Government Terminology
If Congress believes a president has committed a crime, they can do this which sends him to a trial in the Senate.
What is impeach?
The Constitution was written because this document did not give enough power to a national government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The first amendment gives us the right to free speech, but also the freedom to do this.
What is worship in the way we choose?
This body makes important judicial decisions.
What is the Supreme Court?
Many early immigrants came to America because they wanted to own this.
What is land?
The United States has this type of legislature, which means two houses work together to make laws.
What is bicameral?
The Constitution creates these three branch of government.
What are the executive, legislative and judicial?
The second amendment gives us the right to do this.
In Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court decided that this was unconstitutional.
What is segregation in schools?
Some immigrated to the US in the 1800s because they heard that this mineral could be found here.
What is gold?
The process of redrawing boundaries to benefit a political party
What is gerrymandering?
These were added to the Constitution later either to create new rights or clarify rights that already existed.
What are the amendments?
This is the number of times the Constitution has been amended, meaning there are this many amendments.
What is 27?
What is prayer?
This island, located close to New York City, processed immigrants coming to America until 1954.
What is Ellis Island?
A gathering where a population discusses and decides which candidate to nominate for office. While some states hold a primary, some do this instead.
What is a caucus?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution, which safeguard some rights for people and the states
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th amendment?
One landmark Supreme Court case decided that presidents are not above the law, and involved this president who resigned.
Who is Nixon?
Immigrants looking to make a home in the United States can apply for one of these which allows them to find work.
What is a green card?
America's first national constitution, which loosely bound the states under a weak national Congress.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This group decided to create the Constitution instead of fixing the problems with the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Continental Congress?
The last amendment to the Constitution was created in this year.
What is 1992?
This case, which is said to be the worst decision in our history, upheld the Constitutional statement that American citizenship did not extend to those of black African descent.
What is Dred Scott v Sanford?
The percentage of our population with Native American descendants.
What is 2%?