Bill of Rights
Tell me about the 3rd amendment.
What is quartering soldiers?
Tell me about the 16th amendment.
What is Congress being able to charge a poll tax?
Describe the Virginia Plan.
What is Representation in both houses of Congress would be based on population
Bicameral Congress
Favored by Large States?
Describe the purpose of the Constitution.
What is the purpose of the Constitution? Explaining why we have the Constitution.
Explain the 27th amendment.
What is Congress being able to give itself a pay raise?
Describe the 8th amendment.
What is no cruel and unusual punishment or no unreasonable bail?
Explain the 24th amendment.
What is banning poll taxes in federal elections?
Describe the New Jersey Plan.
What is the Unicameral Congress
Favored by Small States
Representation is equal in all States, each state received one vote?
List the first three articles of the Constitution in order.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches of the United States Government?
Explain the 4th amendment in detail.
What are police need a search warrant and or probable cause to search through your personal belongings?
Name the amendment that goes with the following scenario. "When arrested, Malachi refuses to speak and invokes his right to remain silent."
What is the 5th amendment?
Describe the 20th Amendment.
Tell me about the Great Compromise
What is it was originally called the Connecticut Compromise
Bicameral Congress
Compromise the satisfied both large and small states
House of Representatives is based on population
Senate has equal representation; each state receives 2 votes?
Read the quote and tell me which article of the Constitution it belongs to.
"The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same."
What is the 7th article of the Constitution?
List at least four subjects in the 5th amendment.
What are the Right to Remain Silent, No Self Incrimination
Due Process
Miranda Rights
Eminent Domain
Double Jeopardy
Select all of the following amendments that are listed in the Bill of Rights from the following list.
Abolishment of Slavery
Right to Remain Silent
Voting Rights for Women
Voting Rights for D.C.
Voting Rights for all Men
No Excessive Bail
Freedom of Speech
Right to Bear Arms
What are the ideas of the right to remain silent, no excessive bail, freedom of speech, and the right bear arms.
Explain the 17th Amendment.
What is U.S. people getting to directly elect their 2 state senators?
Explain the difference between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
What are the federalists and anti-federalists?
Federalists: wanted the new constitution, strong federal government, wealthy merchants and traders, didn't think we needed a Bill of Rights
Anti-Federalists: wanted to edit the Article of Confederation, wanted to keep stronger state governments, farmers, wanted a Bill of Rights to accept the Constitution.
Read the quote and name the article of the Constitution.
"A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime."
What is the 4th Article of the Constitution?
Name the amendments that deal with the Presidency.
What are the 12th, 20th, 22nd, and 25th amendments?
What are the 5th, 6th, and 7th amendments.
The amendments that deal with the expansion of suffrage.
What are the 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments?
Tell me about the "elastic clause". Including why we have it as well as the other name for it.
What is the necessary and proper clause and to allow Congress to make laws to carry out its delegated powers?
Read this quote and tell me what part of the Constitution it comes from.
"No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
What is the 2nd article of the Constitution?
Put the following Amendments in order:
18-year old's can vote
Right to bear arms
Citizens of DC can vote
Women's suffrage
End to prohibition
President and Vice President run on the same ticket
What is Rights to bear Arms
President and Vice President run on the same ticket
Women's Suffrage
End to Prohibition
Citizens of D.C. can vote
18 year olds can vote