EOC-RG: Schilb Vocab w/Court Cases (1-52)
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- Q1Age of Enlightenment• People who did not support the ratification of the U.S. ConstitutionTime period after the Middle Ages that grew out of the Scientific Revolution of 1500s. English thinkers like Thomas Hobbes and John Locke tried to define natural rights and the purpose of government …"to protect life, liberty, and property…”• The legal authority of a court to hear appeals from a lower court.• To divide up or allocate30s
- Q2Anti-FederalistUsually refers to legislative districts.Time period after the Middle Ages that grew out of the Scientific Revolution of 1500s.The legal authority of a court to hear appeals from a lower courtPeople who did not support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights. They thought it gave too much power to the national government. Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were leading Anti-Federalists.30s
- Q3Appellate Jurisdiction• Also referred to as “division of powers”. • Powers of the government to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws is divided up. • This prevents one part of government having all the power.• The first constitution of the United States. • Ratified in 1781. • It was a document that gave little power to a national government. Most political power was reserved to the states. • Replaced in 1787 by current USC.• The legal authority of a court to hear appeals from a lower court. • The U.S. Supreme Court has this jurisdiction over all Federal Courts and cases between states.• People who did not support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights. They thought it gave too much power to the national government. • Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were leading Anti-Federalists.30s
- Q4Apportioned• People who did not support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution without a bill of rights. They thought it gave too much power to the national government. • Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were leading Anti-Federalists.• The first constitution of the United States. • Ratified in 1781. • It was a document that gave little power to a national government. Most political power was reserved to the states.• The legal authority of a court to hear appeals from a lower court. • The U.S. Supreme Court has this jurisdiction over all Federal Courts and cases between states.• To divide up or allocate • Usually refers to legislative districts.30s
- Q5Articles of Confederation• After the Civil War (1861-1865) during Reconstruction (1865-1877), laws were passed to restrict the rights of black people (and poor whites). • Laws that specifically discriminated against “persons of color”. • Related to “Jim Crow laws”.• To divide up or allocate • Usually refers to legislative districts.• Also referred to as “division of powers”. • Powers of the government to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws is divided up. • This prevents one part of government having all the power.• The first constitution of the United States. • Ratified in 1781. • It was a document that gave little power to a national government. Most political power was reserved to the states. • Replaced in 1787 by current USC.30s
- Q6Balance of Power• It was a document that gave little power to a national government. Most political power was reserved to the states. • Replaced in 1787 by current USC.• Also referred to as “division of powers”. • Powers of the government to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws is divided up. • This prevents one part of government having all the power.• The act of a legislative body punishing someone or something without a judicial trial.• After the Civil War (1861-1865) during Reconstruction (1865-1877), laws were passed to restrict the rights of black people (and poor whites). • Laws that specifically discriminated against “persons of color”. • Related to “Jim Crow laws”.30s
- Q7Bill of Attainder• The act of a legislative body punishing someone or something without a judicial trial.• Powers of the government to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws is divided up.• This prevents one part of government having all the power.• Also referred to as “division of powers”.30s
- Q8Black Codes• Powers of the government to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws is divided up. • This prevents one part of government having all the power.• Supreme Court case that said educational facilities separated due to race cannot be truly equal. Therefore, segregation violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.• This decision reversed the 1896 case, Plessey v. Ferguson, that established the “separate, but equal” doctrine and segregation of the races.• After the Civil War (1861-1865) during Reconstruction (1865-1877), laws were passed to restrict the rights of black people (and poor whites). • Laws that specifically discriminated against “persons of color”. • Related to “Jim Crow laws”.30s
- Q9Brown v. Board of Education, 1954• Also referred to as “division of powers”. • Powers of the government to make laws, enforce laws, and interpret laws is divided up.• An economic system in which the means of production (Land, labor, tools) are privately owned and used to make a profit in a competitive market.• Supreme Court case that said educational facilities separated due to race cannot be truly equal. Therefore, segregation violate the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. • This decision reversed the 1896 case, Plessey v. Ferguson, that established the “separate but equal” doctrine and segregation of the races.• An economic system in which the means of production (Land, labor, tools) are privately owned and used to make a profit in a competitive market.30s
- Q10Capitalism• Dedication of citizens to act for the common good, even at the cost of their own safety and happiness• An economic system in which the means of production (Land, labor, means of production) are privately owned and used to make a profit in a competitive market.• Basic and fundamental rights of every member of a society. • Often referred to the rights that protect the minority from the majority• A system of shared and explicit political powers divided among the different branches of government so that one person or part of government cannot dominate the others.30s
- Q11Checks & Balances• A system of shared and explicit political powers divided among the different branches of government so that one person or part of government cannot dominate the others.• Basic and fundamental rights of every member of a society. • Often referred to the rights that protect the minority from the majority• Dedication of citizens to act for the common good, even at the cost of their own safety and happiness• An economic system in which the means of production (Land, labor, tools) are privately owned and used to make a profit in a competitive market.30s
- Q12Civic Virtue• A system of shared and explicit political powers divided among the different branches of government so that one person or part of government cannot dominate the others.• Dedication of citizens to act for the common good, even at the cost of their own safety and happiness• This decision reversed the 1896 case, Plessey v. Ferguson, that established the “separate, but equal” doctrine and segregation of the races.• Basic and fundamental rights of every member of a society. • Often referred to the rights that protect the minority from the majority30s
- Q13Civil Rights• The authority to carry out a task. • Often refers to selected people, (three or more), for a specific job• Dedication of citizens to act for the common good, even at the cost of their own safety and happiness• The rule that sets limitations on freedom of speech when it may endanger the safety of or directly harm others.• Basic and fundamental rights of every member of a society. • Often referred to the rights that protect the minority from the majority30s
- Q14Civil War Amendments• What is good for the community, or nation. • To serve all, not just one.• The 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments passed after the Civil War ending slavery, establishing citizenship and equal protection of the law, and all male suffrage.• The authority to carry out a task. • Often refers to selected people, (three or more), for a specific job.• The rule that sets limitations on freedom of speech when it may endanger the safety of or directly harm others.30s
- Q15Clear & Present Danger• What is good for the community, or nation. • To serve all, not just one.• Basic and fundamental rights of every member of a society. • Often referred to the rights that protect the minority from the majority• The rule that sets limitations on freedom of speech when it may endanger the safety of or directly harm others. For example, you cannot yell "fire" in a crowded theater simply to cause panic• The 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments passed after the Civil War ending slavery, establishing citizenship and equal protection of the law, and all male suffrage.30s