Amendments
There are four amendments that concern voting. Describe one of them.
15th: Any male citizen of any race can vote.
19th: Any female citizen of any race can vote.
24th: Making poll taxes illegal.
26th: Any citizen 18 ages and older can vote.
This 1964 legislation prohibits racial discrimination and segregation in places of public accommodation, education, and federally assisted programs.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
This famous speech by President Abraham Lincoln began with "Four score and seven years ago..."
The Gettysburg Address
These are the four women currently serving on the Supreme Court.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Amy Coney Barrett, and Ketanji Brown Jackson
This Founding Father wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
These are the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment
Freedom of speech, assembly, religion (of and from), press, and petition of government for redress of grievances.
President George H.W. Bush passed this landmark law in 1990, prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability.
The Americans with Disabilities Act
Article II of the Constitution describes the process for electing a president, known by this name.
The Electoral College
Ten years ago last June marks the landmark decision Obergefell v. Hodges, which confirmed this right for queer Americans.
The right to marriage
Name three of the original thirteen colonies.
New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
The Third Amendment prohibits this rarely occurring behavior.
No Solider shall, in a 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.
The Affordable Care Act, leading to health insurance coverage for millions of Americans and protecting those with preexisting conditions, was signed into law in this year.
2010
This President, known as "The Conservation President," established approximately 230 million acres of public land between 1901 and 1909.
Theodore Roosevelt
The 1944 decision Korematsu v. United States, largely considered one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in American history, held this action by the federal government was constitutional.
The forceful removal of those of Japanese descent to internment camps for the duration of World War II.
The number of voting members of the House of Representatives.
435
The Eighteenth Amendment, concerning this topic, is the only one to have been repealed (by the Twenty-first Amendment, no less).
The prohibition of production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 mandates certain practices in record keeping, reporting, and accountability for public and private companies, and charges this agency with creating applicable regulations and enforcing them.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
This President, nicknamed "Old Tip," holds the record for shortest term, dying only 31 days after inauguration.
William Henry Harrison
This 1966 case confirmed that the Fifth Amendment protects the rights of criminal defendants, and is referenced in every Law and Order episode when informing the accused of their rights.
Miranda rights or Miranda v. Arizona
Under the Constitution, some powers belong exclusively to the federal government. Name two.
The right to levy tariffs, regulate trade among the states and between the U.S. and other countries, make treaties, raise armies, coin money, declare war, establish the postal system, annex new states or territories, and establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
The Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments are colloquially called "the Civil Rights Amendments, as they concern the rights of freed slaves and were passed during this period (or "era") in American history.
Reconstruction
Name one of the provisions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
The establishment of the 40-hour workweek, overtime eligibility, the minimum wage, and restrictions on child labor.
This U.S. President is the only U.S. President to have a birthday on July 4.
Calvin Coolidge
This 1803 decision established the concept of "judicial review," in which Chief Justice John Marshall wrote: "It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is."
Marbury v. Madison
Under the Constitution, certain powers belong exclusively to the states. Name two.
The power to run elections, maintain public safety and welfare, establish marriage laws and issue marriage certificates, issue professional licenses, and establish and run schools and hospitals.