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Amendments
Vocab
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
100
8th
This amendment protects you from cruel or unusual punishment
100
To reject something
What is a veto?
100
Preamble
What is the first section of the Constitution called?
100
Changes made to the Constitution
What is an Amendment?
100
Vice President
If the President vacates the office who would take his place?
200
2nd
Right to bear arms
200
Power of the court to determine if something is unconstitutional or not
What is Judicial Review?
200
Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches
Separation of Powers refers to the equal distribution of power between whom?
200
1. Proposed by Congress by a 2/3 vote in both houses 2. Proposed at a national convention called by Congress
Name 1 of the 2 ways an Amendment can be proposed
200
False...Executive Agreements do not need approval from the Senate. It is between the president and the head of another sovereign state.
An executive agreement and treaty are similar in the fact that both need approval from the Senate to be recognized...True or False
300
22nd
Limits the number of times a person can be elected president.
300
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments are also known as what?
300
Rule of Law
Limited Govt is also referred to as what?
300
True
True or False...The ratification of an Amendment takes place on a state by state level
300
The president appointing a Cabinet.
What is one unwritten custom in our government system?
400
Prohibition
What did the 18th Amendment establish
400
To advise the President on issues regarding the 15 executive departments
What is the main purpose of the Presidents Cabinet?
400
False...two-thirds vote
True or False, Congress may override a Presidential veto with a three-fourths vote in each house
400
False...Once a state approves, it can not be outdone by anyone in that state.
Once a state has approved an amendment the action can be undone by a governors veto to the ratification of the proposed amendment...True or False
400
Electoral College
What determines who wins a presidential election?
500
13th
Which amendment abolished slavery
500
Formal Agreement between two or more sovereign states.
What is a treaty
500
Popular Sovereignty, Limited Govt, Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances, Judicial Review, and Federalism.
Name the 6 basic principles of the Constitution
500
3/4 and 3/4
An amendment can be passed only if it is ratified by conventions in ____ of the states or Ratified by ____ of the state legislatures.
500
George Washington
FOR DOUBLE POINTS (1000)...Who advised the people to add political parties to the Govt. "The baneful effects of the spirit of party"