Basic Principles of the Constitution
Structure of the Constitution
Formal Amendments
Bill of Rights
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100
The courts decide the constitutionality of federal laws and actions
judicial review
100
Structure of the Constitution 27 changes or additions to the Constitution
Amendments
100
Only method used so far for proposing an amendment
2/3 vote in each house of Congress
100
Restricts quartering of troops in private homes
3
100
A sect of the Buddhist religion
Zen
200
The people are the only source of power
popular sovereignty
200
Name for Amendments 13-15
Civil War Amendments
200
Total number of formal amendments
27
200
Protects against excessive bail and cruel and unusual punishment
8
200
The cell formed by the union of two gametes
zygote
300
Each branch has constitutional power to limit the other two
checks and balances
300
First 10 additions/changes to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
300
Method of proposing amendments that has never been used
national convention
300
Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, assembly, and press, and the right of the people to petition the government
1
300
A rigid airship having a long, cylindrical body supported by internal gas cells
zeppelin
400
Government is not all-powerful; it must obey the law established by the people
limited government
400
7 of these make up the main body of the Constitution
Articles
400
Method of ratifying and rules are set by this group
Congress
400
Protects against unreasonable searches and seizures
4
400
The Canadian word for the letter Z
Zed
500
Each branch of government has assigned powers
separation of power
500
States why the Constitution was written
Preamble
500
In one ratifying method, percentage of state legislatures that must approve of an amendment
3/4
500
Protects the right of states to maintain a militia and of citizens to bear arms
2
500
A word meaning the taste and outlook characteristic of a period or generation
Zeitgeist
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