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The Magna Carta basically states that nobody is above the law not even the king and everyone can be criminally charged. -
The stamp act was an act in which the British Parliament imposed a direct tax on the American colonies. The biggest reason the colonists hated this act was because "no taxation without representation".
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The Declaration of Independence was how America officially declared their independence from Great Britain. -
This was the first form of true government in the United states it wasn't a very good frame because the states had a lot more power than the central government.
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The constitution is the "Law of The Land". It is the basic laws that make everything work. -
The bill of rights is what grants citizens their natural rights such as life, liberty, freedom of speech, press, etc.
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The protection from cruel and unjust punishment.
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Any rights not given to the federal government are given to the states.
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This amendment gives you the rights to Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition.
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The right to an jury trial in a civil case.
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All rights not in the constitution belong to the people.
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This amendment gives you the right to bear arms. -
The right to not shelter soldiers.
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The right to life, liberty, and property.
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The right to not be searched or seized unfairly.
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The right to a speedy trial, public trial, and with a jury of your peers. -
Citizens rise together against the tax on whiskeys forcing Washington to send troops to western Pennsylvania to stop the angry citizens.
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Protects the states from law suits.
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The united states purchased the Louisiana territory and gained about 830,000 sq mi. which was a whole lot of land for the united states in 1803.
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There are separate ballets for the President and Vice President.
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The emancipation proclamation declared all slaves in rebel states as free because the confederacy were trying to get support from Britain but when Lincoln released this it made the war seem like a war about slaves. Britain hated the idea of slaves which made them not want to support the confederacy and this gave slaves their first chance of free life in the United States.
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The civil war was a war between the two half of the United States. The confederates wanted to break away from the United States because they didn't like the ideas that the United States were pushing.
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The abolishment of slavery.
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Equal protection under the Constitution for all United States citizens.
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No voting discrimination of race.
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This act basically stopped companies or businesses from becoming to powerful. It Authorized the government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them.
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Popular vote for United States Senate.
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Income tax is legal.
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This court case declared that free speech could be limited if it presented a clear and present danger.
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This act prohibited the manufacturing, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Prohibition of alcohol.
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Women's right to vote.
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This law was a temporary quota put in place to limit the immigration of Europeans to the United States
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This law allowed women to stay citizens even if they married a man who is not.
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This supreme court case allowed schools to teach kids in schools languages other than English.
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This act was an attempt to give citizenship to Native Amercians.
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Moving of dates for terms of presidency.
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Repeal of prohibition of alcohol.
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Allowed congress to regulate employment conditions.
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The United States joins World War 2 after the bombing of pearl habor. This war turns out to be the biggest war ever when nazi Germany tries to take over the world. This war was the first war that nuclear weapons were used.
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Upheld involuntary internment of ethnically Japanese American citizens.
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This amendment makes it so presidents can only serve for two terms.
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This case ruled that segregation was illegal and schools had to desegregate.
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The Amendment allows American citizens residing in the District of Columbia to vote for presidential electors
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This supreme court case established one man one vote meaning that every person could only vote one time per election.
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The supreme court decided that state officials violated the first amendment when they wrote a prayer to be recited by New York school children.
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This supreme court case decided that if a person can not afford a lawyer in court then they will be given a free one because it is a necessity and not a luxury.
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This amendment made it so that poll taxes are not legal.
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This act outlaws the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states that took place after the civil war.
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Expanded the rights of people accused of crimes. "Miranda Rights"
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This court case struck down all state laws that banned interacial marriage
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This amendment formally set up the president succession program.
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This court case ruled that schools couldn't stop students from protesting the Vietnam war.
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The president argues that the publication of the pentagons papers is in violation of executive privilege and they decided that the president was right.
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This amendment changed the voting age to 18.
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This supreme court case established that Amish children do not have to go to school until they are 16 and they can quit school once they finish the eighth grade.
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This supreme court case legalized abortion on the basis of a woman's right to privacy.
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This amendment made it so that congress cannot get a pay raise until their next term.
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This case ruled that the 2nd amendment protects peoples right to keep and bear arms for self defense.
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This case ruled that states must grant and recognize same-sex marriages.
