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100

term for an official, government-supported church

established

100

juries must be unbiased, aka __________

impartial

100

The 12th Amendment states that no one ineligible to be POTUS can be _______________

Vice President

100

the 16th Amendment authorized federal _______ taxes

income

100

current minimum voting age

18

100

Latin for "I forbid"

veto

100

killing someone for political reasons

assassination

200

false defamatory speech

slander

200

this clause gives the government the right to take private property for public use

takings clause

200

After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished ____________.

SLAVERY

200

The 18th Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and consumption of _______________.

alcoholic beverages

200

How many assassinated US presidents?

FOUR

200

formally accuse

impeach

200

Theses TWO states do not use the "winner take all" system in the Electoral College

Maine

Nebraska

300

TPM restrictions?

TIME

PLACE

MANNER

300

The 7th Amendment requires a jury trial in ________ cases.

civil

300

If no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes Congress decides the winner

a)__________________ decides President

b)_______________ decides Vice President

a) House of Representatives

b) US Senate

300

In 1920, with the 19th Amendment, women were granted the right to ________________________.

VOTE

300

This Amendment repealed the 18th

21st

300

Leader of the House

Speaker of the House

300

List the FOUR assassinated US Presidents

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER

1. Abraham Lincoln

2. James Garfield

3. William McKinley

4. John F. Kennedy

400

What are the three TYPES of speech?

1. pure speech

2. symbolic speech

3. speech plus

400

The 8th Amendment's protection from "cruel and unusual" punishment is often connected with what controversial topic?

capital punishment

death penalty

400

the "nationalization" of the bill of rights has been done through this doctrine

the incorporation doctrine

400

the right to vote in political elections is known as  ____________

suffrage

400

The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can serve as President to ______ terms

two

400

Top Senator

Majority Leader

400

This "war" led to the ratification of the 26th Amendment in 1971

Vietnam

500

legal rule that requires evidence gained illegally to NOT be used in court

exclusionary rule

500

the "takings clause" gives the government this two-word power

eminent domain

500

14th Amendment: Anyone born or naturalized in the US (regardless of race, religion, etc) is a __________.

citizen

500

The 20th Amendment, which moved POTUS inauguration day earlier (from March 4 to January 20) is nicknamed the ______________________ Amendment

Lame Duck

500

The 23rd Amendment gave Electoral College votes to what non-state?

Washington, DC


500

 "You shall have the body" 


habeas corpus

500

retroactive law


ex post facto

600

being tried twice for the same crime

double jeopardy

600

The Tenth Amendment is nicknamed "The ___________ Amendment"

Federalism

600

The 15th Amendment granted suffrage to ________.

African American men

600

Prior to the 17th Amendment, these groups chose US Senators

state legislatures

600

The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to __.

18

600

In a ______________ TAX SYSTEM…..higher INCOMES pay higher RATES

PROGRESSIVE

600

This man is connected to what amendment?

27th