Vocabulary
Constitutional Amendments
The Constitution
Federal and State Powers
Election
100
A sum of money required of voters before they are permitted to cast a ballot
What is a poll tax?
100
Prohibits making, transporting, selling, importing, and exporting alcoholic beverages
What is the Eighteenth Amendment?
100
"We the People of the United States.. do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
What is the Preamble?
100
Who regulates trade within a state
What is the state power?
100
The 45th president
Who is Donald Trump?
200
The right of the government to take private property - usually land - for public use
What is eminent domain?
200
Establishes procedures for succession to the presidency
What is the Twenty-fifth Amendment?
200
Who interprets the law
What is the Supreme Court and lower federal courts?
200
Conduct elections
What is the state government's job?
200
A group of people named by each state legislature to select the president and vice president
What is the electoral college?
300
Putting someone on trial for a crime of which he or she was previously found innocent
What is double jeopardy?
300
Changes the dates of congressional and presidential terms
What is the Twentieth Amendment?
300
Supported the new Constitution
Who are the Federalists?
300
Carries out all expressed powers
What is the federal powers?
300
Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Wisconsin, Alabama, Colorado, South Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Arkansas, Kansas, Utah, Iowa, West Virginia, Nebraska, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
What are the states that Donald Trump won?
400
A series of essays written to defend the constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
400
Gives residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote
What is the Twenty-third Amendment?
400
"All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives"
What is Section 1 Article 1?
400
Protect public welfare and safety
What is the state government's job?
400
person appointed to vote in presidential elections for president for vice president
What is an elector?
500
A clause stating that the Constitution and other laws and treaties made by the national government are "The supreme Law of the Land."
What is the supremacy clause?
500
Passed in 1992
What is the Twenty-seventh Amendment?
500
Signed the Constitution for Massachusetts
Who is Nathaniel Gorham? or Who isRufus King?
500
Establish courts
What are the national and state government jobs?
500
Prohibits use of tests or devices to deny the right to vote; requires certain jurisdictions to provide voting materials in multiple languages
What is the Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006?
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