Constitutional Clauses
This clause requires states to honor the public acts, records, and judicial decisions of other states.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
This compromise resolved the conflict between large and small states over representation in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise also known as the Connecticut Compromise.
Name 3 of the 5 rights guaranteed by the 1st Amendment.
Freedom of speech ○ Freedom of religion ○ Freedom of press ○ right to peaceably assemble ○ right to petition the government
This document explained the colonists’ grievances against King George III and justified independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1803 case established the Supreme Court's power of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison
This clause establishes that the Constitution and federal laws take precedence over state laws.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The minimum age to run for the House of Representatives.
What is 25?
The Constitutional Amendment that limits a president to two-terms in office?
What is the Twenty-second Amendment?
This plan of government created a weak national government with a unicameral legislature.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This foundational case ruled that Congress has implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause.
What is McCulloch v Maryland?
This clause forbids laws that punish people retroactively for actions that were legal when committed.
What is the Ex Post Facto Clause?
The Constitutional Amendment that allows for the direct election of Senators.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
Name 3 of the 5 presidents to win the presidency but lost the popular vote.
John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, George W. Bush, & Donald Trump
This anti-Federalist writing warned that the Constitution threatened individual liberties.
What is Brutus No. 1?
This case ruled that student speech is protected unless it causes a “substantial disruption.”
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
This clause states that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
What are the Reserved Powers?
The current U.S. Senators for California?
Who is Alex Padilla & Adam Schiff
Who wrote the original Bill of Rights and introduced it to Congress?
Who is James Madison
This Federalist Paper argues that a large republic is the best safeguard against factions.
What is Federalist No. 10?
This case established the principle of “one person, one vote” in legislative districts.
What is Baker v. Carr? (Wesberry v Sanders is also an acceptable answer)
This clause prohibits Congress or state legislatures from punishing individuals without a trial.
What is the Bill of Attainder Clause?
The current Speaker of the House?
Mike Johnson
The two presidents to serve two terms non-consecutively.
Who is Grover Cleveland & Donald Trump?
The three authors of the Federalist papers.
Who are James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton?
This World War I era case introduced the "clear and present danger" test for speech.
What is Schenck v. United States?