representatives?
No laws or government power
What is anarchy?
Minimum age of 18 to be able to vote
What is the 26th amendment?
Established a woman's right to an abortion
What is Roe v. Wade?
Powers reserved to either the federal or state governments; neither can exercise those powers over one another
What are expressed powers?
The two types of court systems
What are the federal and state court systems?
Power through religious leaders/doctrine
What is theocracy?
Limits the number of times a person can be elected to be president
What is the 22nd amendment?
Established the principle of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Specific authorities granted to the federal government by the U.S. constitution
What are delegated powers?
270 votes are required to choose who is President
What is the electoral college?
Power rests with a small number of people
What is an oligarchy?
Protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy
What is the 5th amendment?
Students retain their first amendment rights while in school
What is Tinker v. Des Moines
Political powers that are neither specifically granted to the central government nor prohibited for the states
What are reserved powers?
Literacy tests and poll taxes were enacted to..
Prevent African-Americans from voting