U.S Constitution
The principle that the branch of government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial) should have some power over each other.
What is Checks and Balances?
Guarantees the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the government.
What is the 1st Amendment?
Governor of New Jersey
Who is Gov. Phil Murphy?
An economic system characterized by open competition in a free market and based on private ownership.
What is Capitalism?
When pulled over by police you have the
What is the right to remain silent?
The document created during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
What is the U.S Constitution?
Guarantees the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
New Jersey Senators
Who are Cory Booker and Bob Menendez?
A system of government by the people, exercised either directly or through elected representatives.
What is a Democracy?
Circumstances when the police ask questions that tend to incriminate the citizen
What is an interrogation?
An agreement struck between the free and slave states over whether or not slaves should count as part of the population for the purposes of representation and taxation.
What is the Three Fifths compromise?
Prohibits excessive bail or fines or cruel or unusual punishment
What is the 8th Amendment?
States mainly raise revenue by
What is collecting taxes from citizens?
The act of bringing a person to trial a second time for the same crime.
What is Double Jeopardy?
“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. Do you understand the rights I have just read to you? With these rights in mind, do you wish to speak to me?”
What is the Miranda Warning?
The opening paragraph of the Constitution. It outlines the purpose/goals of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Preamble?
The Virginia Declaration of Rights drafted in 1776 by George Mason
What influenced the Bill of Rights?
A state's legislative branch
What is makes laws and approves budget?
This act established the Supreme Court
What is the Judiciary Act?
The practice where an officer may stop a person, temporarily depriving him or her of freedom of movement, if the officer has reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime.
What is Stop and Frisk?
A leading delegate at the Constitutional Convention and leading member of the Federalists during the debate over ratification.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
A resource hub that provides education, templates, and data for communities to take action and develop policies and practices that restore freedom and opportunity for Black people and people of the African Diaspora within the United States.
What is the Black Bill of Rights?
Sanitation standards are part of a state's responsibility to protect
What is public health?
One of the important features of the Constitution
What is divides power between the Federal government and the state and local governments?
The minimum legal standard necessary to make a custodial arrest of a person, and it is a more rigorous standard than reasonable suspicion
What is probable cause?