Constitutional Amendments
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
India’s constitution guarantees this for all citizens under the law
What is equality under the law?
This global conflict strongly influenced the creation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
What is World War II?
A household is considered “cost burdened” when housing costs exceed this percent of income.
What is 30%?
Residents of Washington, DC argue for statehood because they pay federal taxes but lack this.
What is voting representation in Congress?
This amendment guarantees citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This law in India allows citizens to request government information
What is the Right to Information Act?
These trials showed that leaders could be held responsible for crimes against humanity.
What are the Nuremberg Trials?
This problem limits access to jobs, education, and services due to unequal internet access.
What is the digital divide?
Congress can do this to DC laws, which makes DC different from states.
What is overturn local laws?
This amendment prohibits denying the right to vote based on race.
What is the 15th Amendment?
China’s hukou system records this about citizens
What is where citizens are officially registered to live?
This American leader chaired the committee that helped draft the UDHR
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This housing policy reform could improve affordability and equal access.
What is reforming zoning laws and requiring affordable housing development?
Reducing polling locations and requiring ID may violate voting protections because it may disproportionately affect this group.
Who are minority voters?
This part of the 14th Amendment is used today to challenge discriminatory laws.
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
China uses the Great Firewall primarily to do this.
What is block access to certain foreign websites?
It was important that the U.S. and Soviet Union supported the UDHR because they represented these two opposing systems.
What are different political systems (democracy and communism)?
These laws differ by state because states respond to local needs while still following this.
What is federal law?
These are three possible barriers to voting in the scenario.
What are ID requirements, distance to polling places, and limited transportation?
According to the individual rights interpretation, this amendment protects an individual's right to possess firearms.
What is the Second Amendment?
Norway protects the Sami people by supporting this.
What is their culture and traditional livelihoods?
One major criticism of the UDHR is that it may reflect these perspectives.
What are Western perspectives?
This type of agreement about weapons is NOT typically a state-level gun policy
What are international weapons treaties?
The best policy change to protect voting rights while maintaining election security would be this.
What is providing free government IDs and expanding polling locations?