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This amendment allows you to practice any or no religion.
1st
The 14th Amendment.
made anyone born in the United States a citizen
The 15th Amendment.
made slavery illegal
This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th
Besides being born in the U.S., how can someone be a U.S. citizen at birth?
Both parents being U.S. citizens
This amendment gives citizens the right to own a firearm.
2nd
What did the 18th Amendment NOT make illegal?
the consumption of alcohol
What type of test might have kept you from voting in the South during Jim Crow?
Literacy
Set of statements describing a party’s views on major issues.
platform
Where are candidates for president in each party officially chosen?
convention
This amendment ensures that you do not have to allow a member of the military to stay in your home if you don’t want them.
3rd
This major event in support of the Women’s Suffrage Movement included Frederick Douglass.
Seneca Falls Convention
A political party other than Republican or Democrat.
third party
Political party that does not have most of the elected members.
minority party
At these secret ballots used to vote for who the candidate for each party will be.
primaries
According to article 5 of the Constitution, this is needed to propose an amendment to the Constitution.
2/3 of both houses of Congress deems it necessary
The RICO Act was passed in 1970 to prosecute.
mob bosses
Who actually elects the president?
electoral college
this amendment reversed the 18th amendment
21st
if there is a tie in the electoral college, who chooses the president?
House of Representatives
This created the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
interstate compacts
This states that the Constitution ranks above all other forms of law in the United States.
inherent powers
Funds used for broad purposes where states have freedom to decide how to spend the money.
Block Grants
This is sometimes called “enumerated powers.
inherent powers
this amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
6th