We the People: Unit 3

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How Has the Constitution Been Changed to Further the Ideals Contained in the Declaration of Independence?

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Framers provided a process for amending the Constitution.

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How Have Amendments  Changed the Constitution? Options: everyone was given equal rights, ^{more amendments have been added}, ^{amendments have abolished rights found in the Constitution; slavery}, no change

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^{amendments have abolished rights found in the Constitution; slavery}

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How Has Judicial Review Changed the Constitution?

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Gave the Supreme Court the power to review state court decisions involving the constitutionality of both federal statutes and state statutes.

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What Is the Role of Political Parties in the Constitutional System?

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They bring people together to achieve control of the government.

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How Did the Civil War Test and Transform the American Constitutional System?

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raised the right of states to secede from the union

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How Has the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Changed the Constitution?

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guarantees that states shall not deprive people of life, liberty, or property without due process

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How Has the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment Changed the Constitution? Options: prohibits state governments from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, prohibits state governments from depriving a person of their right to vote, prohibits state governments from depriving a person of their right to bear arms, prohibits state governments from depriving a person of their sanctity

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prohibits state governments from depriving a person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

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How Has the Right to Vote Been Expanded since the Adoption of the Constitution?

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almost all citizens eighteen years of age or older represents

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When Was the 14th Amendment Passed? Options: 1866, 1867, 1868, ^{The Constitution doesn't exist}

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1868

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What Does The 14th Amendment entail?

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No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States