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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 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 was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. -
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 is based on the idea that the federal government and the State governments are co-equals and each is legislating in a separate sphere.
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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 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 It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution -
Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government -
Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise
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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 to the United States Constitution addresses criminal procedure and other aspects of the Constitution. -
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. -
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 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 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 enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. -
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 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.
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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.
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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, 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.
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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. -
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. -
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
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"
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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. -
Prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors". -
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. -
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.
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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. -
Ruled 2nd Amendment does not protect the right to have all types of weapons
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Upheld Fair Labor Standards Act; Commerce Clause allows Congress to regulate employment conditions
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Upheld involuntary of ethnically Japanese American citizens
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No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
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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. -
Extends the right to participate in presidential elections to the District of Columbia.
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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, 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.
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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, 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
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Struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage.
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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
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Ruled that school's couldn't prevent students from protesting the Vietnam War
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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.
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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. -
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, 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
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Ruled the 2nd Amendment protests an individuals right to keep and Bear arms for self-defense
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Ruled 2nd Amendment applies to federal, State, an local governments; upheld 2nd Amendment
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Ruled states must grant and recognize same-sex marriage
