General Constitutional Knowledge
The Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches are
What is the three branches of government?
This number is how old someone has to be: 35
What is how old someone has to be to be elected president?
Congress decides...
What is how many federal courts we have?
This amendment extended the vote to 18 year olds
What is the 26th amendment?
This constitutional principle is how the different branches work together
What is checks and balances?
This enforces laws
Who is the Executive Branch
The house has the sole power of this
What is Impeachment?
The fraction of the houses of Congress is necessary to approved a proposed amendment...
What is the 2/3rds vote
This amendment defined citizenship
What is the 14th amendment?
In the constitution Articles 1,2, and 3 outline the three branches of government and the powers they possess this is an example of this constitutional principle
What is separation of powers?
To establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and provide for the common defense
What is the role of government?
This requires a two thirds vote
Who is the Senate?
The fraction of state that must approve a proposed amendment for it to be ratified...
What is the 3/4ths vote
The right to a jury trial when charges, protection against double jeopardy, and the right to a fail trial
What is the rights that the accuses has when suspected of a crime?
Separation of powers, doctrine of rights, and democratic elections are all major characteristics of this constitutional principle
What is limited government?
A system of government in which, in theory the people rule either directly or indirectly
What is Democracy
These are the three requirements for both President and Vice President
What is a natural born citizen of the U.S, at least 35 years old, has been a resident of the United States for at least 14 years?
The amount of states that had to ratify the constitution for it to become a law...
What is the nine of the thirteen state legislatures?
In the first amendment there is guaranteed to be five basic civil liberties
What is speech, religion, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government?
These are who are involved in making and crafting the constitution
What is popular sovereignty?
Is absolute freedom but no authority to protect one person font he aggressive actions of another
What is State of Nature?
These people have to be all 3 of these; at least 25 years old, a citizen for at least 7 years, and be a resident in a different state than the one they are trying to represent
What is the 3 requirements for the house members
The no religious test
What is a qualification for holding any public office is forbidden?
These four amendments have to do with presidency
What is the 12th, 20th, 22nd, and 23rd amendment
This is a system of government
What is federalism?