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100
Name the parts of the Constitution in order....
Preamble, Articles, Amendments
100
This branch of government executes the law.
What is Executive Branch?
100
This is the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
100
These are powers that are directly written out.
What are enumerated powers?
100
How many Amendments are in the Constitution?
27
200
This is the part of the Constitution that contains changes and additions.
What is the Amendments?
200
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is the Judicial Branch?
200
People's right to rule.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
These powers are set aside for the state.
What are reserved powers?
200
The President and Vice President make up this branch.
What is the Executive Branch?
300
This is the part of the Constitution that contains its purpose and goals.
What is the Preamble?
300
This is the lawmaking branch of the government.
What is the Legislative Branch.
300
Each branch has its own specific job to perform, so that no one branch becomes too powerful.
What is separation of powers?
300
These powers are shared between the federal government and the state government.
What are concurrent powers?
300
This principle of government is most strongly shown through voting and elections.
What is popular sovereignty?
400
This part of the Constitution explains how government is set up.
What is the Articles.
400
This branch consists of the Supreme Court and other State Court officials.
What is Judicial Branch?
400
We see this in the Constitution because each branch can limit the powers of another branch.
What is checks and balances?
400
This is found in Article 7 in the constitution and says that federal law is "supreme" law of the land.
What is the supremacy clause?
400
This term means that government can only do what people allow it to do.
What is limited government?
500
Why did the framers of the Constitution create a loose system of government that left many things up to interpretation?
So it would be flexible enough to last through time.
500
This branch consists of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
What is the Legislative Branch?
500
In our Constitution it means that the law applies to everyone.
What is rule of law?
500
How many articles are in the Constitution?
7
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