Constitution Basics
They are the first three words of the U.S. Constitution.
What is "We the people"?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
The constitutional freedom that protects a newspaper's right to criticize the government.
What is freedom of the press under the 1st Amendment?
The number of amendments currently in the Constitution.
What is 27?
The three branches of the federal government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
The amendment that protects freedom of speech, religion, the press, assembly, and petition.
The amendment that granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
A person is denied the right to vote because of their race. This amendment prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
What is the 15th Amendment?
The Article in the Constitution that informs us about Amendments.
What is Article V?
The supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
The amendment that protects against self-incrimination and double jeopardy.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
The amendment that repealed Prohibition.
What is the 21st Amendment?
The amendment that protects people from cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment?
The plan proposed by James Madison that favored representation based on population and a strong national government with three branches.
What is the Virginia Plan?
The principle that allows each branch to limit the power of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
The amendment that protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
A person born in the United States is denied citizenship by a state government. This amendment establishes birthright citizenship, subject to its terms.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This plan, proposed by William Paterson, favored equal state representation in a one-house legislature.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
The year the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia.
What is 1787?
After the Constitution was signed, these people pushed for a list of protected individual rights before fully supporting the new government.
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
This amendment banned poll taxes in federal elections, preventing states from charging people a fee to vote in federal elections.
What is the 24th Amendment?
A president dies while in office, and the vice president takes over as president. This amendment also addresses what happens when a president is temporarily unable to perform the duties of the office.
What is the 25th Amendment?
The compromise that created a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with two senators per state.
What is the Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise?