Amendments
Bill of Rights
Terms to know
Constitution
Misc
100

Added to the Constitution in 1870 this amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.

What is the Fifteenth (15th) Amendment?

100

Your second amendment rights are known as these....

What is the right to bear arms?

100

Both Cincinnatus and George Washington modeled this when they served their countries instead of doing what they wanted......

What is Civic Virtue? 

100

Article 1 of the Constitution set up a bicameral system -- called

What is the House and Senate? 

100
Even after the ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments Southern states passed laws to destroy the political power of African Americans name one of the laws that inhibited African-American voters....
What is poll tax; literacy tests, grandfather clauses?
200
Added to the Constitution in 1919, this amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth (19th) Amendment?
200
What amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
What are Amendments 1 - 10?
200

This group wanted a strong Federal government and was somewhat lead by James Madison....

What is Federalists? 

200

The Constitution says you have to be ______ years old  to be President of the United states 

What is 35 years old. 

200

This Article of the Constitution says it's the Supreme Law of the land....

What is Article 6?

300

Amendment 24 eliminated this tax to allow more equity to the US voting system.

What is a POLL tax? 

300

While the 5th Amendment prohibits the government from trying a person twice for the same crime. We commonly refer to this as..........

What is double jeopardy?

300

This term traces back to natural rights philosophy of John Locke. We believe that these rights are are so important that governments may not interfere with them.

What is a fundamental right or Natural Right?

300

Members of the US Supreme Court are the only government officials who serve this term length....

What is for life?

300
This is the shortest article in the Constitution and allows for federal judges to be appointed and not elected. 

What is Article 3? 

400
What is the ONLY amendment to be repealed?
What is the Eighteenth (18th) Amendment? (Prohibition)
400
Under the 4th Amendment the founders insured the government could not do this to your personal property....
What is illegal search and seizure (or must have a search warrant).
400

A law that all people must follow is called.....

What is a common law? 

400

This article allows state laws to transfer to other states without punishment (think driving permit from Iowa to Colorado)

What is the 4th Article? 

400

Which Article is the longest in the Constitution? 

What is Article 1? 

500
This amendment was passed in 1971 and gave 18-year-olds the right to vote.
What is the twenty-sixth (26th) Amendment?
500
The First Amendment guarantees 5 basic civil liberties name them....
What is Religion Speech Press, Assemble, Petition.
500
The power to declare what the Constitution means and whether the actions of government officials violate the Constitution is known as this power....
What is judicial review?
500

The court case in 1803 that allowed for a unanimous Supreme Court decision giving judges the power to decide whether acts of Congress, the executive branch, state laws and even state constitution violate the United States Constitution (provided the foundation of judicial review)

What is Marbury v. Madison?

500

This is the number of states needed to ratify the Constitution. 

What is 9?

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