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Bill of Rights 1
Vocabulary
Bill of Rights Part 2
Branches of Government
Local, State, and Federal Government
100
This amendment gives people the right to free speech, press, and religion.
What is the 1st amendment?
100
These are rights that cannot be taken away.
What are unalienable rights?
100
This amendments protects citizens from having to house soldiers.
What is the 3rd amendment?
100
This person leads the Executive Branch of the Federal government.
Who is the President?
100
This person is in charge of LOCAL and STATE government. (2 different people)
Who is the Mayor for LOCAL? Who is the Governor for STATE?
200
This amendments allows people to bear arms?
What is the 2nd amendment?
200
This document explains why the colonists wanted freedom.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
This amendment gives people a right to a speedy trial.
What is the 6th amendment?
200
This group leads the Legislative Branch.
Who is Congress?
200
These are services the NATIONAL government provides. Name 3
What are collects FEDERAL income tax, cares for NATIONAL parks, protects are country, trades with other countries, provides money for our military, delivers mail, makes treaties with other countries, makes decisions about NATIONAL holidays.
300
This amendment protects people agains cruel and unusual punishments.
What is the 8th amendment?
300
These are the 10 amendments after the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
300
This amendment says "you have the right to remain silent".
What is the Fifth Amendment?
300
This person leads the Judicial Branch of the Federal government.
Who is the Chief Justice?
300
This person is in charge of the NATIONAL (or federal) government?
Who is the President?
400
This amendment states that police must have a search warrant to enter your home.
What is the 4th amendment?
400
These guard against any one branch becoming too powerful.
What are Checks and Balances?
400
There are only 10 amendments to the Constitution? True or False?
What is False?
400
Congress is broken up into these 2 houses.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
400
The LOCAL government provides these services. Name 3.
What are collects garbage, provides water, collects property tax, provides fire protection, collects LOCAL taxes, provides police protection, provides safe places for people to vote, helps protect private property, provides school bus transportation, and provides COMMUNITY parks.
500
This amendment says that people have rights that are not listed word for word in the Constitution, like the freedom of where to live.
What is the 9th amendment?
500
This is why the Declaration of Independence was written.
What is to declare freedom from Britain and explain all of the complaints the colonists had about the King.
500
Why was the US Constitution written?
In order to describe the branches of government and their functions as well as divide power between the federal and state government.
500
Explain the function of of each branch of the federal government (Executive, Legislative, Judicial)
1. Judicial: Interprets the laws and makes sure they are constitutional. 2. Executive: Enforces and Implements Laws 3. Legislative: Passes laws
500
The STATE government provides these services. Name 3
What are collects STATE taxes, cares for STATE parks, issues driver's license, builds STATE highways or roads, provides money for schools, provides money for hospitals, and makes decisions about education.