vocab
A count of the population?
A- census
B- Elastic clause
C- appropriation
A- Census
Rights of the accused?
A- 5th- 8th
B- 9th-10th
C- Frist
D- 4th
A- 5th- 8th
What fraction of both houses is required to propose an amendment?
2/3ds
A- National guard
B- Standing army
C- US Army
D- Navy
A- National guard
Formal introduction to the Constitution is the ___________.
Preamble
Process by which a foreign person gains citizenship?
A- quorum
B- Bicameral
C- Naturalization
C- Naturalization
Freedom of expression?
first
What fraction of the states is required to ratify an amendment to the Constitution?
3/4ths
There are currently __________________ amendments to the Constitution.
27
Each house keeps a journal of what it does each day. This is called?
Money set aside for a specific purpose.
A- appropriation
B- Ex post facto
C- Franking
A- appropriation
No involuntary quartering of troops?
3rd amendment
2/3ds
Name for the idea that people are the ultimate source of their government's authority?
Popular sovereignty
Process of returning a criminal to the state where a crime was committed?
extradition
A two house legislative system?
Bicameral
No unreasonable searches and seizures.
4th
The idea that a citizen can cannot be imprisoned, have property taken away, or sentenced to death without a fair trial is _______________.
due process
What amendment limits the President to 2 terms in office?
22nd
Topic of Article 5 of Constitution.
Amending the Constitution
Right to sens official mail free of charge?
A- Ex post facto
B- Pocket veto
C- bicameral
D- franking privilegeD- franking privilege
Rights of the people and the states
A-11TH-12TH
B-5TH-8TH
C-4TH
D-9TH-10D-9TH-10
What is the only court specified in the Constitution?
Supreme Court
System of government that establishes a division between national and state levels of government?
federalism
Topic of article 3 of the Constitution?
Judicial Branch