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Two chambers of Congress
What is the House of Representatives and the Senate?
When it was written in 1868, the 14th amendment did not apply to
Who are Native Americans?
Members of the Senate
What is 100?
Court case ruled that free blacks could not sue in US courts because they were not citizens and declared that Congress had no power to declare slavery illegal
What is Scott v. Sandford?
The Bill of Rights protects against ______________, which means that once the accused has been acquitted, they cannot be tried for the same crime again.
What is double jeopardy?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called the
What is the Bill of Rights?
In order to promote the ratification of the Constitution, James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton all wrote
What are the Federalist Papers?
The government of the United States is this type of government
What is a republic?
President that set the precedent that a president would serve no more than two terms
Who is George Washington?
A term in the House of Representatives
What is 2 years?
The Clause in the Constitution that allows Congress to make any laws “necessary and proper”
What is the Elastic Clause?
Electors who do not comply with the majority pick
What are faithless electors?
Amendment that repealed the 18th amendment and ended Prohibition
What is the 21st amendment?
Congress’s ability to budget for the country is called the
What is the Power of the Purse?
Theories of government that holds that rule comes directly from the God/the gods
What is divine right theory?
The head of the Senate and serves as a tie-breaking vote when necessary
Who is the Vice President?
A term in the Senate
What is 6 years?
The ________ clause means that if a state or local law conflicts with the Constitution, it is overpowered.
What is Supremacy?
Armed civilians organized to protect their communities
What is a militia?
Blocks the government from quartering soldiers in private homes
What is the 3rd amendment?
The Constitution grants Congress enumerated powers, meaning that they are
What is "explicitly spelled out?"
Theory of government states that government arose when a person or small group of people took control over an area and had the people in that area submit to their will
What is force theory?
Presides over Senate meetings
Who is the Vice President?
Number of presidents of the United States that have been impeached in the past
What is 3?
Those accused of a crime have the right to appear in public court according to
What is habeas corpus?
The 20th amendment is sometimes referred to as ____________ because it reduced the amount of time politicians who have lost their most recent election remained in office
What is the lame duck amendment?
protects against excessive bail or fines and cruel and unusual punishments
What is the 8th amendment?
The act of delaying or blocking a bill to the point of death
What is a filibuster?
This theory of government contends that the state arises out of a contractual agreement between people of a free society who relinquish some of their absolute freedom in order to live in a more orderly way with one another in society
What is social contract theory?
Acts as a figurehead for their own party as well as a spokesperson for the Senate in general
Who is the majority leader?
The Supreme Court now has ____ members.
What is 9?
Retroactively changing the legal consequences of action is forbidden by the Constitution. This practice is called
What is ex post facto law?
The power of state or federal government to take private property for public use
What is eminent domain?
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
Impeaches elected officials
What is the House of Representatives?
According to Locke, power in a legitimate government must come from
What is the consent of the governed?
Those with deep moral or ethical anti-war beliefs and can be exempt from military combat
Who are conscientious objectors?
Number of members in the House of Representatives
What is 435?
The ________ clause ensures that contracts and laws made in one state are valid in every other state.
The practice of dividing congressional districts to give a political party an advantage
What is gerrymandering?
The 26th amendment set the minimum voting age at 18 for...
What are federal, state, and local elections?
Votes on the removal of elected officials
What is the Senate?
The five purposes of government are directly addressed in...
What is the Preamble?
This person's work stressed that human beings are endowed with God-given natural rights
Who is John Locke?
Total electors are in the Electoral College
***Where does this number come from?
What is 538?
538 = 435 (House of Reps) + 100 (Senate) + 3 (Washington DC)
Supreme Court case that established the power of judicial review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
Means that some powers belong to the states and some powers belong to the national government
What is federalism?
Protects rights of the people that are not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution
What is the 9th amendment?
In order for congressional business to occur, more than half of the members must be present. This is known as a
What is a quorum?