Bill of Rights
The right to bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
This branch is also known as the lawmaking branch.
What is the legislative branch?
This plan looked to have a legislative body based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This word means to approve or reach an agreement.
What is Ratification or Ratify?
This is the number of members in the House of Representatives.
What is 435 members?
This Amendment protects against self-incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This branch is responsible for interpreting the Constitution.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This plan wanted a legislative body with equal representation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This word expresses the idea of having two separate chambers under the same house.
What is bicameral?
Name a check the Judicial Branch has on the Legislative Branch.
What is the power to declare laws unconstitutional?
This Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright upheld this Amendment in the right to have a lawyer.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This article establishes the Constitution as the "Supreme Law of the Land."
This compromise established our present-day Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
This word expresses the idea of a clear division of rights and responsibilities of each branch of government.
What is separation of powers?
If Andy wanted to burn the American flag, it would be protected under this Amendment.
What is the first Amendment?
The protection against unreasonable searches and seizures is protected under this Amendment.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This branch of government is responsible for enforcing the Constitution.
What is the Executive Branch?
This compromise hoped to solve the problem of counting enslaved people as part of a state's population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This term defines the separation between federal and state powers.
What is federalism?
This Supreme Court case established these basic rights that the police must read to you.
What are Miranda Rights?
The powers not reserved to the federal government is reserved for the states under this Amendment.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
This article outlines how the Constitution can be amended or changed.
What is the Fifth Article?
This compromise established this body of voters who effectively determine the president.
What is the Electoral College?
This word expresses the idea that people living in a region/territory would decide on how to run their government.
What is popular sovereignty?
Name two checks the Legislative Branch has on the Executive Branch.
1. What is the power to override veto with 2/3 majority vote?
2. What is the power to impeach the president?