General Constitutional Knowledge
Judicial, Legislative, and Executive.
What are the branches of government?
Makes/writes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Reject a bill passed by legislature
What is a veto?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
State legislatures ratify an amendment to the US Constitution.
What is federalism?
dividing the branches of gov. to balance each other out.
What is separation of powers?
Senate member term.
What is two years?
Short introduction to the constitution.
What is the preamble?
This amendment limited the president to two terms.
What is the 22nd amendment?
The legislative branch makes laws, but the President in the executive branch can veto those laws
What are checks and balances?
Weaknesses to convict lack of power and money.
What are the articles of confederation?
35 years old, natural born citizen, and lived in the US for 14 years.
What are the qualifications of being the president?
The seven numbered sections in the constitution.
What are articles?
This amendment set the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment?
The President's power to reject laws proposed by Congress
What is separation of powers?
People who elect the U.S. president/vice president.
What is the electoral college?
The President has to do this before taking office.
What is taking an oath?
The government must do this.
What is obeying the law?
This amendment abolished poll taxes.
What is the 24th amendment?
Citizens can make or influence parts of the constitution.
What is popular sovereignty?
a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court.
What is habeas corpus?
Senators may run this many times.
What is unlimited?
The judicial power is vested here.
What is the supreme court?
This amendment set inauguration date to Jan 20
What is the 20th amendment?
The government cannot silence anyone for political or religious speech.
What is limited government?