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The Magna Carta
Magna Carta Libertatum, commonly called Magna Carta, is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor -
Colonial Settlement
Colonial America was a vast land settled by Spanish, Dutch, French and English immigrants who established colonies such as St. Augustine, Florida; Jamestown, Virginia; and Roanoke in present-day North Carolina. -
The American Revolution
The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence, formally The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, is the pronouncement and founding document adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
Dual Federalism
Dual federalism is based on the idea that the federal government and the State governments are co-equals and each is legislating in a separate sphere. -
The New Nation
sought independence from the powerful British Empire, becoming the first colonies in the Americas to revolt and seek independence from their mother empire. -
The Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution -
The Fourth Amendment
Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government -
The First Amendment
Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise -
The Second Amendment
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. -
The Fifth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution. -
The 8th Amendment
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. -
The 7th Amendment
The right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. -
The Sixth Amendment
The Sixth Amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you. -
The 10th Amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. -
The 9th Amendment
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. -
The Third Amendment
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law. -
The 11th Amendment
The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state. -
Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes that they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. -
The 12th Amendment
Requires a person to receive a majority of the electoral votes for vice president for that person to be elected vice president by the Electoral College. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the scope of the U.S. Congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of American state legislatures. -
The 13th Amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
The 14th Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. -
The 15th Amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal" -
The 16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
The 18th Amendment
Prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors". -
The 19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
The 20th Amendment
moved the beginning and ending of the terms of the president and vice president from March 4th to January 20th, and of members of Congress from March 4th to January 3rd. -
The 21st Amendment
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited. -
United States v. Miller
Ruled 2nd Amendment does not protect the right to have all types of weapons -
U.S. v. Darby
Upheld Fair Labor Standards Act; Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate employment conditions -
Korematsu v. the United States
Upheld involuntary of ethnically Japanese American citizens -
The 22nd Amendment
No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
The 23rd Amendment
Extends the right to participate in presidential elections to the District of Columbia. -
The 24th Amednment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President, for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax. -
Reynolds v. Sims
Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population. -
The 25th Amendment
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. -
Miranda v. Arizona
Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution restricts prosecutors from using a person's -
Loving V. Virginia
Struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage. -
Terry v. Ohio
Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that it is constitutional for American police to "stop and frisk" a person they reasonably suspect to be armed and involved in a crime -
Tinker v. Des Moines
Ruled that school's couldn't prevent students from protesting the Vietnam War -
Bradenburg v. Ohio
Brandenburg v. Ohio, 395 U.S. 444, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court interpreting the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
The 26th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
the 27th Amendment
It prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until after the next election of the House of Representatives has occurred. -
Roper v. Simmons
Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551, was a landmark decision in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that it is unconstitutional to impose capital punishment for crimes committed while under the age of 18 -
D.C. v. Heller
Ruled the 2nd Amendment protests an individuals right to keep and Bear arms for self-defense -
McDonald v. Chicago
Ruled 2nd Amendment applies to federal, State, an local governments; upheld 2nd Amendment -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Ruled states must grant and recognize same-sex marriage
