Amendments
This amendment says you have the right to speech, petition the government, among other things
This branch has the power to make laws and declare war.
What is the legislative branch (Congress)?
Check your mail. You have to report to court and make a decision on a case.
One person; one vote
What is a democracy?
This document is considered revolutionary around the world because the power was with the people
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This amendment allowed you to vote if you were a black man named John in the late 1800s
This branch is in Article II of the Constitution and has the power to enforce laws.
It's April 15th. Make sure you files these by midnight.
What are taxes?
The king is just for show. The real power is in the Parliament.
Americans were hesitant to ratify the Constitution because it lacked this
What is protection of individual rights (Bill of Rights)?
This amendment allowed you to vote if your name was Sarah in the early 1900s.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This branch is in the third Article of the Constitution and it has the power to explain the law.
What is the judicial branch (Courts)?
An election is coming up. Maybe you should head to the polls to do this.
What is vote?
May the wealthiest family rule...or a group of them.
What is an oligarchy?
The document existed before the Constitution...a little weak, some may say.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment allows you, specifically, to vote in the years 2030 ad 2031.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This is the term for federal and state governments sharing power.
What is federalism?
Doing things like stopping at red lights, not stealing, and not harming anyone
What is obeying the law?
Total power of citizens
What is totalitarian?
This thinker for the Enlightenment period influenced how the Framers saw the power of the people
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
This amendment says that Missouri has the power to do anything the Constitution does not stipulate as a federal power.
What is the 10th Amendment
This clause says that the federal government has original jurisdiction over interstate conflicts
What is the supremacy clause?
What is register for the Selective Service?
Gather the priests! Decisions need to be made.
What is a theocracy?
This state's plan made it possible for the ratification of the Constitution because it balanced the power between large and small states
What is Connecticut?