Citizenship
The process by which a person born in another country becomes a U.S. citizen.
What is naturalization?
This document served as America's first plan of government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition are found in this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
Every state receives this number of senators regardless of population.
What is 2?
The idea that government derives its power from the permission of the people.
What is the consent of the governed?
Unlike obeying laws or serving on a jury when called, this civic responsibility is voluntary but essential to democracy.
What is voting?
The weakness of Congress under the Articles was that it lacked this important power.
What is the power to tax?
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This chamber of Congress has 435 members.
What is the House of Representatives?
A system in which power is divided between the national government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This amendment guarantees birthright citizenship to most people born in the United States.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The Magna Carta helped establish this founding principle that says even kings and government leaders must obey the law.
What is the rule of law?
This amendment protects citizens from being tried twice for the same crime and from being forced to testify against themselves.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The House introduces articles of impeachment, but only this chamber can convict and remove a federal official from office.
What is the Senate?
The principle that government is not all-powerful and may only exercise powers granted to it by the people.
What is limited government?
Citizens are required to do this if selected by the court.
What is serve on a jury?
The compromise that created a bicameral legislature with the House and Senate.
What is the Connecticut Plan? or What is the Great Compromise?
The amendment that guarantees due process and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This congressional power allows Congress to remove a president from office after conviction.
What is impeachment?
The sharing of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
What is separation of powers?
A lawful permanent resident who has not completed naturalization is known by this term.
What is a resident alien?
James Madison used this Virginia document as inspiration when drafting the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
To gain support for ratification, Federalists promised to add these amendments, which protect freedoms such as speech, religion, and due process.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Congress may override a presidential veto with this fraction of votes in both the House and Senate.
What is two-thirds?
A form of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
What is a representative democracy? or What is a republic?