term for an official, government-supported church
established
juries must be unbiased, aka __________
impartial
The 12th Amendment states that no one ineligible to be POTUS can be _______________
Vice President
the 16th Amendment authorized federal _______ taxes
income
current minimum voting age
18
Latin for "I forbid"
veto
killing someone for political reasons
assassination
false defamatory speech
slander
this clause gives the government the right to take private property for public use
takings clause
After the Civil War, the 13th Amendment abolished ____________.
SLAVERY
The 18th Amendment outlawed the manufacture, sale, and consumption of _______________.
alcoholic beverages
How many assassinated US presidents?
FOUR
formally accuse
impeach
Theses TWO states do not use the "winner take all" system in the Electoral College
Maine
Nebraska
TPM restrictions?
TIME
PLACE
MANNER
The 7th Amendment requires a jury trial in ________ cases.
civil
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
In 1920, with the 19th Amendment, women were granted the right to ________________________.
VOTE
This Amendment repealed the 18th
21st
Leader of the House
Speaker of the House
List the FOUR assassinated US Presidents
IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
1. Abraham Lincoln
2. James Garfield
3. William McKinley
4. John F. Kennedy
What are the three TYPES of speech?
1. pure speech
2. symbolic speech
3. speech plus
The 8th Amendment's protection from "cruel and unusual" punishment is often connected with what controversial topic?
capital punishment
death penalty
the "nationalization" of the bill of rights has been done through this doctrine
the incorporation doctrine
the right to vote in political elections is known as ____________
suffrage
The 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution limits the number of times a person can serve as President to ______ terms
two
Top Senator
Majority Leader
This "war" led to the ratification of the 26th Amendment in 1971
Vietnam
legal rule that requires evidence gained illegally to NOT be used in court
exclusionary rule
the "takings clause" gives the government this two-word power
eminent domain
14th Amendment: Anyone born or naturalized in the US (regardless of race, religion, etc) is a __________.
citizen
The 20th Amendment, which moved POTUS inauguration day earlier (from March 4 to January 20) is nicknamed the ______________________ Amendment
Lame Duck
The 23rd Amendment gave Electoral College votes to what non-state?
Washington, DC
"You shall have the body"
habeas corpus
retroactive law
ex post facto
being tried twice for the same crime
double jeopardy
The Tenth Amendment is nicknamed "The ___________ Amendment"
Federalism
The 15th Amendment granted suffrage to ________.
African American men
Prior to the 17th Amendment, these groups chose US Senators
state legislatures
The 26th Amendment lowered the voting age to __.
18
In a ______________ TAX SYSTEM…..higher INCOMES pay higher RATES
PROGRESSIVE
This man is connected to what amendment?
27th