Final Review Flashcards
Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition Speech.
First Amendment
Right against unreasonable search and seizure, Warrant
Fourth Amendment
Don’t have to house soldiers in your home
Third Amendment
Speedy trial and impartial jury in a criminal trial
Sixth Amendment
No cruel and unusual punishment, No excessive bail
Eighth Amendment
Right to bear arms and The NRA supports this amendment
Second Amendment
Rights not listed in the Constitution go to the people
Ninth Amendment
Right to a jury in civil cases
Seventh Amendment
Due Process, Double Jeopardy, Miranda rights, Eminent domain
Fifth Amendment
Rights belong to the state not listed in the Constitution
Tenth Amendment
precedent
A rule or law established in a previous case that will be used on future cases
What type of court is the Supreme Court? How many members?
Appellate court; 9 justices
Exclusionary Rule.
You can’t used any evidence obtained without a warrant in a trial
Establishment Clause.
Prohibits the government (or any government departments, officials, and buildings) from establishing a religion)
The First Amendment gives you the right to protest any time or place?
False
Schools can limit lewd speech
Bethel v. Fraser
Schools can edit school newspapers
Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
Schools can search without a warrant
NJ v T.L.O
Evidence obtained without a warrant cannot be used in court, exclusionary rule
Mapp v. Ohio
Students do have some freedom of expression, so long as it does not disrupt the school day
Tinker v. Des Moines
Schools can prohibit pro-drug messages
Morse v. Fredrick
Bans poll tax
24th amendment
Bans alcohol
18th amendment
Gives women right to vote
19th amendment
Ended slavery
13th amendment
Person can’t be denied right to vote based on race
15th Amendment
The equal protection clause
14th Amendment
End prohibition
21st amendment
Kept balance between slave and free states
Missouri compromise
Who won the civil war?
Union
The dred Scott, election of Lincoln and the issue of slavery were all causes for which war
Civil War
Types of segregation that said black and white people had tp be seperated
Jim Crow Laws
tax that had to be paid before you voted, a way of preventing African Americans from voting
Poll Tax
test given to people to see if they were smart enough to vote, a way of preventing African Americans from voting
Literacy test
stated that you could only vote if your grandfather was able to vote, a way of preventing African Americans from voting
Grandfather Clause
whites who used intimidation methods against the blacks
KKK
When former slaves would work a part of the land and not get paid money but in crops,
Sharecroppers
segregation as a way of life, not by law
De Facto Segregation
.racially motivated murder of a person for an alleged offense
Lynching
The time period after the Civil War from 1865-1877
Reconstruction Era
Segregation in schools is unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
Forced the integration of the busses
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Separate but equal was constitutional
Plessy v. Ferguson
Students who integrated the HS in Arkansas
Little Rock 9
African Americans are inferior and cannot be citizens
Dred Scott Case
Mom had an open casket to show how brutal it was in the South, start of the Civil Rights Movement
Murder of Emmett Till
What are three things the Fair Labor Standards Act provided?
Minimum wage, Overtime pay, ending child labor
What impact did Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle have?
-Forced the government to create the FDA
What is the FDA?
Food and Drug Administration, regulates food and drug that come into and are exported out of states
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
What was Alice Paul’s strategy for getting women the right to vote?
Get an amendment added to the constitution
What was Carrie Chapman Catt’s staratgey
Gain the right state by state
Why did Woodrow Wilson end up supporting women’s suffrage?
As a war measure
When was the 19th Amendment ratified? What did it say?
August 18, 1919
The right to vote must not be abridged by sex
Title IX
Schools must____________ have equal funding for men and women’s sports as well as have equal opportunities to play sports
Roe v. Wade
Many states outlawed abortions. (In Texas abortions ____________ were only legal to save the life of the mother)
Roe wished to have an abortion
But it was not allowed to under Texas____________ law
-Abrotion was ruled legal in the first three months
Was overturned in 2021
Group that works with the Latino population to gain equality
La Raza/LULAC
Fought to help the farm workers in California
Ceaser Chavez
lack of Jobs
lack of Running Water
Created by Obama for a path to Citizenship and not get deported
DACA/DAPA
fought for economic equality for Latino Americans and women by helping form CSO
Dolores Huerta
Group that fights for Native American rights
AIM
The Crisis at the US/Mexico border is increasing and is a major issue within the Latino Community.
True
Stonewall Riots
June 29, 1969
A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations
Against a police raid___________ at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village.
SPARKED THE GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Today you cannot be fired in any state for being gay
TRUE
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
In 1993 President Clinton enables “Don’t Ask, Don’t_________ Tell” (DADT) policy.
Openly gay individuals could not serve in the military
Openly gay__________ service members “would create an unacceptable risk to the high standards of morale, good order and discipline, and unit cohesion that are the essence of military capability”
Obergefell v. Hodges (ruling and amendment that relates to equal protection used in the case)
In 2015, groups of same-sex couples________ sued their relevant state agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee
Challenge the constitutionality of state’s’ bans_________ on same-sex marriage
Supreme Court rules that state bans_______ on same-sex marriages are unconstitutional (5-4)
Violate Equal protection_________ Clause of 14th Amendment
Citizenship
Latino
Equal Pay
Women
Immigration
Latinos
Transgender laws and “Don’t say gay”
LGBTQ+
Representation in the media
-LGBTQ+, Natives, Latinos. And disabled people
Higher minimum wage
Workers
Representation in the government, not just in tribal land
Reproductive rights
Women
Water on the reservations
Native Americans
Better health benefits
Workers
Adoption Rights
LGBTQ+
Accessibility
People with disabilities
Economics
How nations make decisions about distributing limited resources to satisfy the unlimited wants and needs of its citizens.
Factors of production
-Land
-Capital
-labor
-entrepreneurship
Goods
Actual product or material that can be obtained in the economy (something that can be touched)
EX: sneakers, car pen
Services
Work performed by someone
Ex: electrician, auto mechanic, hair stylist, chef
Needs
things required for survival
EX: Food, water, clothing, shelter
Wants
not required for survival
Luxuries
EVERYTHING ELSE that is not a need is a WANT
Ex. Food is a need, Pizza is a want
Opportunity Cost
The value of what you give up
Making a choice costs you the opportunity to get that other thing
The value of the runner-up, your second choice (the next BEST alternative)
NOT money!
EX: By not picking pizza you give up the opportunity to have the cheese, more carbs, tomato sauce
Trade-off
The act of getting something BUT giving up something else
Entrepreneurship
-leaders who decide how to combine Land, Labor and Capital to make new or innovative goods and services
-take risks to start new companies and develop new ideas
-Risk-taker
Land (list 2 examples)
Coal, golf course, Fruit, vegetables, the sea
Labor (list two examples)
Factory worker, carpenter, waiter, server
Capital
Pencil, car, tools, machines, mixer, oven
Entrepreneurship
CEO, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Mr.Pierre of Pierres Baker, Scrub Daddy Founder
Macroeconomics
The study of the economy as a whole
GDP
the _Gross Domestic Product_____________________________________ (GDP)
The dollar amount of all _goods, services, and structures ___________________________________________ produced within a country’s national borders in one year.
Why are second hand sales not included in the GDP
Product cannot be produced multiple times, so it is only accounted for by its first purchase.
Recession
When the GDP goes down for ___6______ consecutive months or more
Top expenditure of the federal budget
The US Military
Which level of government gets Excise Tax (Level and Define)?
Federal
Which level of government gets Sales Tax
State Government
Which level of government gets Property Tax
State and Local Government
Which level of government gets Income Tax
Federal Government
Which level of government gets Inheritence Tax
Federal Government
