Bill of Rights
This Amendment grant US citizens the Freedom of Religion.
What is the First Amendment?
This Article of the Constitution created the one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
What is Article III of the US constitution?
This is a change or an addition to a document
What is an Amendment?
They serve for 2-year terms, and are serving the people of a specific congressional district. And proportionally they represent the population of the 50 states.
What is a Representative(Congressman/woman)?
Branch of the US government that is led by the President of the USA
What is the Executive Branch?
This Amendment gives US citizens protection from illegal search & seizure.
What is the fourth Amendment?
This Article outlines the method for electing the President, the scope of the President's powers as well as duties, and the process of removing one from office.
What is Article II of the US Constitution?
This is considered the introduction to the US Constitution
What is the Preamble?
This means that congress has two houses: the House of Representative and the Senate.
What is Bi-Cameral?
This branch of US government is led by the highest court in the land, also know as the Supreme Court.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This Amendment grants US citizens the right to have a jury trial in federal courts with civil cases.(such as suing)
What is the seventh Amendment
This Article of the Constitution created the House of Representatives and the Senate, also known as Congress.
What is Article I of the US Constitution?
There are seven of them and all seven make up the middle part of the US constitution.
What are the Articles of the US Constitution?
To run for this branch of congress, you must be a citizen for at least nine years, and must be at least 30 years of age.
What is the Senate?
This refers to the separation of powers within the USA.
What are Checks and Balances?
This Amendment grants US citizens the right to bear arms.
What is the second Amendment?
This Article of the Constitution grants states the power to create and enforce their own laws. And describes how the states interact with each other.
What is Article IV of the US Constitution?
This document was the law of the land before the US Constitution.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
This is the political manipulation of electoral district boundaries with the intent to disenfranchise and target voters of a certain group, minority, or socio-economic class.
What is Gerrymandering?
This Branch of the US government is led by Congress. (the House of Representatives and the Senate)
What is the Legislative Branch?
This Amendment grants US citizens the right against forced self-incrimination. (to remain silent)
What is the fifth Amendment?
This Article states that the laws and treaties of the U.S. government are “the supreme law of the land.”
What is Article VI (6) of the US Constitution?
The US Constitution has twenty-seven of them, and the first ten are referred to as "The Bill of Rights".
What are the Amendments?
Contains 435 members who represent congressional districts within a state.
What is the House of Representatives?
This Branch of Government creates and votes on bills that eventually become laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?