civil rights acts
the Supreme Court rule on the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas case
What is 1954?
The constitution can be changed
what is by amendments
Legislative Districts
What is territorial areas on map designed of representation by a legislative body.
a first amendment provision that prohibits government from interfering with the practice of religion
What free exercise clause
One weakness of the Articles was that 9 of the 13 states had to approve a law before it could be passed.
What is the delegates usually didn't agree on laws so it made it difficult for laws to be passed.
Title encouraged the desegregation of public schools
What is Title IV?
The constitutional convention took place to write a document to replace
What is Articles of confederation
Redraws the district line around an incumbent neighborhood to place a new district opposing party
What is kidnapping
Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
What is Miranda v. Arizona
told in the rights and grievances section of the Declaration of Independence
What is the colonists main ideas about government and the complaints the colonists had against King George III and Parliament.
On April 16, 1963, who was arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama?
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
Section of the Constitution that lists Congress' expressed powers
What is Article I, Section 8
Redrawing congressional districts to place two incumbents of the same party in the same district thereby forcing them to run against each other in a primary
What is kidnapping
place limits on the national government
What is Substantive rights are rights that
Why were the colonists (Americans) worried about the Articles
What is they feared that a strong national or central (state) government would threaten their freedom.
Title outlawed discrimination based on race, religion, or color in public places
What is Title II
constitutional system shares power between the national and state governments
What is Federalism
Found the Constitution did not give federal courts the authority to strike down congressional district maps as partisan gerrymanders
What is Rucho v. Common Cause
civil liberties protect you from
what is the government
the Declaration of Independence a dangerous idea
What is if the Americans lost the Revolutionary War, the people who signed the Declaration of Independence would be accused of treason.
how many people joined March on Washington?
What is 200,000 people?
constitutional system divides government power into three branches
What is Separation of Powers
The person already holding an elective office
what is incumbent
civil liberties that are found in the 8th amendment
what is government punishing you into cruel or unusual way and unfair amount of bail
__________________ told the delgates that they no longer owed loyalty to King George III, and he called for a resolution.
Who is Richard Henry Lee.