Amendments
The right to remain silent
What is the 5th amendment?
Name 1 branch of the US Federal government
Legislative, Executive and Judicial
The term for "rule by the people."
What is popular sovereignty?
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitution
Could the national governments tax citizens under the Articles of Confederation?
What is No?
The 2nd Amendment
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
This branch has the job of writing the laws
What is legislative branch?
This constitutional principle is the idea that each branch has different powers, so no one branch has too much power.
What is the separation of powers?
How many total YEARS is the president allowed to stay in office AT MOST?
8 years (2 terms)
The 6th amendment
What is the right to a speedy trial?
Which branch has the President, FBI, NSA?
What is the Executive Branch?
Each branch holds some power over the other two
What is Checks and Balances?
A guidebook, instruction book, recipe, blueprints, for a government.
What is a constitution?
This amendment says the Federal government can only do the things the constitution says it can - everything else is hands off!
What is the tenth amendment?
The 9th Amendment
What is the protection against our government claiming we don't have a right just because it's not in the constitution
This branch of the national government interprets the laws?
What is judicial?
What is the term for 2 different governments that run a country at the same time
What is a republic?
What was the name of the meeting where the founding fathers wrote the constitution?
What is the constitutional convention?
What were the names of the original 2 political parties in America?
Who are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
The 3rd amendment
What is the protection against soldiers claiming your home?
The branch of government enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch
A system of government where power is shared between the central government and the state government.
What is federalism?
Why did the Articles of Confederation ultimately fail?
The Federal government was too weak.
What courts are part of the Judicial Branch?
Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts
U.S. Circuit Courts
(All federal courts)