7 Basic Principles
Grievances
Articles of The Constitution
Bill of Rights
100
This excerpt provides one example of which constitutional principle?
Checks & Balances
100
The 3rd Amendment addresses this grievance.
Quartering soldiers
100
Which Article addresses the powers of the judicial branch?
Article 3
100
Which constitutional guarantee did this act violate?
Freedom of the press
200
Voters hold the sovereign power & elect representatives to exercise power for them
Republicanism
200
What excerpt from the Declaration of Independence best explains why colonists were unhappy about their lack of representation in the British parliament?
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent.
200
No taxation without representation is addressed in what Article & Section?
Article 1, Section 8
200
The constitutional amendment excerpted above protects people in the United States from —
Excessive surveillance by the government
300
Power is divided between the national & state governments, limiting central power.
Federalism
300
To ensure against the absolute power of a king, the Framers of the U.S. Constitution included provisions for both houses of Congress to —
Override a veto of a president
300
The king has absolute power is addressed in this Article & Section.
Article 1 Section 7
300
The Constitution describes two ways to propose an amendment. Which of the following gives an example of one way?
Two-thirds of both congressional houses vote in favor of proposing the amendment.
400
Authority for government flows from the people & they rule through their representatives.
Federalism
400
The 7th Amendment addresses this grievance.
Trial by jury
400
In the Articles of Confederation, where was most of the government power placed?
The States
400
Which right best completes the diagram?
Protection from cruel and unusual punishment
500
Power of government are restricted by the Constitution.
Limited Government
500
The 4th Amendment addresses this grievance.
No search without a warrant.
500
How many articles are in our Constitution?
3
500
The first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution are an example of which constitutional principle?
Individual rights