Branches of Government
These are the 3 branches of government.
What is Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
Slavery was abolished with this amendment.
What is the 13th amendment?
"We the People..." is the start of this section of the Constitution.
What is the preamble?
This is the separation of the State and National government.
What is federalism?
_________ + _________ = __________
This branch of government is in charge of creating laws.
What is Legislative?
Women were given the right to vote with this amendment.
What is the 1st Amendment?
These are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This was the first government of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This branch of government is in charge of enforcing laws.
What is Executive?
This famous case reversed the former Supreme Court ruling of Plessy v Ferguson.
What is Brown v Board of Education?
The Constitution is made of these 3 parts.
What is the Preamble, the Articles, and the Amendments?
For a variety of weaknesses, the Articles of Confederation were _________.
What is insufficient?
In Congress, each state elects 2 _______ to represent them.
What are senators?
This branch of government interprets or reviews laws.
What is Judicial?
The supreme court case of Marbury v Madison gave the Supreme Court this power.
What is judicial review?
This founding father and future president is considered the primary writer of the constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This word refers to a government that holds too much power and does not work for the people.
What is tyranny?
Congress could not levy these in the Articles of Confederation.
What are taxes?
Another name for "Branches of Government" is...
What is the separation of powers?
The Constitution was ratified this year.
What is 1789?
This amendment secures freedom to privacy against searches without a judicial warrant.
What is the 4th amendment?
Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3 of the Constitution made this "rule" about slave representation in the House of Representatives.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
The amount of house representatives in a state is based on this.
What is population?