Background
Vocabulary
Amendments
I'm Just a Bill!
Is that my job?
100
James Madison
Who is the father of the Constitution?
100
treason
What is to betray one's country?
100
Bill of Rights
What are the first ten amendments called?
100
majority vote
What is the number of votes needed to pass a bill and send it to the President?
100
Makes the laws for our country
What is the legislative branch's job for our country?
200
New Jersey Plan
What is the plan that created one house with all members getting the same amount of votes?
200
ratify
What is the term that means to approve?
200
27
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
200
2/3
What is the number of votes needed in both houses to pass a bill after a veto?
200
enforces the laws for our country
What is the executive branch's job in our country?
300
Virginia Plan
What is the plan that created one house with all states getting votes based off of their population?
300
cabinet
What is the team of individuals that advise the President?
300
4th
What is the amendment that says no illegal search and seizure?
300
refusal to sign a bill
What is a veto?
300
interprets our laws
What is the Judicial Branch's job in our country?
400
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
What is where the Constitution was created?
400
repeal
What is a term meaning to do away with?
400
5th
What is the amendment that states NO Double Jeopardy?
400
no action after 10 business days and Congress is in session
What is one way a bill can become a law without the President's signature?
400
the Supreme Law of the Land
What is the Constitution?
500
Rhode Island
What is the state that did not attend the Constitutional Convention?
500
Inaugurate
What is a term that means to take an oath; be sworn in officially?
500
12th
What is the amendment that states the President and Vice President are elected together?
500
Supreme Court
What is the branch that can determine a law is unconstitutional?
500
us....."We the People"
What is the group of people that give the Constitution it's power?
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