We have these because without them, citizens would not know what they can and cannot do.
What are laws?
100
This job is the head of the Executive Branch.
What is the President?
100
The legislative branch is broken up into these two parts.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
100
This is the top part of the Judicial branch.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
This is the right protected by the Second Amendment.
What is the right to own guns?
200
The Constitution is different from this other important document in US history because the Constitution sets up our government while this other document states we are free from England.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This group of people advises the President and helps him do his many jobs.
What is the Cabinet?
200
To pass a bill into law, these steps must occur.
What are an idea is written down into a bill, the House passes the bill, the Senate passes the bill, and the President signs it into law?
200
This is the major power of the Judicial Branch?
What is interpreting laws?
200
This is the Amendment that prevents people from receiving an unfair punishment for a crime.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
300
This is who wrote the Declaration of Indepence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
300
This power of the Presidency includes deciding how to fight wars.
What is being Commander in Chief?
300
The Congress can do this in the system of checks and balances to check the power of the Supreme Court.
What is the Congress can impeach the President?
300
The courts can stop Congress from becoming too powerful by doing this in the system of checks and balances.
What is declare laws unconstitutional, or not in agreement with the Constitution?
300
These are the rights protected by the First Amendment.
What are the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
400
These types of people were allowed to vote in the original Constitution
Who are land-owning white men?
400
This power of the Presidency can stop Congress from passing laws.
What is the veto?
400
This power of Congress involves charging people money to pay for the jobs the government does.
What are taxes?
400
This is the first Latina Supreme Court Justice?
Who is Justice Sotomayor?
400
This is the Amendment that prevents the police from searching your home without a good reason and permission from a judge.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
500
These people were not allowed to vote in the original Constitution?
Who are women, slaves, and non landowners?
500
This is the current president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama?
500
This power of Congress involves deciding what bills and coins in the US look like.
What is creating money?
500
This is a jury's job in a trial.
What is a group of people deciding who wins the trial?
500
This is why the Bill of Rights was written.
What is that Americans were concerned about the government becoming too powerful and taking away the rights of citizens?