The Constitution
What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?
The Bill of Rights.
The U.S. declared independence from what country in 1776?
Great Britain
What African American woman refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
Rosa Parks
What amendment gives citizens freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
1st Amendment
What scandal led to President Bill Clinton being impeached?
Monica Lewinsky?
What are the three branches of government created by the Constitution?
Legislative (Congress), Executive (President), Judicial (Supreme Court)
What war was fought between the North and South from 1861–1865?
Civil War
What Supreme Court case in 1896 established the “separate but equal” doctrine?
Plessy v. Ferguson
What amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
4th Amendment
what U.S. president signed the Affordable Care Act into law in 2010?
Barack Obama
What is the purpose of the system of checks and balances?
To make sure no one branch of government becomes too powerful.
What war between the U.S. and Mexico resulted in the U.S. gaining much of the Southwest.
Mexican-American War
What 1965 act outlawed literacy tests and other discriminatory practices that kept African Americans from voting?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
What amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
26th Amendment
what Supreme Court case in 2000 decided the outcome of the presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore?
Bush v. Gore
What system divides power between the national government and state governments?
federalism
What conflict was between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, mostly political and military tension rather than direct fighting?
Cold War
What 1961 protest involved interracial groups riding buses through the South to challenge segregation laws?
Freedom Rides
What amendment prohibits poll taxes as a requirement to vote in federal elections?
24th Amendment
What act, passed in 2002, increased U.S. government surveillance powers after 9/11 to prevent terrorism?
USA PATRIOT Act
What clause makes federal law stronger than state law?
Supremacy Clause
What 1898 war led to the U.S. gaining control of the Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam?
Spanish-American War
What group helped fight for African American rights in court and won Brown v. Board of Education?
NAACP
What amendment guarantees that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people?
10th Amendment
What U.S. withdrawal in 2021 ended America’s longest war after nearly 20 years?
U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan