The Constitution
What year was the Constitution ratified?
What is 1789?
What are the three rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence?
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
How many amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
What are 10?
What is judicial review?
What is the process of determining the constitutionality of a law?
What are the three key documents that form the foundation of the United States government?
What are the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights?
What does the Constitution provide for each branch of government?
What are the framework and rules?
Who wanted a list of protections for individual rights?
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
When was the Bill of Rights ratified?
What is December 15, 1791?
Which branch of government conducts judicial review?
What is the Supreme Court?
What does the Declaration of Independence define?
What are the principles and ideals of freedom and liberty?
Who introduced the possible amendments in Congress?
Who is James Madison?
Why did the Federalists oppose a list of rights?
What is they believed it wasn't necessary?
What does the Bill of Rights say Congress cannot do?
What is make laws that take away a citizen's rights?
What does it mean when a law is "upheld"?
What is it is still a law?
How does the Constitution relate to the protection of individual rights?
What is it sets up how the government protects these rights?
How many amendments were originally proposed?
What is 12?
What does the Bill of Rights protect against?
What are laws that take away a citizen's rights?
What is the main purpose of the Bill of Rights?
What is to protect individual rights?
What is the role of the Supreme Court in the checks and balances system?
What is to ensure laws are constitutional?
What is the significance of the Bill of Rights in relation to the Constitution?
What is it provides specific protections against government actions?
What does the Constitution define about government powers?
What can the government do?
What happens to a law that is not in line with the Bill of Rights?
What is it is struck down?
What action must the government take to protect the rights of the people?
What is to follow the rules set by the Bill of Rights?
When can the Supreme Court "strike down" a law?
When it is not aligned with the rights in the Constitution.
Why is the history of the United States considered a story of ensuring liberty and freedom?
What is because of the ongoing efforts to protect citizens' rights?