The Preamble & Basics
This is the supreme law of the land.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
The reason for creating three branches of government.
What is to keep any one group/branch from gaining too much power?
A group plans a rally in a public city plaza. Even though citizens disagree with the message, the mayor allows it.
What is the First Amendment?
This principle refers to the requirement that people accused of a crime must be granted fair and certain legal rights.
What is Due Process?
The first ten changes/additions to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The idea of self-government is found in the first three words of the Constitution.
What are "We the People"?
This stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are Checks and Balances?
A police officer pulls over a car for speeding. As he approaches the vehicle, the officer sees plastic bags containing a white, powdery substance sitting on the passenger seat. The officer asks the driver to step out of the vehicle and begins to search the car. Name the amendment.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Washington State can legalize marijuana while it remains illegal under federal law because powers not given to the federal government belong to the states under this amendment.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
Enlightenment philosopher who most strongly influenced Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence.
Who is John Locke?
This promise establishes "peace at home" or establishing "peace and order" in the nation.
What is "Domestic Tranquility"?
Article II outlines the rights and responsibilities of the branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
This Amendment allows DeMarco is on trial, to refuse to answer questions that might make him look guilty.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This amendment guarantees that you won't sit in jail for a long time without trial, and provides a free lawyer if you are charged with a serious crime and cannot afford one.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
Name TWO unalienable rights stated in the Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
Building schools and improving roads are examples of fulfilling this Preamble promise.
What is "to promote the general welfare"?
The largest section of the U.S. Constitution.
What is Article I (Legislative Branch)?
This amendment was added because the Framers feared a centralized government using a professional standing army to suppress the populace.
What is the Second Amendment?
Passed in 1865, this amendment permanently prohibited slavery throughout the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Name ONE responsibility that applies ONLY to United States citizens.
What is serving on a jury or voting in a federal election?
The process of amending the U.S. Constitution involves these two levels of government.
What are Congress and the states?
This Article is only 26 words long and outlines the process for ratification.
What is Article VII?
This stadium was built on land seized through this legal power. Name both the stadium and the legal power.
What are Dodger Stadium and Eminent Domain (Fifth Amendment)?
Known as the "equal protection" amendment, grants citizenship and equal legal rights to all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
The requirement for all male citizens in the U.S. to register for the Selective Service?
What is between the ages of 18 and 25?