Rights & Vocabulary
This word means the freedoms given to citizens, like free speech.
What are rights?
The leader of Texas state government who is elected by the people and serves a four-year term.
What is governor?
The U.S. Constitution explains how the U.S. government is organized and names how many branches?
What are three branches?
The Bill of Rights is made up of how many amendments?
What is ten?
A formal statement or proclamation is called this.
What is declaration?
A written record of information
What is document?
The part of Texas government that makes the laws and includes the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is Legislative Branch?
Article 1 of the Constitution sets up this branch that makes laws.
What is Legislative Branch (Congress)?
This amendment gives people freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is First Amendment?
A legal document created to end a conflict between governments
What is treaty?
These are rights people are born with and cannot be taken away.
What are unalienable rights?
This branch of Texas government decides the meaning of laws and makes sure laws follow the state constitution.
What is Judicial Branch?
Article 2 explains the branch that enforces laws and includes the person who takes an oath to 'preserve, protect and defend the Constitution.' Who is this person?
Who is the president?
This amendment protects citizens from having to house soldiers in their homes.
What is Third Amendment?
A person, place, or document that provides information
What is source?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called this; they protect citizens’ rights.
What is Bill of Rights?
Name one responsibility of the legislative branch listed in the study guide.
What is pass laws (or approve spending)?
According to Article 1, only this group can raise and spend money and is responsible for the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard.
What is Congress?
Which amendment gives a person the right to a lawyer and a fair trial when accused of a crime?
What is Sixth Amendment?
An outline of the fundamental principles and structure of an organization or government; defines the civil rights of citizens; limits the government’s power
What is constitution?
Someone who studies the past by examining written and visual sources is called this.
What is historian?
Who are the two top executives mentioned that lead Texas’s state government?
Who are the governor and lieutenant governor?
Article 3 says the judiciary extends to all cases of law arising under the Constitution and resolves disputes. What is the main role of the judicial branch?
What is interpret the laws?
Which amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches of private property unless the government has a search warrant?
What is Fourth Amendment?
Who uses documents to learn about what happened in the past, see why decisions were made, or to find facts about event?
What is historian?