1st Amendment
Freedom of Religion prohibits the government from establishing an official religion and...
Limiting the freedom of religion
Legislative branch:
_______________ laws.
Makes
Executive branch:
________________ laws.
Enforces, executes, carries out
Judicial branch:
_________________ laws.
Interprets
The First 10 Amendments.
The Bill of Rights
The Freedom to Petition the government allows citizens to petition the government and to make ______________ of the government.
Requests
The number of senators each state has.
The leader of the Executive Branch.
President
There are this many Supreme Court justices.
Nine
The 8th Amendment says that cruel and ________________ punishments shall not be inflicted.
Unusual
The Freedom of Assembly grants Americans the right to peaceably assemble or hold ___________________.
Meetings
The two parts of Congress (Legislative Branch).
House of Representatives and the Senate
How many terms (or years) the President can serve.
Two terms = 8 years
The power of the US Supreme Court to determine if a law passed by Congress or a presidential action is in accord with the Constitution.
Judicial Review
Balancing the powers among the three branches allows them to limit the power each other.
Checks and Balances
SPELL the freedom that allows citizens to make requests of the government.
P E T I T I O N
The number of representatives each state has in the House depends on a state's _________________.
Population
The _______________ role is to advise the President on any subject he or she may require relating to the duties of each member’s respective office.
This is not an individual person or position, but the name for the whole group who serve under the President.
Cabinet
This person nominates Supreme Court justices.
The President
The name of the rights police read to you if you are in custody and/or will be questioned.
Miranda Rights
The year the First Amendment was ratified.
1776, 1791, 1800
1791
The current Speaker of the House (female).
Nancy Pelosi
The current Vice President.
Kamala Harris
The first African American Supreme Court judge. He was featured in the Amend Series.
I will accept his first or last name!
Thurgood Marshall
The amendment the Amend Series (with Will Smith) focuses on.
Please tell me the Amendment and a brief explanation of its key components.
14th
-Citizen
-Equal rights/protection