Vocab
rights of fair and equal status and treatment and the right to participate in government.
Civil rights
The Constitution is divided into 3 what?
Articles
How many Branches of government are there?
3 branches
the form of political organization in which power is divided among a central government and regional subdivisions
Federalism
Which amendment grants you the Freedom of Speech?
1st Amendment
•A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, the Senate must agree to it.
•in government and law, an addition or alteration made to a constitution, statute, or legislative bill or resolution
Amendment
•compromise agreement between delegates from the Northern and the Southern states at the United States Constitutional Convention (1787) that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives.
3/5 compromise
I am the branch of government that makes sure that laws are obeyed and I command the armed forces.
Executive Branch
National government powers listed explicitly in the Constitution.
Enumerated Powers
The police come to your house and arrest your father for having a gun which he legally owns. What amendment has been violated?
Amendment 2
(1) I am the part of the government that makes the laws and (2) I decide if the laws are considered constitutional. (3)I enforce the laws
Legislative, Judicial, Executive
Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution and tell me 1 of the Bill of Rights?
It was added to guarantee freedoms by placing certain limits on government.
•Established by Article III of the Constitution
•Composed of the Federal Court System (Supreme Court and Federal Courts)
•Branch of Government responsible with determining the constitutionality of laws and treaties
Judicial Branch
The constitutional declaration (Article 1, Section 8) that defines Congress’s constitutional authority to exercise the “necessary and proper” powers to carry out its designated functions.
Necessary and Proper clause
A public-school principal smells smoke in the hallway, and believes it is coming from the girls’ bathroom. She walks into the bathroom and finds Leslie standing by the sink. She suspects Leslie has been smoking and demands to search her purse for cigarettes or other evidence of smoking.
No violation
(1) I am the introduction to the Constitution. (2) The Constitution could not get ratified until some changes were made. (3) Those changes are the first 10 and we call them the what?
Preamble, Amendments, and Bill of Rights
•known as the Father of the Constitution because of his pivotal role in drafting and ratifying the constitution.
• also drafted the first 10 amendments -- the Bill of Rights.
James Madison
Who is the commander in chief?
Who is the President of the Senate?
President
Vice-President
THE ABILITY TO TAX EXPORTS IS A
denied power
The government declares that no one in America is allowed to wear the color blue anymore. What amendment prohibits the government from doing this?
9th amendment
The extension of protections from the Bill of Rights to the state governments, one right at a time.
Selective incorporation
The Antifederalists were not happy with the Constitution. Give 2 reasons why they did not want the Constitution to be ratified.
THEY ARGUED THAT..... (1) the Constitution would reduce the powers of the state, (2) the central government may pass laws that may not be good for all states, and (3) the Constitution did not protect American rights.
•The power of the U.S. Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of a legislative or executive act
•Gives the Supreme Court the power to declare a law or executive action UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Marbury vs. Madison (1803)
Judicial Review
think a Bill of Rights is necessary because the Constitution lacks protection of Individual rights.
did not support ratifying the constitution
Anti-federalists
Which amendments are violated?
A young Black man is arrested during a routine traffic stop for possessing a gun that he is licensed to carry. The officers failed to read him his Miranda warnings before arresting him. The Judge refuses to dismiss his case.
It violates 2nd amendment and 5th amendment.