Amendments
This amendment grants citizens the right to freedom of speech, religion, and assembly.
What is the First Amendment?
This document served as the first constitution of the United States, but was later replaced by the current U.S. Constitution due to its weaknesses.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government is responsible for making laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This document, signed in 1787, serves as the supreme law of the United States and outlines the framework of the national government.
What is the Constitution?
In this 1999 film, a hacker named Neo is pulled out of his ordinary life to learn about the truth of reality from a group of rebels.
What is The Matrix?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This landmark Supreme Court case in 1803 established the principle of judicial review, which allows the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The president of the United States is the head of this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
This body consists of 100 members, two from each state, and is part of the U.S. Congress.
What is the Senate?
This 1997 film directed by James Cameron became the highest-grossing film of its time, telling the tragic love story set aboard the doomed RMS Titanic.
What is Titanic?
This amendment, ratified in 1920, gave women the right to vote in the United States.
What is the 19th Amendment?
These were Important leaders who took part in the American Revolution and helped form our system of Government
What is "Founding Father"?
This branch of government is responsible for interpreting laws and ensuring they are applied fairly.
What is the Judicial Branch?
What is Suffrage?
This 2003 film, directed by Peter Jackson, is the final part of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, where Frodo Baggins destroys the One Ring.
What is The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King?
This amendment, ratified in 1913, allows for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people.
What is the 17th Amendment?
What is Separation of Powers?
This principle ensures that no branch of government becomes too powerful by allowing each branch to limit the actions of the others.
What is checks and balances?
How many Supreme Court judges are there currently on the Court?
What is 9 Supreme Court Judges?
This 2008 film, directed by Christopher Nolan, features Heath Ledger’s iconic portrayal of the Joker and is widely regarded as one of the best superhero films of all time.
What is The Dark Knight?
This amendment ensures protection against self-incrimination and guarantees due process of law before depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This is a direct change to the Constitution that has to go through the process of the bicameral system and the states
What is amending the Constitution?
This process allows the legislative branch to remove the president from office if they are convicted of high crimes or misdemeanors.
What is impeachment?
This amendment changed the voting age from 21 to 18 in the aftermath of the Vietnam War
What is the 26th Amendment?
This 2009 film, directed by James Cameron, became the highest-grossing film at the time and is set on the fictional planet of Pandora.
What is Avatar?