Bill of Rights
This amendment guarantees us the "right to bear arms".
What is the 2nd amendment?
This is a proposed law.
What is a bill?
This is how many stars there are on the U.S. Flag.
What is 50?
This is how many original colonies there were in America.
What is 13 ?
The fact that we can't be tried for the same crime twice is called _____.
What is "double jeopardy"?
The 4th amendment guarantees that the government can't search your belongings without what?
What is a warrant?
This is a way that the president can keep a bill from becoming a law.
What is a veto?
There are this many judges on the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
This is how many years a president serves in a single term.
What is 4 ?
This is made up of two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is Congress?
This amendment both guarantees rights and prohibits the gov't from doing things.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This term describes something with 2 parts.
What is bicameral?
This is how many amendments have been made to the Constitution.
What is 27 ?
This is how old a person needs to be if he/she wants to be a senator.
What is 30 ?
This is the way that no single branch of our government can become too powerful.
What is "checks and balances"?
This amendment allows us to have the right "to remain silent".
What is the 5th Amendment?
To formally charge someone with a crime related to his/her office.
What is impeach?
This is how many amendments make up the Bill of Rights.
What is 10 ?
This is how many years a member of the House of Representatives serves in a single term.
What is 2 ?
This is needed to search/seize someone's property.
What is a warrant?
These are all five rights guaranteed in the 1st Amendment.
What are speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition?
This group is responsible for electing the president.
What is the Electoral College?
This is the year that the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776 ?
This is the total number of members in Congress today.
What is 535 ?
This is a way that Congress can pass a law over a president's veto.
What is a "veto override"?