U.S. Constitution
The Constitution went into effect in this year.
1789
The Declaration of Independence was written in this famous city.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sixth amendment guarantees the right to this kind of trial.
Trial by jury
This branch of government is responsible for writing and passing laws.
The Legislature, or Legislative Branch
The Constitution has been amended, or officially changed, this many times.
27
The Declaration of Independence lists these three unalienable rights that all men are given by God.
Life
Liberty
The Pursuit of Happiness
The fifth amendment prevents this, something that sounds like it might be part of this game.
Double Jeopardy
This branch of government is responsible for carrying out the laws created by one of the other two branches.
The Executive Branch
The 22nd Amendment limiting elected Presidents to two terms in office, was proposed after this man was elected to his fourth term in office.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
One of two men credited with substantial contributions to the Declaration of Independence, after Thomas Jefferson's main writing.
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
The eighth amendment prohibits this kind of punishment for crimes.
Cruel and unusual
This branch of government is responsible for interpreting the laws passed by another branch, and settling disputes over how another branch carries out the laws.
The Judicial Branch
This is the only amendment to the U.S. Constitution that specifically repeals, or cancels out, a previous amendment.
21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment
John Hancock, the Founding Father with the most famous signature, was from this state.
Massachusetts
The tenth amendment says that powers not granted to the national government automatically belong to these groups.
The states or the people
There are this many voting representatives in the two houses of the Legislative branch.
535
This state was the first to vote in favor of ratifying the Constitution.
Delaware
This man was the King of England when the Declaration of Independence was written.
George III
This Bill of Rights amendment has never been used as the basis for a Supreme Court case decision.
Third amendment, prohibiting peacetime quartering of soldiers
As of December, 2024, this many individuals have served as President of the United States.
46