Amendments
This amendment ended slavery after the Civil War.
What is the 13th amendment?
The constitution has been amended this many times.
This constitutional principal represents the idea that government is not "all-powerful".
What is limited government?
These kinds of powers are specifically laid out in the constitution.
What is expressed powers?
This article of the Constitution lays out the powers of the legislative branch.
What is Article 1?
This amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
This fraction of people need to agree on proposing an amendment.
What is 2/3?
This constitutional principal represents the different delegated powers that each branch has.
What is separation of powers?
These are powers that both the state and national governments have.
This article of the constitution lays out the powers of the executive branch.
What is article ll?
This amendment includes the freedom of religion, speech, press, etc.
What is the 1st amendment?
This fraction of people need to ratify an amendment.
What is 3/4?
This constitutional principal is represented by our system of government. (What type of government do we have?)
This kind of power are not clearly written out in the United States Constitution and instead granted under the “necessary and proper clause”?
What is implied powers?
This clause in the constitution declares the constitution the supreme law of the land.
What is the supremacy clause?
This amendment was created because of the Quartering Act imposed on the colonies by Britain.
What is the 3rd amendment?
Who has the power to propose an amendment? (Name at least one)
What is Congress and the states?
This is the constitutional principal represented when the supreme court strikes down on a state's law.
What is judicial review?
This kind of power is given to the United States government because it is a sovereign state.
What is Inherent powers?
This clause in the constitution allows Congress to stretch its power to meet a variety of needs.
What is Necessary and Proper Clause?
What is the 18th and 21st amendment?
Who has the power to ratify an amendment? (Name at least one)
What is state legislatures and ratifying conventions in the states?
This is an example of Checks and Balances between the Executive and the Legislative branch.
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These powers are denied to the national government but not explicitly given to the state.
What are reserved powers?
Name an exclusive power, held only by the national government.
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