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Bill of Rights – Part I
BILL OF RIGHTS – PART II
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What is the job of the Legislative Branch

Makes the laws for the country

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What is the job of the Executive Branch?

Enforce or carry out the laws

100

What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

Interpret the laws and decides what they mean.

100

This amendment says “Citizens can keep and bear arms.”

2nd Amendment

100

This amendment says “Bail, fines, and punishments must not be excessive.”

8th Amendment

200

This part of Congress has 435 members.

The House of Representatives

200

This person is the head of the executive branch.

The President 

200

This is the highest court in the United States.

Supreme Court

200

This amendment protects “the right to have a jury hear your case in a criminal trial.”

6th Amendment 

200

This amendment says “The government cannot deprive you of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”

5th Amendment

300

This part of Congress has 2 members from every state.

The Senate

300

The president serves for this many years per term.

4 Years

300

Supreme Court justices serve for this length of time.

Life/until they retire/removed from office for bad behavior

300

This amendment says “You don’t have to house soldiers in your home during peacetime.”

3rd Amendment 

300

This amendment protects “the right to have a jury hear your case in most civil trials.”

7th Amendment

400

Representatives serve for this many years.

2 years

400

The President has this military role and leads the armed forces.

Commander in Chief

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Who chooses or appoints federal judges?

The President 

400

This amendment protects “freedoms of religion, speech, press; and the right to assemble peacefully and petition the government.”

1st Amendment

400

This amendment ensures that “if you found a right not listed in the Constitution, it still belongs to the people.”

9th Amendment 

500

This group has the power to declare war.

Congress

500

The President gives this yearly speech to tell Congress how the nation is doing

State of the Union Address

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This article of the Constitution creates the judicial branch.

Article III or 3

500

This amendment protects people from “no unreasonable searches and seizures.”

4th Amendment

500

This amendment says “If a power isn’t given to the federal government, it goes to the states or the people.”

10th amendment