Founding Principles and Documents
In Federalist 10, who wrote, "The most common and durable source of factions has been the various and unequal distribution of property"?
Who is James Madison?
What is the name given to the rights that are inherent in all human beings and not dependent on government?
What are natural rights?
Which of the following were most likely to oppose the proposed Constitution?
Who are small farmers
The Bill of Rights is made up of the first __________ amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What are ten?
For which of the following would the Supreme Court most likely apply an "intermediate scrutiny" standard of review to determine whether the policy is an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause?
What is having different minimum ages for men and women to marry?
John Locke's belief that government derives its authority from the people influenced the Declaration of Independence, which says, "Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from
What is the consent of the governed?
What was a fear of the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention and subsequent debate?
What is that a strong national government would infringe on the rights of the states?
While working on the Constitution, what aspect of the new government most concerned James Madison
What is tyranny of the majority?
The Supreme Court addressed the constitutionality of a Connecticut law that prohibited the use of contraception by relying on the implied right to __________.
What is privacy?
If you thought you were getting an inferior public education because of your ethnicity, which part of the Constitution would you rely on most heavily to justify your case?
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
The Articles of Confederation required __________ consent from the states for ratification.
What is unanimous?
Which constitutional plan called for representation in Congress to be based on state population?
What is the Virginia Plan?
A false and malicious written statement could be considered __________; the same statement spoken aloud could be considered __________.
What is libel; slander?
The Supreme Court has used incorporation to __________ the authority of states.
what is limit?
The civil rights movement pushed for racial equality. When did this movement begin?
What is in the 1950s?
The meaning of the Constitution can change through
What is judicial interpretation?
Which of the following accurately describes the Constitutional Convention?
What is that a disproportionate number of delegates were economic elites?
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court aroused the wrath of many Americans with rulings like that in Engel v. Vitale regarding which controversial religious issue?
What is the recitation of prayer and Bible passages in school?
What does the Sixth Amendment guarantee to those accused of a crime?
What is the assistance of counsel?
The Fifteenth Amendment guarantees citizens the right to vote regardless of __________.
What is race?
What did the Connecticut Compromise help to establish?
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Which of the following most directly protects individuals' civil liberties?
What is the Bill of Rights?
New York Times v. Sullivan held that there must be proof of which of the following in order to find libel against a public figure?
What is actual malice?
Which amendment has been interpreted by the Supreme Court as prohibiting coerced confessions and entrapment?
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The Fourteenth Amendment attempted to guarantee which of the following to former slaves?
What is citizenship rights?