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Vocabulary
Constitution
Amendments
Articles of Con.
Bill of Rights
100
To approve
What is Ratify
100
The number of branches in our government
What is 3
100
Abolishes Slavery
What is 13th Amendment
100
Number of houses under the Articles of Confederation.
What is One?
100
The right to bear arms
What is the 2nd Amendment
200
The idea that each branch has the authority to counterbalance the other branches from becoming to powerful
What is Checks and Balances
200
Congress's two houses are called these
What is Senate and House of Representatives
200
Women have the right to vote in national and state elections
What is 19th Amendment
200
The number of states needed to approve a new law under the Articles of Confederation
What is 9?
200
Protects against "unreasonable search and seizures"
What is 4th Amendment
300
The idea that each branch of government is separate and has it's own responsibilities and jobs to do
What is Separation of Powers
300
This elects our President
What is Electoral College
300
Ends Prohibition
What is 21st Amendment
300
Under the Articles of Confederation, a territory needed this number of people living there to become a state
What is 60,000?
300
Protects against eminent domain and double jeopardy
What is 5th Amendment
400
The authority of the government is created and chosen by the people
What is Popular Sovereignty
400
The beginning part of the Constitution is that what
What is the Preamble
400
Voting age from 21 to 18
What is 26th Amendment
400
The 1 good thing under the Articles of Confederation that happened.
What is Northwest Ordinance?
400
Right to trail by jury, speedy trial, and impartial jurors.
What is 6th Amendment
500
These powers are shared between state and national governments
What is Concurrent Powers
500
This branch's responsibility is to enforce laws
What is Executive Branch
500
Levy income tax
What is 16th Amendment
500
2 things, under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not do.
What is Tax and Enforce Laws?
500
All powers not mentioned in the Constitution fall on the States and the People
What is 10th Amendment