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Constitution
Articles
Amendments
Rights
Misc.
100
The original reason 12 states & 55 delegates met in Philadelphia
What is revising the AOC?
100
What the legislative branch is normally called
What is Congress?
100
The amendment that protects you from housing soldiers
What is the 3rd?
100
what the court decided in Schenck v. US
What is the government can limit your rights if necessary?
100
the level of government that establishes minimum wage
What is the federal government?
200
2 issues debated at the Constitutional Convention
What are representation and slavery?
200
an example of the "unwritten" Constitution
What is a Cabinet?
200
the power of the government to take land from citizens when needed for public benefit as long as the citizen is compensated
What is eminent domain?
200
the court case that established freedom of the press
What is the John Peter Zenger trial?
200
this means the government cannot establish an official religion nor favor one religion over another
What is the establishment clause?
300
the meaning of bicameral
What is 2-houses?
300
The court case that established the power of the Judicial Branch to declare a law or act of the president unconstitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison?
300
known as the states' rights amendment
What is the 10th amendment?
300
this limits your right to privacy; modern technology's ability to act as "Big Brother"
What is the Patriot Act?
300
the word for false speech used to harm someone's reputation
What is slander?
400
How representation was settled according to the Great Compromise
What is equal representation in the Senate and representation based on population in the House
400
3 ways the Constitution and the government can be adapted to the changing needs of the country
What is amendment, interpretation, and custom?
400
jury trial in all civil cases
What is the 7th amendment?
400
A major limitation on freedom of the press
What is libel?
400
part of the 1st amendment that says the government is not required to respond or take action when you exercise this right
What is to petition?
500
Articles written and published to gain support for the Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
The number of states needed to ratify an amendment
What is 38 out of 50?
500
All rights you and I have that are not listed in the Bill of Rights
What is the 9th Amendment?
500
besides newspapers, other types of media included in freedom of the press
What is the Internet, radio, tv, etc?
500
an example would be that required prayers in public schools are not allowed
What is separation of church and state?