Bill of Rights
What does the Bill of Rights consist of?
What is the first ten amendments?
What are the Three Branches of Government?
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
What do federal and state governments have in common?
What is Concurrent Powers?
What amendment is "Provides for jury trials in civil cases"?
What is the 7th?
What had been added to the constitution since it was written approved?
What is Amendments?
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
The purpose is to protect those rights against infringement from public officials and private citizens
What is it called when the power is equally divided?
What is the Separation of Powers?
What is a system that allows each Branch of Government limit the powers of the other two in various ways is called?
Checks and Balances
Which amendment is this, "Says all powers not given to the federal government are kept by the states or the people"?
What is the 10th?
The two groups that make up congress are what?
What is the Senate and House of Representatives?
What is it called when a branch has two different parts?
What is Bicameral?
What is the Legislative Branch in charge of?
What is making laws?