Branches of Government
Vocab
Who runs what?
All About the 1st Amendment
Did you know you have rights?
100

Makes the laws

Legislative Branch

100

criminal proceedings against a government official for misconduct in office


impeachment

100

Headed by the President and Vice President

Executive Branch

100

This First Amendment right allows individuals to express their opinions publicly without government interference.

Speech

100

First 10 amendments to the Constitution

Bill of Rights

200

Enforces and Implements Laws

Executive Branch

200

private organization of citizens who select and promote candidates for election to public office


political party

200

Headed by the Supreme Court

Judicial Branch

200

This right ensures that people can gather peacefully for protests, meetings, or demonstrations.

Assemble

200

rights that are not explicitly mentioned in the U.S. Constitution or Bill of Rights, but courts have reorganized them as necessary to protecting the rights that are mentioned

Peripheral Rights

300

Interprets the law

Judicial Branch

300

supreme political authority free from external control

sovereignty
300

Federal regulatory agencies are part of the ... branch of government. 

Executive

300

This freedom protects the right to publish and distribute information or opinions without censorship by the government.

Press

300
Give one example of a peripheral right.

Privacy

400

... is made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Congress

400

governmental system in which citizens vote directly to decide issues


democracy

400

Allocated by a state's population

House of Representatives

400

This First Amendment right guarantees individuals the freedom to practice any faith or no faith at all.

Religion

400

True or false: The word "privacy" is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution. 

False

500

Created by Congress to enforce specific laws and oversee areas such as commerce, communications, labor, and safety.

federal regulatory agencies

500

governmental system in which citizens elect representatives to decide issues


republic

500

2 members per state

Senate

500

What are the 5 pieces the First Amendment protects?

Speech, press, religion, assembly, and petition

500

BONUS: With this in mind, provide a specific example of how online content or media has been regulated or censored in recent years. 

Answers may vary.