Branches of Government
There are this many branches of government outlined in the Constitution of the United States.
What is three?
This is the term for changes or additions made to the Constitution of the United States.
What is amendments?
This amendment includes freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
What is the First Amendment?
This historic document was important because it represented a shift away from the idea of the divine right of kings.
What is the Magna Carta?
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This branch of government is outline in Article 1 of the Constitution of the the United States and its primary purpose to create laws.
What is the legislative branch?
What is the name for the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States?
This amendment includes the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This early American document is important because it laid the groundwork for America to establish its own government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This house of Congress is based on the population of each state.
What is the House of Representative?
This branch of government have the authority to veto laws passed the the legislative branch.
What is the executive branch?
This group, including Alexander Hamilton, argued for the Constitution to be ratified.
What is the Federalists?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution were passed to gain this group's support in ratifying the Constituion.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This type of government is carried out by those elected to represent the people.
What is democratic republic?
What is 6.
This branch of government is tasked with determining if laws are constitutional and can be enforced.
What is the judicial branch?
This group of people argued against a strong central government and wanted people's individual rights listed in the Constitution.
What is the Anti-Federalists?
What is the 19th amendment?
This document is important because it declared the colonies independent and listed the defects of the king of England.
What is the Declaration of Indpendence?
This branch of government has the authority to negotiate treaties with foreign countries.
What is the executive branch?
This is the term for the ability of each branch of government to keep the other branches from having too much power.
What is checks and balances?
These three amendments were added after the Civil War to add protections and expend the meaning of "We the People" to include more people including the formerly enslaved.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?
This amendment ensures the amendments listed are not the only rights people have.
This document is important because it was the United States of American's first constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
This part of the executive branch is made up of advisers to the president who oversee federal executive departments.
What is the Cabinet?