This is how one would define the Constitution of the United States.
What is the highest law of the land?
100
Under Article 1, Congress consists of these two bodies of lawmakers.
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
The term for President of the U.S. is this many years.
What is 4 years?
100
Give an example of the Full Faith and Credit Clause of Article 4.
Mr. G will determine if the example is valid.
100
These are three of the major rights given in the 1st Amendment.
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition the government. (I'll take any 3 of these)
200
This governmental framework is considered to be the first constitution of the U.S.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
200
A term for the House of Representatives is this long. After that, you must run for reelection.
What is 2 years.
200
The term for the Supreme Court is this many years.
What is a life term?
200
This is one way the Constitution could be amended.
What is 2/3s of Congress pass a proposed change and 3/4s of the states agree.
OR
2/3s of the states pass a proposed change and 3/4s of the states agree.
200
According to the Supreme Court, this is what the "right to bear arms" in the 2nd Amendment means.
What is the right of a person to own a gun for personal use.
300
This plan to amend the Articles was favored by the small states as all states would continue to receive equal representation in its Congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
300
Congress is given this power in Article 1, a major issue with the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government was unable to do this.
What is to tax?
300
This is the definition of the president's power to pardon.
What is to excuse criminals convicted of crimes?
300
This is the definition of the Supremacy Clause.
What is Federal laws are supreme over state laws.
300
This is why the police cannot randomly search your house whenever they want.
What is the 4th Amendment gives you protection from unreasonable search and seizure?
400
This set of writings urged people to support ratification of the Constitution. They argued that the Constitution had many benefits such as checks and balances and the power to break down factions.
What are the Federalist Papers?
400
This part of the government must confirm (agree with) the President's selections for the Supreme Court and ambassadors.
What is the Senate?
400
This is the formal name for the branch of government which the Supreme Court is a part of.
What is the judiciary?
400
According to Article 7, this many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to go into effect for the first time.
What is 9?
400
Why can't the police torture you to get a confession?
What is the 8th Amendment protects you against cruel and unusual punishment and the 5th Amendment protects you against self-incrimination?
500
This state was against expanding the power of the Federal Government throughout the 1770s and 1780s. They did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and were the last of the 13 colonies to ratify the Constitution once it was written.
What is Rhode Island?
500
While the President is commander and chief of the military, Congress has this military power.
What is the power to declare war and/or to fund the military.
500
This is the role of the Supreme Court in the government.
What is to interpret the Constitution, to determine if the actions of the other parts of government are constitutional, and to settle disputes.
500
These are the responsibilities of states if they catch a fugitive.
What is they must return the criminal to the state where they committed the crime?
500
This is an explanation of the 10th Amendment.
What is all powers not directly given to the federal government are left to the states?