USPS Final - Political Literacy

Your Representative

Houlahan

Your Senators

Fetterman, McCormick

Speaker of the House

Johnson

House Majority Leader

Scalise

House Minority Leader

Jeffries

Senate Majority Leader

Thune

Senate Minority Leader

Schumer

All 9 justices of the Supreme Court

Sotomayor, Kagan, Jackson, Roberts, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas

1st Amendment

freedom of religion, speech

2nd Amendment

the right to bear arms

9th Amendment

other rights kept by people (people have more rights than what is listed in the Constitution)

10th Amendment

undelegated powers (powers not delegated to the federal government, nor prohibited to states, are reserved to the states or to the people)

13th Amendment

abolish slavery

14th Amendment

birth-right citizenship and due process

15th Amendment

black suffrage

17th Amendment

direct election of senators

19th Amendment

women’s suffrage

23rd Amendment

DC vote for president

24th Amendment

ends poll tax

25th Amendment

presidential succession

26th Amendment

18th-year-old vote

System used for US legislative elections

single-member plurality rule (single-member districts, plurality rule)

Chair of the DNC

Martin

Chair of the RNC

Gruters

Dobbs v. Jackson WHO

state governments can outlaw abortion

US v. Wong Kim Ark

confirms “birthright” citizenship

Shelby County v. Holder

finds the pre-clearance formula unconstitutional

Presidential election 1980

Reagan Republican Carter

Presidential election 1984

Reagan Republican Mondale

Presidential election 1988

HW Bush Republican Dukakis

Presidential election 1992

Clinton Democrat Bush

Presidential election 1996

Clinton Democrat Dole

Presidential election 2000

W Bush Republican Gore

Presidential election 2004

W Bush Republican Kerry

Presidential election 2008

Obama Democrat McCain

Presidential election 2012

Obama Democrat Romney

Presidential election 2016

Trump Republican Clinton

Presidential election 2020

Biden Democrat Trump

Presidential election 2024

Trump Republican Harris