Amendments
"I can say what I want, write what I want, worship as I please, call together a group of my friends to criticize the government and I am also allowed to petition the proper authorities if I so desire." These rights that belong to us all are provided for in which of the Constitutional amendments?
What is the 1st Amendment?
Legal term for publicly telling a false and damaging statement about someone
What is Slander?
This is the largest of the three branches.
What is the Executive?
This man favored businesses and manufacturing.
Who is Hamilton?
Treaty signed that ended the War of 1812
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
The right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
Legal term for the false and damaging printing of a statement about a person
What is Libel?
This is the minimum age requirement for the president.
What is 35?
This was the original capital of the United States.
What is New York?
He was in charge of the defense of the
Gulf of Mexico and defeated the British in New Orleans.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
It became illegal for one person to hold another person as a slave as a result of which amendment?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Cannot be put on trial for the same crime twice
What is Double Jeopardy?
This is the total amount of electoral votes.
What is 538?
Farmers from Pennsylvania led a rebellion over a tax on this.
What is Whiskey?
Congressmen who called for war against
Britain.
Who are the War Hawks?
It took a Constitutional amendment to win women the right to vote. Which amendment allows this right?
the 19th Amendment
Drawing of district lines to favor one party over the other
What is Gerrymandering?
This is the amount of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
What is 270?
This type of constructionist believes the government can take reasonable actions that the Constitution does not specifically forbid.
What is a loose constructionist?
A plan supported by Jefferson that
banned all trade with foreign countries.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
In which Constitutional amendment is the paragraph ensuring that all powers not delegated to the federal government are indeed "reserved for either the states or the people?"
What is the 10th amendment?
Allows the government to take your property
What is eminent domain?
This is the length of one presidential term.
What is 4 years?
This act set up the federal court system.
What is the Judicial Act of 1789?
The practice of forcing people to serve in
the army or navy. Great Britain did this to
American sailors in the early 1800’s.
What is impressment?