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HONS GOVT NOTES
~HONS~ GOVERNMENT NOTES
Question | Answer |
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AMENDMENTS | CHANGES/ADDITIONS TO A CONSTITUTION OR LAW |
CONSTITUTION | LAWS THAT NO PERSON IS ABOVE – RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND CITIZENS |
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS | LEGAL DETERMINATIONS MADE BY THE HIGHEST COURT IN THE U.S. |
BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION | SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL |
PLESSEY V. FERGUSON | SEPARATE BUT EQUAL |
BILL OF RIGHTS | FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ADDED AS A PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES |
1ST AMENDMENT | FREEDOM OF SPEECH, RELIGION, PRESS (NEWSPAPER), ASSEMBLY, RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVT. |
5-8TH AMENDMENTS | RIGHTS OF ACCUSED PERSONS DURING CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS (fair and speedy trial, jury of peers, right not to incriminate self – pleading the 5th) |
13th AMENDMENT | ABOLITION OF SLAVERY |
14TH AMENDMENT | ALL MEN ARE TO BE GIVEN EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW |
15TH AMENDMENT | GIVES ALL MALE CITIZENS RIGHT TO VOTE |
16TH AMENDMENT | THE GOVERNMENT CAN COLLECT INCOME TAXES |
18TH AMENDMENT | PROHIBITION or THE OUTLAW OF SALE AND MANUFACTURE OF ALCOHOL |
19TH AMENDMENT | GIVES WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE |
22ND AMENDMENT | RESTRICTED PRESIDENTS TO BEING ELECTED TO NO MORE THAN 2 TERMS |
24TH AMENDMENT | POLL TAXES ARE NOT LEGAL |
26TH AMENDMENT | GAVE THE VOTE TO 18 YEAR OLD CITIZENS |
PROHIBITION | OUTLAW OF ALCOHOL IN THE 1920S IN RESPONSE TO TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT WHICH WANTED TO RESTORE SOCIETIES MORALS |
WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION | BELIEVING THAT ALL OF SOCIETIES ILLS WERE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL, THIS MOVEMENT HELPED OUTLAW ALCOHOL AND GET THE 18TH AMENDMENT PASSED. IT WAS REPEALED SHORTLY AFTER (by 21st) |
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. BAKKE | REVERSE DISCRIMINATION CASE – RULED RACE MAY BE USED - BUT - ONLY AS ONE ELEMENT IN ADMISSION |
ABSOLUTE MONARCHY | A HEREDITARY RULER CONTROLS ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT; EXAMPLE |
ABSOLUTISM | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A MONARCH IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF POWER |
CONSTITUTIONAL | A LAW OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ACTION THAT ALIGNS WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION |
CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY | A HEREDITARY RULER HAS LIMITS ON HIS/HER POWER; EXAMPLE |
DEMOCRACY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH POLITICAL CONTROL IS EXERCISED BY THE PEOPLE |
DICTATOR | A LEADER OF A COUNTRY WHO HAS ABSOLUTE P0WER AND AUTHORITY |
MONARCHY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT RULED BY A KING OR QUEEN |
PARLIAMENTARY DEMOCRACY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE EXECUTIVE LEADERS ARE CHOSEN BY THE LEGISLATURE; AS IN GREAT BRITAIN |
PRESIDENTIAL DEMOCRACY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A SEPARATION OF POWERS BETWEEN INDEPENDENT AND COEQUAL EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES; AS IN THE U.S. |
THEOCRACY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT HEADED BY ONE OR MORE RELIGIOUS LEADERS WHO CLAIM TO RULE BY DIVINE AUTHORITY |
CHECKS AND BALANCES | A SYSTEM TO PREVENT ONE BRANCH OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FROM BECOMING TOO POWERFUL. |