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Amendments
100
There are 435 of these.
What are Representatives?
100
Unless it falls on a Sunday, the President takes the oath of office on this day.
What is January 20th?
100
There are nine of these.
What are Supreme Court judges?
100
This person's diary contains all we know about what happened at the Constitutional Convention.
Who is James Madison?
100
This is the only amendment that has been repealed.
What is 18th amendment?
200
The governor of the state fills this.
What is a vacancy in the Senate?
200
This house investigates impeachment trials.
What is the House of Representatives?
200
A Supreme Court judge holds his/her position for this long.
What is for life?
200
This number of states was necessary to originally ratify the Constitution?
What is nine?
200
This amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment"
What is the 8th amendment?
300
This is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives.
What is the Speaker of the House?
300
There are fifteen of these.
What are Cabinet Departments?
300
Two witnesses are required to convict someone of this.
What is treason?
300
The Articles of Confederation only provided for which branch of government?
What is the legislative branch?
300
This amendment gave Washington DC three electoral votes.
What is the 23rd amendment?
400
This is a law passed prohibiting an act after the act has been committed.
What is an ex post facto law?
400
A 2/3 vote is necessary to do this.
What is override a presidential veto. (Also number necessary for expelling a member of Congress)
400
This is the only time someone may be convicted of treason.
What is during a time of war?
400
During the ratification fight, this group supported the Constitution.
Who are the Federalists?
400
The establishment clause prohibits the government from doing this.
What is declaring a national religion
500
Coining money, granting titles of nobility, and creating treaties are all examples of this.
What are things states are forbidden from doing?
500
This is the third person in line to take over if the President can no longer carry out his/her job as President.
Who is President pro Tempore?
500
The power of the Supreme Court to decide whether laws are constitutional is known as this.
What is judicial review?
500
This is the supreme law of the land.
What is the Constitution?
500
This amendment is known as the "lame duck" amendment.
What is the 20th amendment.
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