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Civics 15-19
RCHS Civics chapters 15-19
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many constitutional amendments are there? | 27 |
| How many C.A.'s have been voted on? | 33 |
| What % of states have to ratify a C.A.? | 3/4 |
| What are the six types of C.A.'s ? | Bill of Rights, Fundamental changes, Suffrage,Overturning Supreme Court decisions, refinements, and Morality (MORE FB) |
| Bill of Rights: how many were proposed by the House, and how many did the Senate approve and send to the states ? | 17/12 (10 were ratified) |
| What is the power to declare what the constitution means called ? | Judicial Review |
| which early President declared that he wouldn't enforce the Supreme Court decisions ? | Andrew Jackson |
| What law passed in 1798 that allowed the president to deport aliens if he found them dangerous ? | The Alien Act |
| what law in 1798 made it a crime for editors, writers, or speakers to attack the government? | The Sedition Act |
| What year's election was see as a 'Revolution'? | 1800 |
| Why was the election of Thomas Jefferson a "Revolution"? | First time a government got new control without an overthrow |
| what party was Jefferson ? (what party was his opponent?) | Jefferson was Republican; John Adams was Federalist |
| How did the Electoral College vote of 1800 come out (who won the Electoral vote?) | Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr tied |
| Who decided the election of 1800? | House of Reps |
| How did the election of 1800 help establish political parties? | The 12th amendment (passed after that election) set up the concept of a 'ticket' |
| what is the support, often financial, given to a person or institution to a person, group, or other institution called? | Patronage |
| How is patronage used by presidents? | He appoints those of his political parties to various jobs and offices |
| What is the name given to the priorities and policies of a political party? | Their Platform |
| How many state seceded 1860-1861 ? | 11 |
| What were the people who were against slavery called? | Abolistionists |
| What did the Northwest Ordinance say about slavery ? | It banned slavery in the territory |
| what was the Missouri compromise? | Missouri would be a slave state but all other parts of the Louisiana purchase would be open to slavery only if they lay south of MO's southern border |
| What was the most important (and controversial) supreme court decisions before the civil war? | Dred Scott vs. Sandford |
| How did the supreme court rule in the Dred Scott Case? | Against him ! (African Americans can't be citizens, natn'l govt can't exclude slavery from territories, and the 5th amendment protects property rights of slaveowners |
| What was the 'country' started by the seceeded states called? | The Confederate States of America |
| What 4 'border states' were in the union but still had slavery? | DE,KY,MD,MO (and WV broke away from VA) |
| What was Abraham Lincoln's declaration that freed the slaves in the 11 CSA states called? | The Emancipation Proclamation? |
| What did the Emancipation Proclamation NOT do? | Free the slaves in the border states |
| Which amendment abolished Slavery? | 13th |
| Which amendment effectively negated Dred Scott? | 14th (by defining a citizen) |
| Besides defining citizenship, what did the 14th amendment state? | Due process and equal protection |
| What did the 15th amendment deal with ? | right to vote couldn't be denied based on race color, or status as a former slave |
| How did southern states get around the 15th amendment (voting) | Poll taxes, literacy tests, and grandfather clauses |
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