Amendments+Bill of Rights
The Constitution Transcript
Branches of Government
Delegates
Vocabulary
100
A change added to the Constitution.
What is an Amendment?
100
The introduction of the Constitution.
What is the preamble?
100
The president is located in this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
100
The total number of delegates asked to sign the Constitution.
What is 55?
100
Made of 2 parts
What is Bicameral?
200
The first 10 amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
200
The first 3 articles in the Constitution.
What are the Branches of Government?
200
The number of justices in the Supreme Court
What is 9?
200
The father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
200
An official count of the population every 10 years.
What is Census?
300
A document needed in order to legally search someone's property.
What is a search warrant?
300
The number of articles in the Constitution.
What is 7?
300
This type of branch proposes and votes on new laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
300
The number of people that signed the Constitution.
What is 39?
300
The number of people needed to validate a meeting.
What is a quorum?
400
The amendment that was repealed by another amendment.
What is the prohibition of alcohol?
400
The Supreme Law of the Land.
What is the Constitution?
400
The house in the Legislative Branch that has the power to trial impeachment.
What is the Senate?
400
This person was age 81 when he signed the Constitution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
The day that the new president takes over.
What is Inauguration Day?
500
The date of the Bill of Rights' proposition.
When is 1789?
500
Parts in the Constitution that states powers to keep the government from being too powerful in 1 branch.
What are checks and balances?
500
The type of court that handles foreign problems.
What is the federal court?
500
The name of 1 of the 13 colonies that did not attend the Constitutional Convention.
What is Rhode Island?
500
When one-third of the senators are reelected every 2 years for more experienced senators.
What are staggered terms?
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