Constitution
What is the first sentence of the Constitution called.
The Preamble
What are Individual Rights?
Explain the fourth Amendment?
Right against search and seizure.
Who is the head of the Executive branch?
The President.
What are the two parts of Congress?
House of Representatives and Senate.
What is the Mountains and Basins?
What is federalism?
What is the second amendment?
Right to bear arms.
What is the purpose of government?
To provide basic services (think about the preamble)!
What is impeachment?
When Congress officially accuses a public official with a crime.
This region is called the breadbasket of and is known for its rolling fields. It contains cities like Amarillo and Lubbock.
What are the Great Plains
What is Popular Sovereignty?
The idea that the government's power comes from the people.
What is the 7th amendment?
Right to a jury.
Who is the head of the Judicial branch?
The Supreme Court.
What is one way that people can show the government that the power of the government comes from the people?
By voting.
When was the Constitution written?
1787
What are Checks and Balances?
What is the 9th amendment?
Rights that aren't in the constitution are still given to the people.
What is the Cabinet?
A group of the President's advisors.
What is one way that the Judicial Branch can check the power of the Legislative branch?
By declaring congressional laws unconstitutional.
List the 7 Principles of government.
Federalism, Popular Sovereignty, Checks and Balances, Republicanism, Separation of Powers, Limited Government, and Individual Rights
State Government - Small things (schools, roads)
Federal Government - Big things (going to war, national spending)
List the 5 freedoms protected by the first amendment.
Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, Religion.
Explain the difference between the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The number of Representatives are chosen by the population and there is 2 per state in the Senate.
In our "Lunch Menu" activity, what branch of government did the "Nutrition Inspectors" represent?
Judicial Branch.