Vocabulary
Veto
What is to say no to?
This document outlines the basic rights of the USA
What is the Constitution?
How long a President's term lasts under the Constitution
What is 4 years?
The word that means: a change to a legal document by adding on/changing wording
What is an amendment?
Alexander Hamilton could've been saved if a proposed amendment in 1828 to outlaw this practice had been passed...it wasn't, though.
What is dueling?
Constitutional
What is "allowed by the Constitution" or "within the rights of the Constitution"?
Before the Constitution, there was this document
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The Bill of Rights has ______ amendments
This amendment prevents you from saying something that will incriminate yourself. Students love this one simple trick...
What is the 5th amendment?
In 1893, the United States of America almost became the United States of ________, a more universal name
What is Earth?
The two houses of the Senate
What are Congress and the House of Representatives?
True or False:
The Articles of Confederation wanted a strong central government
What is FALSE?
Name 3 of the amendments in the Bill of Rights
Amendment 1 Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly
Amendment 2 Right to bear arms
Amendment 3 Quartering of soldiers
Amendment 4 Search and arrest
Amendment 5 Rights in criminal cases
Amendment 6 Right to a fair trial
Amendment 7 Rights in civil cases
Amendment 8 Bail, fines, punishment
Amendment 9 Rights retained by the People
Amendment 10 States' rights
The 13th Amendment was widely supported in the North but not so much the South...why?
It abolished slavery!
The oldest man to sign the Declaration of Independence. He was a key thinker of his time.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This step is when a bill is being talked about before it goes to the entire chamber of the Senate or House
What are committee hearings?
The number of years a President's term lasted under the Articles of Confederation
What is 3?
This is the system that makes sure that no one branch of the government becomes too powerful
For some of you, you are only a short time away from utilizing the 26th Amendment, which changed what from 21 to 18?
What is the voting age?
How many Supreme Court justices are there, and how long does the term last?
There are 9! Their terms are lifetime!
Bicameral
Having two chambers/houses (like the Senate!)
The type of government that is formed when people vote for others to speak for them
What is representative?
The President is elected when he wins the popular vote or the electoral vote?
What is the electoral vote?
The 21st amendment did something weird. It has to do with the 18th amendment. What did it do?
The 21st repealed the 18th!
There are 27 Amendments to the Constitution. How many times has the Constitution actually been amended, though?
What is 17?