Amendments
How many amendments are there?
27
What year was the constitution ratified?
1787.
What are the unalienable rights?
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness.
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Judicial, & Executive.
A system that allows each branch of government to check in on other branches to prevent too much power?
Checks and balances
What are the first 10 amendments called?
The Bill of Rights.
Who supported the ratification of the constitution?
Federalists.
T/F The government and citizens of America all have to follow the law.
True.
What does Congress do?
Make laws.
Government power restricted by law, usually written under the constitution?
Limited government
What are the 13,14,15th amendments called?
Reconstruction Amendments.
What are the 3 parts of the constitution?
Preamble, the 7 articles of confederation, and the 27 amendments.
When did America gain its independence?
July 4, 1776.
Who is the judicial department made out of?
Judges
The ability to act, think, and have certain freedoms without interference from the government?
Individual rights
Which amendment gave women the right to vote
The 19th amendment.
What 3 people wrote the 85 essays called, The Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
What are anti federalists?
People who were opposed to the constitution.
Who makes up the executive branch?
The president & cabinet members.
The idea that government is created by the people, majority rule.
Popular sovereignty
Which amendment prohibited alcohol?
The 18th amendment.
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
Does every branch of government have the same amount of power?
Yes.
Who makes up the legislative branch?
Senators & House of Representatives.
When you elect or support you Representatives it is known as?
Republicanism.