General Constitutional Knowledge
The name of the branches of government
What are the Legislative Judicial and Executive branch
The removal of the President from the white house and his position.
What is impeachment
A reason necessary to convict someone of treason?
What is a confession, or 2 witnesses
These are 2 of the 5 basic liberties a person can have
What are Freedom of speech/freedom of expression/freedom of assembly/freedom of religion/freedom of the press
The principle that goes hand in hand with the separation of powers.
What is checks and balances
The number of reps we have for each state
What is one for every thirty thousand people.
The clause that expands the power to make or change laws when “necessary and proper”
What is the elastic clause
The topic of article LV
What is relations between the states
The amendment that outlawed cruel and unusual punishments
What is the 8th amendment
The “alleged” form of government that we live in today.
What is a Democracy
The presiding officer of the house of reps
What is the Speaker of the house
The President is Commander-in-Chief of this branch of military.
What is the Army
The group of people that chooses the number of federal courts we have?
What is congress
The amendment that ended slavery
What is the 13th amendment
The state of California paying for the Golden Gate Bridge instead of the government is an example of what principle
What is Federalism
The branch of government that makes the laws
What is the Legislative branch
The fraction of both houses that must vote to override a veto.
What is ⅔
Where States must treat citizens of other states equally
What is privileges and immunities
The amendment that started prohibition of liquor and what ended it
What is the 18th and 21st
The people of Virginia consenting to the ban of legal Marijuana use in their state is an example of this principle
What is Popular Sovereignty
The commander in chief of the Army
What is the President
The age one is needed to have to run for president.
What is 35 years old
States must honor the validity of other state’s laws, public records, and court decisions
What is Full faith?
The amendment that defined a us citizen
What is the 14th amendment
John Locke created the idea of Natural Rights, which supports this principle.
What is Limited Government