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100
This amendment states most of your personal freedoms granted to you by the Constitution
What is the 1st amendment
100
this amendment requires the authorities to have a search warrant before they can enter your house
What is the 4th amendment
100
procedural rules allow one branch to check and to limit another
What is checks and balances
100
this is the amount of time one must reside to apply for citizenship
What is 5 years
100
this act gave the head of a household 160 acres to cultivate and live on for a minimum of 5 years
What is the Homestead Act
200
the Bill of Rights provides
What is equal justice before the law
200
this amendment provides a citizen with the right to a fair trial
What is 6th amendment
200
the government is divided into 3 branches
What is Separation of Powers
200
minors are required to take the citizenship test
What is no, you have to be 18 yrs
200
These codes restricted freed blacks to work in agricultural and domestic positions
What are the Black Codes
300
this amendment says that a defendant deserves a fair, reasonable fine and punishment
What is the 8th amendment
300
This amendment gave all freed blacks the right to vote
What is 15th amendment
300
citizens elect representatives to carry out their will
What is Republicanism
300
name the 2 ways you can become a citizen
What is birth and naturalization
300
this act granted states financial assistance to build colleges within their states
What is the Morrill Act
400
a political theory that individuals have basic rights given to them by nature or God that no individual or government can deny
What are Natural Rights
400
this amendment abolished slavery in the United States
What is the 13th amendment
400
the government has only the powers given by the constitution
What is Limited Government
400
list requirements to naturalization
What is be at least 18 years old live in US for 5 years take a test be able to read and write in English enter the US legally
400
This act divided Indian tribal land to individual plots
What is the Dawes Act
500
rights that cannot be taken away
What are unalienable rights
500
this amendment gave all former slaves a right to citizenship
What is 14th amendment
500
the division of power between the federal government and the states
What is Federalism
500
this amendment granted citizenship to all former slaves
What is the 14th amendment
500
this secret society used terrorism and murder to limit new opportunities to freedmen
What is the KKK