Amendments
This amendment not delegated to the U.S by the Constitution are reserved to the states or to the people.
What is the 10th amendment?
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment.
What is the 21st amendment?
James Madison
Who is the father of the Constitution?
This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
What is the U.S Constitution?
What is the judicial branch made up of?
Judges and a Supreme Court
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
This amendment was the only amendment in the Constitution to get repealed.
What is the 18th amendment?
December 15, 1791
What is the ratification of the Bill of Rights?
How long did it take to write the Constitution?
4 months
Who makes up the Executive Branch?
The President and cabinet members.
This amendment provides congress the right to tax and collect taxes.
What is the 16th amendment?
No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened.
What is the 27th amendment?
This is the lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.
What is the House of Burgesses?
What did the Constitution replace?
The Articles of Confederation.
Who makes up the legislative branch?
Senators and House of Representatives
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
What is the 17th amendment?
These 10 amendments make up a valuable document.
What is the Bill of Rights?
What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
What is the job of Congress?
To make laws for our nation and to hold everything together.
Who thought we needed a strong central government?
Alexander Hamilton
This amendment called for the banning of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment?
27 amendments in all.
What is the Constitution?
What are the three parts of the constitution?
Preamble, the 7 articles, and the 27 amendments
Who was the oldest man at the Constitutional Convention?
Benjamin Franklin
Name the first 3 core democratic values?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness