Amendments
This amendment protects you from unlawful search and seizure.
what is amendment 4
This is the term used for the right to vote...most typically used when discussing the right for women to vote.
what is suffrage
This person is known as the "father of the constitution"
who is James Madison
This branch enforces the laws
executive
What is a proposed law called?
This amendment allowed women the right to vote in 1920
what is amendment 19
This is a prolonged speech carried out in the senate to delay the voting of a bill
what is a filibuster
This president was impeached in the mid/late 90's for perjury (lying under oath)
who is Bill Clinton
This branch makes the laws
what is the legislative branch
The first step in getting a bill passed?
Bill must be introduced and given a number.
Double jeopardy and self incrimination deal with which amendment
what is the 5th amendment
These laws were practiced in the south during reconstruction and segregated black and white citizens.
what are Jim Crow laws.
Name one U.S. senator from the state of Indiana
who is Todd Young or Mike Braun
This branch interprets the laws
What is the judicial branch.
What three things can a committee do?
It can amend the bill, approve the bill, or kill the bill.
This amendment grants states the right to do things not listed in the constitution AND is the final amendment in the Bill of Rights.
what is the 10th amendment
what is the term used for a person living in the United States who is not a registered citizen
what is an alien
Name the U.S. congressman from the 1st Indiana district
who is Frank Mrvan
This ruling literally said that black people could not be federal citizens, and stands as one of the worst precedents ever by SCOTUS.
What is Dred Scott v Sanford
What happens after the final reading of a bill?
What is the members of that chamber vote
This amendment prohibited the consumption, distribution or sale of alcohol.
what is the 18th amendment
what is the name of the program that allows special treatment for minorities when it comes to schooling or work?
what is affirmative action
In which chamber of congress can formal charges of impeachment against a president be introduced?
what is the House of Representatives
The party that starts a civil suit in the judicial branch.
plaintiff
What does a conference committee do?
Works out differences between the House and Senate version of a bill.