What was the outcome of the Twelfth Amendment on the Electoral College?
Read the scenario.Calvin is excited about the release of a new sneaker from his favorite shoe company. But then he reads a news story about how the company contributes money to a political candidate who is known for making inconsiderate comments.
How are electors given to states?
Read the scenario.Ramil’s grandmother has become a citizen and is interested in voting for the first time. Ramil helps her make a plan so she can vote.
What was the impact of the 1963 Children’s March in Alabama?
Read the passage.In 1965, a group of students in Des Moines, Iowa, wore black armbands to school to protest US involvement in the Vietnam War. School officials punished them by sending them home. The students’ parents sued the school for violating the students’ First Amendment rights, and the case eventually reached the US Supreme Court as Tinker v. Des Moines. In the court’s 7–2 majority decision, Justice Abe Fortas wrote:School officials do not possess absolute authority over their students. Students in school as well as out of school are "persons” under our Constitution. They are possessed of fundamental rights which the State must respect, just as they themselves must respect their obligations to the State. In our system, students may not be regarded as closed-circuit recipients of only that which the State chooses to communicate. They may not be confined to the expression of those sentiments that are officially approved. In the absence of a specific showing of constitutionally valid reasons to regulate their speech, students are entitled to freedom of expression of their views.
In the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore won more votes nationwide than George W. Bush. Yet, Bush was named the president. How was this possible?
Read the scenario.Joaquín’s parents are talking about their state’s upcoming election for governor. Joaquín says to his twin, Esme, that he’s interested in helping with the election. "What can we do?”” asks Esme. "We’re only 16.”
How have marches such as the Women’s Suffrage Procession led to changes in public policy?
In West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, the Supreme Court ruled on the case of a family of children who were sent home from school because they refused on religious grounds to salute the flag. In ruling in favor of the family, Justice Robert Jackson wrote:To sustain the compulsory [required] flag salute we are required to say that a Bill of Rights which guards the individual's right to speak his own mind, left it open to public authorities to compel [force] him to utter [say] what is not in his mind.
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