Articles of the Constitution & 3 Branches
Name the 3 branches of government and which Article of the Constitution enumerates the powers of each branch.
NAME ALL THREE
1st Article-- Legislative Branch/Congress
2nd Article-- Executive Branch/President
3rd Article-- Judicial Branch/SCOTUS
The First Amendment guarantees what 4 freedoms?
Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly
Which set of Amendments were passed following the Civil War in order to abolish slavery and help integrate freedmen into the American Experiment?
13th, 14th, 15th
What did the 18th Amendment do and what Amendment was it later repealed by?
Prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol. Repealed by the 21st Amendment.
Three Rights listed in the Declaration of Independence
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
The idea of self-government is in the first three words of the Constitution
We the People
First 10 Amendments to the Constitution
Bill of Rights
What did the 13th Amendment do?
Abolish Slavery
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
Number of U.S. Senators
100
What are some rights guaranteed to the states by the Constitution; Article IV, Section 3 guarantees three specific rights.
1. A republican /representative form of government
2. Protection against invasion by another state or foreign power
3. Aid (by request of the state government) in suppressing rebellion or insurrection.
Right to trial by jury, speedy and public trial, and counsel for defense is guaranteed by the...
Sixth Amendment
Which Amendment legalized federal income tax?
16th Amendment
Which Amendment extended the voting age to 18?
Why was this done?
26th Amendment
18 year-olds were being drafted to fight in Vietnam. The argument was if you can fight, you should be able to vote for the people who sent you to fight.
two years
Every presidential election, each state is allocated a certain number of electors in the Electoral College. How do we determine the amount of Electoral College electors each state receives?
The number of federal representatives + number of federal senators each state has
Which Amendment provides protection against unreasonable search and seizure: privacy of people in their homes and their possessions?
4th Amendment
What did the 17th Amendment do?
Make U.S. Senators elected directly in a similar fashion to U.S. Representatives instead of being selected by state legislatures.
The Twenty-Second Amendment...
(What did it do?)
Limited the President of the United States to two terms
How many voting members are in the U.S. House?
four hundred thirty-five (435)
According to Article IV, Section 3 of the Constitution, new states can be created by what three ways provided that it is done with the consent of Congress and the legislatures of any states involved?
1. Dividing states
2. Combining states
3. Creating new states out of federal territories.
The 8th Amendment protects against...
Excessive bail or fines and against cruel and unusual punishment.
How did the 15th Amendment modify voting laws?
Prevented people from being denied voting rights based on color/race.
What was the "Lame Duck Amendment"?
What did it do?
20th Amendment.
Moved the inauguration date to January instead of March to prevent extended periods of time passing before the newly elected representatives could take office after an election.
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
Some states have a bigger population
The ______ clause of the Constitution was given to enable Congress to carry out its responsibilities and exercise the powers granted to it. However, it has sometimes been used to stretch federal power beyond its legitimate dimensions.
"Necessary and Proper" / Elastic Clause
The Ninth Amendment provides that the Bill of Rights should not be read to "deny or disparage" rights retained by the people. This Amendment came out of a disagreement between which two groups surrounding the adoption of the Bill of Rights?
1. What were the two groups?
2. What was the disagreement?
1. Federalists/Anti-federalists
2. Whether or not the Bill of Rights was good.
They thought the Bill of Rights could be misinterpreted to be a conclusive list of all the rights people had, reserving all other powers to the Government. Rather than it being assumed that the people retained all rights/powers, except that which was explicitly listed in the Constitution as belonging to the Government.
Amendment that clarified Citizenship; has been the basis of many SCOTUS cases; states that a person may not be deprived of Life, Liberty, or Property without Due Process.
14th Amendment
Two ways the Constitution can be amended
a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate (the only method used to date), or by a national convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures
If both the President and the Vice President can no longer serve, who becomes President?
The Speaker of the House