Vocabulary
Citizens
The Branches
Amendments
Federalism
100
the legal rules and procedures the government must observe before depriving a person of life, liberty or property
What is due process
100
Something you have to do for the US as a citizen.
What is a duty.
100
Is lead by the president and vice president. This branch carries out the nation's laws and the president proposes laws to Congress.
What is the executive branch
100
A change, correction, or improvement added to a document
What is an amendment
100
This is the definition of federalism.
What is sharing the power between state and federal governments.
200
This is the power belonging only to the states
What is reserved powers
200
Things we should do, even though we don't have to
What is a responsibility
200
The two houses of the Legislative Branch.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives.
200
This is the proposal of an amendment, and then the ratification of an amendment.
What is the amendment process.
200
These are the powers that are distributed among different levels of government.
What are enumerated powers, reserved powers, and concurrent powers.
300
This is the power specifically given Congress in the Constitution
What is enumerated power
300
The process of becoming a citizen of another country.
What is naturalization
300
This happens when both houses of Congress agree on a bill and the president signs it.
What is the process of becoming a law.
300
This is the amendment that banned slavery
What is the 13th Amendment
300
These are examples of concurrent powers.
What is the right to raise taxes, borrow money, provide for public welfare, and carry out criminal justice
400
This is the powers of the court to judge whether or not actions of other branches are constitutional
What is judicial review
400
These are the three main categories of our rights.
What is the right to be protected from unfair government actions, the right to be treated equally with others, and the right to enjoy basic freedoms.
400
This is the branch that rules on cases and makes a decision on their opinion.
What is the Judicial branch
400
This is the amount of amendments.
What is 27
400
This amendment declares that all powers not specifically granted to the federal government "are reserved to the States."
What is the Tenth Amendment
500
This is the belief that government is subject to the will of the people.
What is popular sovereignty
500
These are the three ways someone could become a citizen.
What is naturalization, being born on U.S soil, and if one parent is a citizen.
500
They Supreme Court has the power of judicial review
What does the Supreme Court also have the power of doing
500
This is the amendment that lowered the voting age in both federal and state elections to 18
What is the 26th Amendment
500
This is stated in Article VI, Clause 2, of the Constitution-the "Supremacy Clause."
What is that if a state law contradicts the Constitution or federal law, the Constitution or federal law prevails.
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