The Constitution
The Constitution 2
Surprise
National/Local Government
Crime/Surprise
100
The middle part of the ____ states the six purposes of the government.
What is the Preamble.
100
The necessary and proper clause allows Congress to exercise
What are implied powers?
100
What part of the Constitution deals with how the legislative branch will work?
What is Article I?
100
The Declaration of Independence states that among our inalienable rights are “Life, Liberty, and ____.”
What is the pursuit of happiness?
100
What is the term for banning printed materials or films merely because they contain alarming or offensive ideas?
What is censorship?
200
____ is the notion that governmental power lies with the people.
What is popular sovereignty
200
According to the ____, the law applies to everyone, even those who govern.
What is the rule of law?
200
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are known as the
What are the Bill of Rights?
200
What is the term for a detailed, written plan of government?
What is a constitution?
200
A ____ is a court order allowing police to search a suspect’s home or business and take specific items as evidence.
What is a search warrant?
300
The ____ called for Congress to have a Senate and a House of Representatives.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
What refers to powers given to state governments but not to the national government?
What are reserved powers?
300
____ are held by both state and federal governments.
What are concurrent powers?
300
What is the level of government closest to Americans?
What is local government?
300
____ means that a person judged not guilty cannot be put on trial again for the same crime.
What is double jeopardy?
400
What plan proposed that every five enslaved persons would count as three free persons?
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
400
What is the group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president?
What is the Electoral College?
400
What was the legislative body that drew up the English Bill of Rights in 1689?
Who is Parliament?
400
The ____ defines a U.S. citizen as anyone “born or naturalized in the United States.”
What is the 14th Amendment?
400
The Nineteenth Amendment extended ____ to women.
What is suffrage?
500
The form of government in which power is divided between the national government and the states is called
What is federalism?
500
The ____ believed the Constitution should provide protection for certain basic liberties.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
500
Who wrote Common Sense?
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
Government by the consent of the governed is called
What is popular sovereignty?
500
The right of the government to take away private property for public use is called
What is eminent domain?
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