Civil Rights and Missouri Government Study Guide

A complete set of vocabulary flashcards derived from the lecture notes on Civil Rights, Constitutional Amendments, Landmark Court Cases, and Missouri Government structure.

Civil Rights

Equal treatment under the Law and Fair treatment

Due Process

Fair treatment by the government

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Ending Segragation and discrimination for minorities.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Protected voting rights for minorities

Citizenship Requirements

Rules to become a citizen

Suffrage

The right to vote

Apportionment

dividing representatives among states

Redistricting

Redrawing voting district lines

Gerrymandering

unfair district drawing for advantage

Electoral College

System used to elect the president

Political Ideology

A person political beliefs

Political Parties

Groups With Shared political ideas

Interest Groups

Groups that influence government decisions

Amendment 1

Freedom of speech, religon, Press , assambly

Amendment 2

Right to bear arms

Amendment 3

No Quartering Soldiers in homes

Amendment 4

protection from unreasonable Searches

Amendment 5

Right to remain silent and due process

Amendment 6

Right to Pair and speedy trial

Amendment 7

Right to Jury trial in civil cuses

Amendment 8

No cruel or unusual punishmut

Amendment 9

people have rights not listed

Amendment 10

powers not given to fedural gamment go to states

Amendment 13

Abolised slavery

Amendment 14

Equal protection and citizenship rights

Amendment 15

voting rights regardless of race

Amendment 17

direct election of Senators

Amendment 19

women get the right to rote

Amendment 22

president limited to 2 terms

Amendment 24

No pull taxes for voting

Amendment 25

Rules for presidential succession

Amendment 26

Voting age lowered to 18

Marbury Madison (1803)

Created Judicial reviews

McCulloch u. Maryland (1819)

Federal government is stronger than states

Plessy Ferguson (1896)

Allowed segregation ("separate but equal")

Brown n Board of Education (1954)

Ended School Segregation

Miranda u. Arizona (1966)

police must Read rights to Suspects

New Jersey v. TLO (1985)

Schools can Search Students

Popular Sovereignty

Citizens voting in elections

Limited Government

President must follow the constitution

Checks and Balances

President vetoes a bill

Separation of Powers

Congress make laws president enforces laws

Federalism

state and federal governments sheme power

Judicial Review

Supreme court declares a law Unconstitutional

Civil Liberties

Freedom of speech

Required Civic Duties

Serving on a jury

Delegated Powers

Congress declares wer

Concurrent Powers

Both Stava and fedural gaunmurts collect taxes

Reserved Powers

States control education

Implied Powers

Congress creates a national bank

Governor Qualifications (MO)

at least 30 years old, us. citizen for 15 yours, and missouri resident for 10 years

Line-item veto

governor can reject specific parts of a budget or bill without rejecting the whole thing

Missouri Secretary of state

In charge of elections in Missouri

Missouri State auditor

Checks on how officials and agencies are spending their money the way the state requires

Missouri State treasurer

Handles State funds

Missouri Attorney General

Represents the state of MO in court

General Assembly

The legislative body in MO

Missouri Compromise (1821)

Became a state in 1821; allowed it to enter the union as a slave and maine as a free state

Missouri Bi-Partisan Court Plan

Where Judges are chosen by non partisan comission instead of elections and the governor appoints from their list

Grand Jury

decides if there is enough evidence to bring charges and start trial

Petit Jury

listens to the case trial and decides guilty or innocent

Referendum

When voters approve or reject a law or policy directly

Initiative

When citizens propose a law and vote on it

Recall

When voters remove an elected official from office before their term ends