Bill of Rights
This amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
What is the First Amendment?
This means to formally charge a government official with wrongdoing, which can lead to their removal from office.
What is Impeach?
This article of the Constitution gives executive power to the president.
What is Article II?
This is the nickname given to March 7, 1965, the day marchers were attacked while crossing a bridge in Selma, Alabama.
What is Bloody Sunday?
This lawmaking branch of the federal government was established by Article I of the Constitution.
What is Congress (the Legislative Branch)?
This amendment protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
A group that raises and spends money to help elect or defeat political candidates.
What is Political Action Committee (PAC) ?
This is the minimum number of Electoral College votes a candidate needs to win the presidency.
What is 270?
This bridge in Selma was the site of the violent attack on marchers on Bloody Sunday.
What is the Edmund Pettus Bridge?
This is the number of members in the House of Representatives, divided among the states by population.
What is 435?
This amendment guarantees a speedy, public trial and the right to an attorney.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
The group of people who officially vote to elect the president based on each state's popular vote.
Electoral College
This power lets the president reject a bill passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
This future U.S. Congressman helped lead the Selma march and suffered a fractured skull on Bloody Sunday.
Who is John Lewis?
This Plan wanted to create a two-house legislative branch.
What is the Virginia Plan
This amendment states that people have rights beyond those specifically listed in the Constitution.
What is the Ninth Amendment?
A written legal document submitted to a court by one side of a case, laying out their arguments, relevant facts, and legal reasoning to support their position.
What is a Brief
If both the president and vice president are unable to serve, this official is next in the line of succession.
Who is the Speaker of the House?
This Alabama governor had banned nighttime demonstrations and refused to send protection for the marchers.
Who is George Wallace?
This nonlegislative power lets Congress remove a federal official from office, requiring a House vote and a Senate trial.
What is impeachment (and conviction)?
This founding father promised a Bill of Rights would be added in order to win support for ratifying the Constitution, even though he personally thought it was unnecessary.
Who is James Madison?
The idea that the Constitution's meaning should evolve over time to reflect changing societal values and circumstances, rather than being interpreted strictly as originally written.
What is "Living" Constitution?
This term describes presidential powers, like emergency action, that are not specifically written in the Constitution.
What are inherent powers?
This federal law, passed in 1965 in the aftermath of the Selma marches, banned discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests.
What is the Voting Rights Act (of 1965)?
A senator can use this tactic to stall a vote
What is a filibuster