Amendments 1-10
The fourth amendment is referenced a lot on crime shows. Within this amendment it states that police officers need what to enter your property?
search warrant/ probable cause
The 12th Amendment states that the president selects the vice president and they will be elected in to office together- before this amendment how was the vice president selected?
runner up to president
T/F: the 24th Amendment states that every registered voter must pay a polling tax in order to cast their vote
F
T/F: The purpose of the Constitutional Convention was to slightly modify the Articles of Confederation, offering minor changes.
False
How long is the term for a Senator?
6 years
What are the first ten amendments referred as?
Bill of Rights
How are senators voted in? Electoral college or popular vote?
Popular Vote
The 21st Amendment repeals the 18th making it legal to do what activity in the United States?
Drink Alcohol
Which states wanted slaves to determine taxes?
Northern
Who is the president of the Senate
Vice President
T/F: the first 10 amendments were all approved on the same day
T- December 15, 1791
Who won the right to vote first? African Americans or Women?
African Americans
Amendment #22 states that a president cannot serve more than two terms after which president served four terms from 1933-1945?
FDR
Who would have had sovereignty under the New Jersey Plan?
states
How old must you be to be eligible for presidency?
35
Which amendment said that a person could not be tried twice for the same crime?
5
What was abolished with the 13th amendment
slavery
Amendment 23 states that Washington DC would now receive electoral votes
How many electoral votes does DC have?
3
T/F: Shays' Rebellion exposed the fact that the national government couldn't raise or deploy an army.
True
Who gets to decide how many federal courts we have?
Congress
Which amendment outlaws “cruel and unusual punishments?
8
The 15th Amendment (one of the most famous amendments in our constitution) states that...
An individual cannot be denied the right to vote based on color
What does the last amendment of the constitution (27th) state?
Congress cannot give themselves a raise until after they are up for re-election
The president vetoing a bill passed by Congress is most directly an example of
Checks and Balances
Name the body of Congress that must approve a treaty that the President has negotiated and the fraction of the vote they must approve it by.
Senators- 2/3 votes