This amendment forbids illegal searches and seizure (must have a warrant to go onto someone's property)
The fourth amendment
The Bill of Rights essentially protects American citizens from the
The US Constitution replaced this document that was the first written form of government in the United States but ultimately was a failure
the Articles of Confederation
This section of the constitution outlines the six purposes of government
the Preamble
The primary job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
Which amendment contains this language:
"People have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the Government."
The First Amendment
The system which prevents any part of the government from having too much power, by allowing each branch to have some say in what the other branch does
Checks and Balances
The judicial department is made up of?
judges and courts
This word is often used to refer to the people who wrote the constitution
the framers
What did the 13th amendment do?
Made slavery illegal in the United States.
The democratic core valueso f Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness were first written down by this founding father
Thomas Jefferson
The Constitutional Convention took place in this city, which was also the first capital of the United States before Washington DC
Philadelphia
Even though this group of people is not directly named in the Constitution, the authors of the constitution made sure that their owners would still be able to consider them "property"
slaves
What two chambers make up the Legislative Branch?
the Senate and the House of Representatives