Amendments
Because of this amendment, you have freedom of speech.
What is the 1st amendment?
The number of branches in our system of government.
What is 3?
The governing document of the US prior to the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What is 2?
What is 18?
This amendment gives you the right to a fair and speedy trial.
What is the 6th amendment?
The highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
A system in which officials are elected by the people to represent their voice in government.
What is a democracy/representative democracy?
The upper house of Congress.
What is the Senate?
The current Vice President.
Who is Kamala Harris?
This amendment ended slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
The system in which each branch limits the powers of the other two.
What is checks and balances?
This author of the Constitution went on to become the 3rd president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The number of Senators per state.
What is 2?
The current Speaker of the House.
Who is Mike Johnson?
This amendment grants equal protection and is used in a multitude of cases.
What is the 14th amendment?
The concept in which local, state, and national governments work with each other.
What is federalism?
The concept of natural rights was developed by this political philosopher, whose ideas influenced the Constitution.
Who is John Locke?
The number of Representatives per state is based on this.
What is population?
The current Senate majority leader.
Who is Chuck Schumer?
This amendment prevents presidents from serving more than two four-year terms.
What is the 22nd amendment?
The names of the three branches of government.
What are legislative, executive, and judicial?
The structure of our congress is known as this type of legislature.
What is bicameral?
The number of electors in the electoral college is based on this.
What is the number of Representatives plus the number of Senators?
This person is after the Vice President in order of succession if the President can't perform the duties of their office.
Who is the Speaker of the House?