Citizenship
Anyone born in the United States is a U.S. citizen
What is Law of Soil?
Main role of the legislative branch
What is make the laws?
Amendment that includes freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly
What is the First Amendment?
This is how many electoral votes are needed to win the general election
What is 270?
The idea that nobody is above the law
What is Rule of Law?
A person is a citizen of the United States if at least one of their parents is a citizen (who has lived at least one year in the U.S.)
What is Law of Blood?
Main role of the executive branch
What is enforce the laws?
This amendment guarantees rights (speedy trial, jury, lawyer) in this type of case
What is criminal case?
Type of election when candidates from the same party compete to see who will win the party nomination
What is Primary Election?
This house of Congress holds the impeachment trial
What is the Senate?
Process by which someone who does not have citizenship at birth becomes a citizen
What is Naturalization?
Main role of the judicial branch
What is interpret the laws?
This amendment protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
What is the Eighth Amendment?
This political party was founded by anti-slavery Americans
What is the Republican party?
This is required to amend the U.S. Constitution
What is 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of states?
This amendment established how a person becomes a U.S. citizen
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
Another name for the legislative branch (hint: there are 2 houses)
What is Congress?
This amendment defines citizenship and includes due process rights and the Equal Protection Clause
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This is where the party nominates their candidate and announces the party platform
What is the National Convention?
Enlightenment thinker who believed in separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
Obeying laws, paying taxes and serving on juries are all ________________ of citizenship
What are obligations?
The idea that each branch "checks" the other so none have too much power
What is Checks and Balances?
The 19th Amendment gave this group the right to vote
What is women?
This amendment separated the election for President from that of Vice President
What is the Twelfth Amendment?
Economic system that we have in the United States that allows people to own their own private property
What is Capitalism?