Limited Government
This is where the constitution explains how the government is limited in their powers.
What are the articles?
This is where you split the powers of the Federal Government and the State Governments.
What is the 10th Amendment?
These are the three branches of government.
What are the legislatives branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch?
This is principle that explains how each branch of government limits each other's powers.
What is Checks and Balances?
This amendment guarantees US Citizens the right to freedom of speech, religion, the press, and petition.
What is the first amendment?
These are the first ten amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These powers are left to the States.
What are reserved powers?
This branch interprets the laws.
Who is the Judicial Branch?
If a bill is presented to this office, the office has the right to veto the bill.
"I plead the fifth" is a phrase popularly used to protect citizen from taking the stand in their defense. This right is protected by this amendment.
This article explains the importance and role of the legislative branch.
What is Article I?
These powers are shared between the Federal Government and the State Governments.
What are Concurrent Powers?
This house is based on a state's population.
What is the House of Representatives?
This branch of government holds the power to declare war and can check the power of the executive branch.
Who is the legislative branch?
This amendment was written in response to the Quartering Act.
What is the third amendment?
This article explains the job of the President, the Vice President, and the members of the Cabinet.
What is Article II?
These powers are left to the Federal Government.
In this house, there are exactly 100 members- all of who are elected to their position.
What is the Senate?
This branch declared a new law as unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This amendment protects your right to a fair and impartial jury.
What is the seventh amendment?
This compromise split Congress into two house- the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is The Great Compromise?
This person influenced the idea of splitting powers between the federal government and state governments in order to limit the powers of the federal government.
Who is James Madison?
This person acts as the tie breaker vote to the senate if needed.
Who is the Vice President?
This branch must have a 2/3 majority to override a president's veto.
What is the legislative branch?
What is the sixth amendment?