FCLE STUDY CARDS

Question 1

Amendment 1

Answer 1

Freedom of Speech

Question 2

Amendment 2

Answer 2

Right to bare arms

Question 3

Amendment 3

Answer 3

No quartering soldiers

Question 4

Amendment 4

Answer 4

no search no seizure

Question 5

Amendment 5

Answer 5

Right to criminal case

Question 6

Amendment 6

Answer 6

Right to Fair trial

Question 7

Amendment 7

Answer 7

Right to civil case

Question 8

Amendment 8

Answer 8

Excessive fines and cruel punishment

Question 9

Amendment 9

Answer 9

Non-enumerated rights by people

Question 10

Amendment 10

Answer 10

Federal government and states share power

Question 11

Amendment 11

Answer 11

Immune to lawsuits from citizens out-of-state

Question 12

Amendment 13

Answer 12

Prohibits slavery

Question 13

Amendment 14

Answer 13

Equal protection

Question 14

Amendment 15

Answer 14

Prohibits the denial of voting rights based on race, color, or previous enslavement

Question 15

Amendment 27

Answer 15

Prevents congress from raising their own salaries

Question 16

Marbury V. Madison

Answer 16

Established the power of Judicial review, allowing court to declare laws unconstitutional

Question 17

McCulloch V. Maryland

Answer 17

The case established that Congress has the power to create a national bank and that states cannot tax the federal government.

Question 18

Dred Scott V. Sandford

Answer 18

infamous decision declaring enslaved people as property later overturned.

Question 19

Plessy V. Ferguson

Answer 19

“separate but equal” doctrine

Question 20

Brown V. Board

Answer 20

Segregation

Question 20

Schenck V. US

Answer 20

Defined limits on free speech, particularly during War time

Question 21

Mapp V. Ohio

Answer 21

The exclusionary rule, preventing illegal evidence used in court

Question 22

Gideon V. Wainwright

Answer 22

The court held that is was required state courts to appoint attorneys for defendants who could not afford to retain counsel on their own.

Question 23

Korematsu V. US

Answer 23

Upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII

Question 24

What amendment does McCulloch V. Maryland match with?

Answer 24

amendment 10

Question 25

What amendment does Dred Scott V. Sandford match with?

Answer 25

amendment 14

Question 26

What amendment does Plessy V. Ferguson match with?

Answer 26

amendment 14

Question 27

What amendment does Schenck V. US match with?

Answer 27

amendment 1

Question 28

What amendment does Korematsu V. US match with?

Answer 28

amendment 5

Question 29

What amendment does Brown V. Board match with?

Answer 29

amendment 14

Question 30

What amendment does Mapp V. Ohio match with?

Answer 30

amendment 4

Question 31

What section did Marbury V. Madison match with?

Answer 31

Section 13, Judiciary Act

Question 32

Who made the U.S constitution

Answer 32

James Madison

Question 33

Who wrote the Bill of Rights

Answer 33

James Madison

Question 34

Who influenced the Declaration of Independence

Answer 34

John Locke

Question 35

Article I

Answer 35

grants the power to coin money, make treaties, and levy import duties

Question 36

Article II

Answer 36

Describes the executive branch, including the offices of the President and Vice President. Specifies how the President is elected

Question 37

Article III

Answer 37

Creates the judicial branch, with the Supreme Court as the highest court

Question 38

Popular Sovereignty

Answer 38

the authority of a state + its government is sustained by the consent of the people; a republic

Question 39

Rule of law

Answer 39

the idea that those who given must follow the law; no one is above the law

Question 40

Common law

Answer 40

a body of unwritten law based on legal precedents by established by the courts

Question 41

Articles of confederation

Answer 41

the first U.S constitution; 1781-1789

Question 42

Northwest ordinances

Answer 42

a land agreement that created the northwest

Question 43

Mayflower compact

Answer 43

established self-government; basic law

Question 44

New deal

Answer 44

Helped during the great depression

Question 45

Monroe Doctrine

Answer 45

warned European nations of the rebel of the U.S

Question 46

Checks and balance

Answer 46

to keep the three branches equal

Question 47

Civil law

Answer 47

the law that pertains to persons, things, and relationships that develop among them

Question 48

U.S Constitution

Answer 48

government by the people and the separation of power

Question 49

Federalist party

Answer 49

The Federalists called for a strong national government that promoted economic growth and fostered friendly relationships with Great Britain in opposition to Revolutionary France.

Question 50

Anti-federalist party

Answer 50

argued against a strong central government. influenced the first Congress to draft the Bill of Rights.

Question 51

Federalist papers

Answer 51

The essays urged the ratification of the United States Constitution, which had been debated and drafted at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787.

Question 52

due process

Answer 52

Due process balances the power of law of the land and protects the individual person from it.

Question 53

civil law

Answer 53

the law that pertains to persons, things, and relationships that develop among them

Question 54

how does the declaration of independence start?

Answer 54

It establishes the idea that people have the right to change their government when it becomes tyrannical and violates their natural rights. that all men are created equal,

Question 55

how does the constitution start

Answer 55

The Constitution starts with the phrase "We the People," which is the beginning of the Preamble, the introductory section of the document; essentially, it signifies that the power of the government comes from the citizens of the United States

Question 56

Amendment 12

Answer 56

election of president + vice president