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Vocabulary
Amendments 1-5
Amendments 6-10
Checks & Balances
The Constitution
100

Proper legal procedure, like having a fair trial

What is due process

100
The amendment that states : you have the right to bear arms.
What is the second amendment
100
This amendment states: unlisted rights are not necessarily denied.
What is the ninth amendment
100

Removes a judge for misuse of power.

Who is the Legislative Branch.

100

A change to the Constitution.

What is an Amendment?

200

The group of advisors that help the president

What is the cabinet?

200
This amendment states: troops may not be quartered in homes in peacetime.
What is the third amendment
200
This amendment states: powers not delegated to the United States (or denied completely to the states)are reserved to the states.
What is amendment ten
200

Pardon a person found guilty of a crime.

Who is the Executive Branch or president? 

200

This lists the freedoms of the people in the United States.

What is the Bill of Rights?

300

to accuse a government official, for committing a crime.

What is to impeach?

300
This amendment states: no unreasonable searches or seizures
What is the fourth amendment
300
This amendment covers the rights given in criminal cases: right to a speedy public trial, right to an impartial jury, etc.
What is amendment six
300

Sign or veto a bill created by Congress?

Who is the president or the Executive Branch?

300
After the Constitution was written, this had to be done in order for it to count.


Hint: what needed to be done and by who or how many

What is Ratified by 9 states.

400

 The branch of government that carries out laws.

What is the executive branch?

400
The fifth amendment protects the rights of the accused. What does this mean? Name at least two specific rights that are protected under amendment 5.
What is the rights of any person that is being blamed with a crime. No double jeopardy, forcing a person to testify against him/her self, no loss of life, liberty, or property without due process,
400
This amendment covers rights protected in civil cases. What is this amendment and how much money (at least) has to be involved in the case?
What is the seventh amendment
400

Approve or reject cabinet members?

Who is the Legislative Branch?

400

The men in Shay's Rebellion were fighting to

what is keep their homes?

500

A negative opinion not based on facts, often used unjustly in court cases about a person.

What is prejudice? 

500
Name and give an example of all of the rights protected by the First amendment.
What is freedoms of speech, assembly, petition, press, and religion. Ex: ...
500
This amendment states: no excessive bail or fines, no cruel or unusual punishment. What is the amendment, what does that mean, and give an example.
What is the eighth amendment, (critical thinking)
500

Overturn laws that are unconstitutional.

Who is the Judicial Branch or Supreme Court?

500
An agreement between large and small states was known as this. It is what created the Senate and House of Representatives.

What is the Great Compromise?