What were the two main goals of the Constitution's framers?
What is protect citizens' rights and defend the country.
100
What is the vice president's role in the legislative branch?
What is the president of the Senate, he casts a vote only in case of a tie.
100
On what grounds can a federal court strike down a state or federal law?
What is the law is unconstitutional.
100
Opponents of gun-control laws argue that the Second Amendment was intended to protect ....
What is an individual's right of self-defense.
100
A grand jury's decision that there is enough evidence to formally accuse a person of a serious crime is called...
What is indictment.
200
What is a federal system of government designed to do?
What is divide powers between the states and the national government.
200
Why is it difficult for Congress to override a veto?
What is they would need to have a two-thirds majority vote.
200
Who drafted the list of proposed constitutional amendments that became the Bill of Rights?
Who is James Madison.
200
To say that a person cannont face "double jeopardy" means that....
What is individuals cannot be tried a second time for a criminal offense if a jury has found them not guilty.
200
Cases in which a harm has been done but no crime has been committed are decided...
What is in civil court.
300
The federal government is divided into separate branches to...
What is keep any one branch from growing too powerful.
300
The president can check the power of the legislative branch by ....
What is vetoing a law.
300
To show government their dissatisfaction with a law or suggest new laws, the American people have a right to...
What is petition.
300
The one exception to the Fifth Amendment rule that no person can have property taken from them without due process of law is called...
What is eminent domain.
300
The Ninth Amendment, which says that the rights listed in the Constitution are not the only rights of citizens, has allowed citizens to address which right?
What is the right to education.
400
What determines how many members represent each state in the House of Representatives?
What is the U.S. Census, a nationwide population count taken every ten years.
400
When the House of Representatives impeaches a president they...
What is vote to bring charges of serious crimes against him.
400
The First Amendment protects....
What is freedom of religion, expression, and assembly.
400
The Eighth Amendment protection against "cruel and unusual punishment" has sparked debate over what issue?
What is capital punishment.
400
The function of the Ninth and Tenth Amendments is to....
What is protect rights not addressed by the first eight amendments.
500
What is the function of Congress in the federal government?
What is Congress is the legislative branch, which makes the nation's laws.
500
What role does the Constitution assign to the judicial branch?
What is interpreting the law.
500
A search warrant protects a person's individual rights by....
What is guarding someone suspected of a crime from having officials go through their property for no reason.
500
Bail protects the accused by allowing the defendant to .....
What is avoid staying in jail before and during a trial.
500
What is required for a person to become a naturalized citizen?
What is they must move to the United States permanently and apply for citizenship.