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Amendments 11-27
Bill of Rights
Supreme Court Cases
Vocabulary
The Branches
100
Which Amendment specifically prohibits federal courts from hearing cases in which a state is sued by an individual from another state or another country. Protecting states from certain types of legal liability is a concept known as “sovereign immunity.”
What is XI
100
Which Amendment states that if there isn't a federal law, then it is up to the states and then the people to decide?
What is X
100
Which landmark Supreme Court case protected high schooler's First Amendment rights of free speech when wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War?
What is Tinker v. DesMoines
100
What term means to confirm or approve
What is ratify
100
What are the 3 branches of the US government?
What is Legislative, Executive, Judicial
200
Which amendment modifies the way the Electoral College chooses the presidentand vice president
What is XII
200
Which Amendment states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
What is VIII
200
Which Supreme Court case upheld a woman's First Amendment right to choose to have an abortion?
What is Roe v. Wade
200
What word means a constitutional right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law-making body
What is veto
200
What kind of legislature does the US have-- it also means "2 house"
What is bicameral
300
Which Amendment is about the Popular Election of Senators: Under Article I, Section 3, two senators from each state were elected by the legislature of each state. Under this scheme senators represented the states to the federal Union, and members of the House represented the local voters in their district.
What is XVII
300
Which Amendment states No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
What is V
300
Which landmark Supreme Court case upheld the right to all to have an attorney provided if they could not afford one-- even if not answering to a capital crime?
What is Gideon v. Wainwright
300
What word means the reallocating of seats in the House and the Senate by census results every 10 years which also effects the electoral votes?
What is reapportionment
300
What are the names of the 2 bodies of legislature?
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate
400
Which Amendment defines the terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
What is XX
400
Which Amendment states that No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
What is II
400
Which landmark Supreme Court case defined the power of the Supreme Court as well as upheld the power of Judicial Review?
What is Marbury v. Madison
400
What term means the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
What is slander
400
What type of government is the US?
What is a republic
500
Which Amendment clarifies what happens upon the death, removal, or resignation of the President or Vice President and how the Presidency is temporarily filled if the President becomes disabled and cannot fulfill his responsibilities.
What is XXV
500
Which Amendment allows the right to a speedy trial by a jury, and the right to counsel (an attorney)
What is XI
500
Which landmark Supreme Court case upheld the Interstate Commerce Clause when two boat captains were fighting over the same trade routes?
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
500
What term means each branch of govt is subject to restraints by the other two branches
What is checks and balances
500
What branch is made up of the president, vice president, the presidential cabinet, and other appointed workers?
What is the executive branch