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15 Cards in this Set
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Roger Taney |
The chief justice who ruled Dred Scott still a slave. |
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Roger Williams |
Preacher who claimed to be the one voice of God; "go worship freely". |
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William Lloyd Garrison |
Said slavery was wrong; founder of 1st anti-slavery movement. |
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Civil Liberties Guaranteed By Amendments |
Right to privacy, freedom of religion, speech, press, right to bear arms, rights of the accused, fighting terrorism, and protecting liberty. |
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Joseph McCarthy |
Man in senate who led witchhunt for communists. |
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Eli Whitney |
Created cotton gin and revitalized slavery. |
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Exclusionary Rule |
Ruling that evidence obtained in an illegal search may not be included in a trial. |
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Barron v Baltimore |
Rights do not apply at state level; eminent domain- gov't can take your stuff. |
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Chinese Exclusion Act |
1882 barred Chinese immigrants and declared Chinese people inelgible for citizenship. |
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Strict Constructionism |
If constitution does not say government can, they can't. |
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Circuit Courts |
Second stage of federal courts which review the trial record of cases decided in district court to ensure they were settled properly. |
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Pendelton Act |
Required federal government to hire well qualified individuals, who must take exams to qualify for their posts. |
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Strict Scrutiny |
Tendency to strike down as unconstitutional any legislation that singles our race or ethnicity unless the government has a compelling interest in such legislation. |
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Structure of Courts |
Lower courts conduct trials. Appelate courts hear appeals. Supreme court renders final verdict. |
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Bureaucracy Growth- why? |
National needs called for growth (war, morality, economics, geography, race) & as nation grew, the government/bureaucracy grew. |
