Amendments
What is the first amendment?
Give citizens the freedom of religion, speech press, assembly, and petition
What is the sixth amendment?
Citizens to the right to a speedy trial, a free lawyer ("public defender")
What is Bicameral?
What is the republic?
Having to separate lawmaking chambers: the Senate and House of Representatives
What is the electoral college?
What is checks and balances?
Special group of electives chosen to vote president and vice president
A system by which each branch of government limits power of other branches
What is the judge review?
What is the due process?
Power of the court to judge, whether or not actions of other branches that are constitutional
The legal rules and procedures the government must observe before depriving a person of life, Liberty, or prosperity
What is the second amendment?
Citizens have the right to bear arms/guns
What is the seventh amendment?
Citizens have the right to a trial by jury in civil causes.
What is depreiate?
What is depression?
To fall in value
A period when economic activity shows and unemployed increase
What is a amendment?
What is popular sovereignty?
They change correction, or improvement added in the document
The belief that government is subject to the will of people
What is equal protection?
What is naturalization?
Application of law, regardless of a person, race, religion, public beliefs, or other qualities
The process of becoming a citizen of another country
What is the third amendment?
Government cannot force citizens to shelter soldiers in their homes
What is the eighth amendment?
Government cannot inflict cruel and unusual punishment, fines/bail or cruel and/or unusual punishment
What is a manumission?
What is proportional?
The freeing of individual enslaved persons
Having a proper size to relation to other objects or items
What is a limited government?
What is enumerated Powers?
Government with limited power strictly defined by law
Power specifically given Congress in the constitution
How does the legislative branch check on the other branches?
It can impeached the president and judges, override Veto, reject appointments to both, refused to approve treaties
What is the fourth amendment?
Forbids unreasonable searches and seizures of a personal property
What is the ninth amendment?
citizens have the rights that are not listed on the constitution
What is a compromise?
What is federalism?
A settlement of a dispute by each party, giving up some demands
Sharing power between the federal and state government
What are reserve powers?
What is current power?
Power belonging only to the state
Power shared by the states and pedal government
How does the executive branch check on the other branches?
It can veto legislation, and appoint judges
What is the fifth amendment?
Citizens have the right to a fair trial, to testify against oneself under oath
What is the tenth amendment?
US government has powers, not granted to the states or the people
What is the legislative branch?
What is the executive branch?
What is the Judge branch?
Lawmaking branch of government/Congress
Branch of government that execute or carries out the law, handed by the president
The branch of government that includes the court that settled disputes in questions of the law
What is Separation of powers?
What are implied powers?
The principle of dividing governmental powers among different branches of government to keep any branch from becoming too powerful
power not enumerated in the constitution but suggested in its language.
How does a judicial branch check on the other branches?
it an declare acts on legislation unconstitutional, and presidential