US Constitution
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
Number of justices for the Supreme Court
What is 9?
Amendment to the US Constitution that granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
First form of government for the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Government that has a King or Queen
What is a monarchy?
What is the 13, 14 and 15th Amendments?
The three branches of the US Government
What is the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches?
Who where the first to vote before the amendments were added
What is white land owning men?
How laws were passed
What is 9 of 13 needed?
Form of government that is controlled by one individual with absolute power.
What is a dictator?
The current number of amendments to to Constitution
What is the 27?
Branch of government that breaks into two separate branches (House of Representatives and the Senate)
What is the Legislative branch?
Passed during the civil rights movement, to give African American men the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment?
The Articles of Confederation was replaced by this document.
What is the US Constitution?
The government of the United States
What is a democratic republic?
Location where the constitution was written
What is Pennsylvania?
System in place to ensure there is not one branch that has more power than the others
What is Checks and Balances?
The amendment prohibits the use of poll taxes, or any other tax, as a requirement for voting in federal elections (Presidential and Congressional)
What is the 24th Amendment?
Main weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is a weak Central Government?
What is an Oligarchy?
Last state to sign the Constitution
What is Rhode Island?
What is the Federalist Papers?
What is the 26th Amendment?
Caused difficulties with making amendments to the Articles of Confederation
What is a unanimous vote of all states (all 13 states)?
A political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
What is Communism?