The Bill of Rights 1-5
The right guaranteed by Amendment 1
What is freedom of religion, speech and the press
Which level of government makes decisions for the United States of America?
-city, county, state OR federal
What is Federal
How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
What is 9
The Great Compromise decided to have a two body house that had mixed power from the people and the states. Which house has 2 elected officials from each state?
What is the Senate
The Bill of Rights are the first 10 ______________ to the U.S. Constitution.
What is Amendments
The amendment that will not allow a person to be tried for the same crime twice, nor to be deprived of life, liberty, and property without due process of law, nor forced to give evidence against himself or herself.
What is the Fifth Amendment
If each state had it's own laws, money, and military, it would be difficult to travel from state to state. Which of these most likely will make life easier for citizens?
-a common courthouse
-leadership that agrees on laws
-a federal government
-a better interstate highway system
What is...a federal government
The branch of government that has members appointed by the president AND approved by the Senate.
What is the Judicial Branch
The Great Compromise decided to have a two body house that had mixed power from the people and the states. Which house contains elected officials according to the size of their state?
What is the House of Representatives
The amendment that gives you the right to trial by jury.
What is Amendment 7
According to the Fourth Amendment, the police can search and seize a person's property only if....
What is...when a judge issues a warrant
Why did the authors of the constitution want to limit the power given to any one branch of government?
-to ensure the power rests with the president
-to ensure the power rests with the people
-to ensure the power rests with our justice system
-to ensure the power rests with our representatives and senators
What is...to ensure the power rests with the people
The branch of government that can impeach government officials accused of serious crimes.
What is the Legislative Branch
The name of the proposal written by James Madison that established a republic with a central government with 2 branches and stated that Congress should be based solely on population.
What is the Virginia Plan
What is NOT a right guaranteed through the Bill of Rights?
-The Right to trial by jury
-The Right to own a weapon
-The Right to publish what you want in a newspaper-
-The Right to vote if you are 18 or older
What is...The Right to vote if you are 18 or older
A "well regulated militia...the right of the people" to bear arms.
What is 2nd Amendment
Why did the founding fathers meet to write the U.S. Constitution?
What is...they believed the federal government needed to be stronger and wanted to outline the powers of the national government.
This branch of government carries out the laws.
What is the Executive Branch
The proposal favored by the smaller states that gave all states the same number of representatives in congress.
What is the New Jersey Plan
According to the Eighth Amendment which of these is not allowed...
reasonable bail OR jail terms OR reasonable fines OR cruel punishments
What is cruel punishments
The purpose of the Bill of Rights
What is...They wanted to protect the rights of the people through a set of amendments to the constitution.
Why was a separation of powers created in the constitution?
What is....to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
Explain how a Bill becomes a law.
What is...Congress (legislative branch) introduces it...The president (executive branch) can approve or veto it...The Judicial Branch interprets it.
The name of the proposal presented by Roger Sherman that proposed that the House of Representatives be based on population and the Senate have 2 representatives from each state.
What is the Great Compromise
Which Amendment states...Rights not given to the national government then belong to the states or the people. In other words...the federal government can only do what we say it can do.
What is Amendment 10