The Branches of Government 1
Articles/Government
Amendments
Bill of Rights
Vocabulary
100

This branch of government makes the laws.

What is the legislative branch?

100

This was the first form of government in the United States.

What is the Articles of Confederation
100

These amendments deal with outlawing and repealing alcohol sales.

What are Amendments 18 and 21?

100

Protects your freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and petition.

What is the First (1st) Amendment?

100
This is the authority of a president to refuse to sign bills into law.
What is veto power?
200

This branch of government enforces, or carries out, laws.

What is the executive branch?

200
This article deals with Amending the Constitution.

What is Article 5?

200

These amendments deal with votes rights for former slaves, women and 18 year olds. 

What are Amendments 15, 19 and 26?

200
Protects against unreasonable (warrantless) searches and seizures (unless reasonable suspicion or probable cause exists).
What is the Fourth (4th) Amendment?
200
This is a change to the Constitution, which requires a supermajority (2/3) of Congress or states to propose and a 3/4 majority of states to ratify (approve).
What is an amendment?
300
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is the judicial branch?
300

Article 4 of the constitution deals with this.

What is relationships among the states?

300

This amendment made the election of U.S. senators a direct election. 

What is Amendment 17?

300
Protects the rights of the accused (including the right to grand jury indictment, the right not to testify against oneself, and due process).
What is the Fifth (5th) Amendment?
300

This is the advisory board that gives the President advice.

What is the Cabinet?

400

These are the requirements to be a U.S. Senator. 

What are at least 30 years old, a citizen for 9 years and live in the state you represent?

400

This article states that the constitution is the supreme law of the land and that no law can go above the constitution.

What is Article 6?

400
This amendment outlawed slavery in the United States.

What is the 13th amendment?

400
Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the Eighth (8th) Amendment?
400
This clause declares the Constitution (and federal law) to be the supreme law of the land (i.e. constitutional/federal law trumps state law).
What is the supremacy clause?
500

A system of restrictions placed on individual branches of government by the other branches of government to maintain a balance of power.

What is the system of checks and balances?

500

These were the 2 presidents chosen by the House of Representatives after they did not get enough Electoral College votes to be named president.

Who are Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams?

500

This is the fraction needed in Congress to approve an amendment?

What is 2/3rds?

500

Protects the rights of those on trial (including a speedy, public jury trial of one's peers; access to an attorney; and the rights to obtain and confront witnesses for and against).

What is the Sixth (6th) Amendment?

500

This is the act of formally accusing a public official (e.g. the president) of a crime (e.g. treason) that can result in removal from office.

What is impeach(ment)?

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