Preamble
This line of the Preamble makes it clear the power of the government comes from the people.
What is, "We the People?"
The first major section of the Constitution that provides 6 purposes of the government.
Article I outlines this branch of government.
What is the Legislative branch?
This Amendment covers the basic individual rights like the freedom of speech and the freedom of religion.
What is the First Amendment?
The 3 Amendments from the mid-1800s that tried to give African Americans more freedoms.
What are the Civil War Amendments, or Amendments 13, 14, and 15?
The date of the insurrection on the Capital Building in Washington, DC.
What is January 6, 2021?
Unite the states to act as a single nation for the good of all.
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
Article II outlines this branch of government.
What is the Executive branch?
One of the 4 Amendments that protects the rights of the accused.
What are the 4th, 5th, 6th or 8th Amendments?
This Amendment, ratified in 1865, initially outlawed slavery.
What was the 13th Amendment?
The 2 things a police officer needs to search a person's home.
What are probable cause and a search warrant?
The line with the purpose to make sure all citizens are treated equally.
What is, "Establish Justice?"
The section of the Constitution that outlines the 3 branches of government.
What are the Articles, or Articles I-III?
Article III outlines this branch of government.
What is the Judicial branch?
The 2nd Amendment gives this right to American citizens.
What is the right to own a gun, or the right to bear arms?
This Amendment was the last of the Civil War Amendments and guaranteed suffrage for the blacks.
What was the 15th Amendment?
This Amendment limits the powers of the Federal Government.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The line that has the purpose of being ready to protect the country from attack.
What is, "Provide for the common defense?"
The section of the Constitution that contains the Civil War Amendments.
What are the Amendments to the Constitution?
This Article of the Constitution discusses the relationship between the States and Federal Governments.
What is Article IV?
This Amendment in the Bill of Rights says that citizens have additional rights from those offered in the Constitution that cannot be taken away.
The 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th, and 26th Amendments made changes to the Constitution regarding this freedom.
What is suffrage, or the right to vote?
Laws passed in the Southern states after the Civil War that limited the rights of African Americans.
What are black codes?
The line with the purpose to guarantee all rights for Americans and their future generations.
What is, "Secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our posterity?"
The part of the Constitution that says the Constitution is the, "Supreme law of the land."
What are the Articles or Article VI?
This part of the Constitution gives instructions on how the Constitution can be changed or adjusted.
What is Article V?
This Amendment states that citizens are not required to house or feed soldiers during peace time.
What is the Third Amendment?
This Amendment outlawed poll taxes.
What was the 24th Amendment?
This idea led the Supreme Court to rule that the Bill of Rights applied to all states.
What is due process?