Study Guide
-The Constitution and the Supreme Court
You should be able to identify the
following people, places and things
|
1. |
Delegated or
Enumerated Powers |
11. |
Establishment
Clause |
20. |
Exclusionary
Rule |
|
2. |
Reserved Powers |
12. |
Free
Exercise Clause |
21. |
“Cruel
and Unusual Punishment” |
|
3. |
Concurrent or
Shared Powers |
13. |
Lemon
Test |
22. |
Corporal
Punishment |
|
4. |
impeachment |
14. |
Equal
Access |
23. |
Affirmative
Action |
|
5. |
veto |
15. |
Scopes
Monkey Trial |
24. |
Reverse
Discrimination |
|
6. |
The elastic
clause |
16. |
Prior
Restraint |
25. |
Miranda Rights |
|
7. |
habeas
corpus |
17. |
Symbolic
Speech |
26. |
Plessy v. Ferguson |
|
8. |
due process |
18. |
“Clear
and Present Danger” |
27. |
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka |
|
9. |
Bill of Rights |
19. |
“Fruit
of the poison tree” |
28. |
judicial review |
|
10. |
Electoral
College |
|
|
|
|
You should know what each Amendment says.
You should be able to explain the
following concepts.
|
Checks
and Balances |
The
Federalist system |
The
roles of the president |
|
Separation of powers |
How
a bill becomes a law |
The
amendment process |
You should be able to answer
questions on any of the following topics.
What are the three branches of the government and what powers does each
branch have? How does the system of checks and balances work?
What rights are protected in the Bill of Rights?.
What powers are delegated to the national government? What powers are
reserved to the states?
What do the rest of the amendments to the constitution say?
Be familiar with the rulings of the Supreme Court decisions we’ve
discussed in class.
Supreme Court Cases
You
should be familiar with the results of the following Supreme Court cases.
|
Everson
v. Board of Education (1942) |
|
Engel
v. Vitale
(1962) |
|
School
District of Abington Township, Pennsylvania v. Schempp (1963) |
|
Epperson
v. Arkansas
(1968) |
|
Lemon
v. Kurtzman
(1971) |
|
Wallace
v. Jaffree
(1985) |
|
Edwards
v. Aguillard
(1987) |
|
Westside
Community Schools v. Mergens (1990) |
|
Santa
Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000) |
|
Schenk
v. United States (1919) |
|
Tinker
v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969) |
|
Bethel
School District No. 403 v. Fraser (1986) |
|
Hazelwood
School District v. Kuhlmeier (1988) |
|
Weeks
v. United States (1914) |
|
Gideon
v. Wainwright (1963) |
|
Miranda
v. Arizona (1966) |
|
Ingraham
v. Wright
(1977) |
|
New
Jersey v. T.L.O (1985) |
|
Vernonia
School District v. Acton (1995) |
|
Plessy
v. Ferguson
(1896) |
|
Brown
v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954) |
|
Regents
of the University of California v. Bakke (1978) |
|
Hopwood v. State of Texas
(Fifth Circuit, 1996) |
|
Gratz
v. Bollinger (U.S. District Court, Dec., 2000) |
|
Grutter v. Bollinger (U.S.
District Court, March 2001) |
Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 12 and 13
Bring your US books to class – You
will have to give up a Jolly Roger to borrow a book.
Due Wednesday, November 14
A. Read p. 622-625
in US book.
B. Do
Constitution Mini Quiz(for a grade)
Bring the printouts to show that you have taken
the following three online quizzes from my website and that you’ve gotten 100%
on each:
Quiz on Amendments Eleven to
Twenty
Quiz on Amendments Twenty-One
to Twenty-Seven
Friday, November 16
Quiz on the 27 Amendments to the Constitution