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100
What are the Bill of Rights?
the first 10 amendments
100
Which branch is to interpret the laws?
The Judicial Branch
100
Which branch has the job of writing the laws?
Legislative branch
100
What year was the Declaration written?
(You had all better get this one!!)
1776
100
Name the document that replaced the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitution
200
Which is the "right to remain silent" to not implicate yourself?
5th amendment
200
Which amendment protects people from unwarranted search & seizure of their person and their goods?
4th
200
Which branch of government has the President, Vice President, and Cabinet
The Executive Branch
200
the Electoral College was changed over time to what type of system?
"winner take all"
200
When was the Constitution written?
1787
300
the right to a "speedy and public trial..."
the 6th amendment
300
The compromise of the Electoral College was this particular form of electing an executive (president).
indirect elecion
300
What is made up of 9 justices who have a life-time appointment to serve?
The Supreme Court
300
If the President vetoes a bill from Congress, how can Congress override his veto?
with a 2/3 vote in both Houses
300
Who/What technically votes for the President really?
the Electoral College
400
Which amendment protects homes from involuntary housing of soldiers DURING PEACETIME?
3rd
400
How many men signed the Constitution?
56
400
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
400
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
the 10th Amendment
400
What was the name of the meeting when the framers met to discuss and develop the Constitution?
Constitutional Convention
500
Which one protects citizens from the government claiming we don't have a particular right if it is not written in the Constitution?
9th amendment
500
Name the man who suggested the Executive "office" be only a single man.
James Wilson
500
What do we call the system of each branch of government having powers to keep the other branches from having too much control?
checks and balances
500
Who is considered the "Father of the Constitution"?
James Madison
500
Describe the phases of how an idea becomes a law.
An bill is written and discussed/voted in a committee (in one house of Congress); IF it passes that side of Congress it must repeat the process in the other house of Congress; IF it passes BOTH houses,it goes to the Pres. to sign (or veto); Congress can still pass a vetoed bill with a 2/3 vote