Constitution
Name the job:2 year term, 25 years old, 7 years as citizen
What is the House of Representatives?
Name and briefly summarize any two Amendments that aren't part of the Bill of Rights
13th- ended slavery
14th- Equal Rights
19th- Women's Suffrage
18 & 21- Prohibition
22- Presidential Terms
This gives the right to bare arms
What is the 2nd amendment?
The first 10 amendments are called..
What are the Bill of Rights?
Name 1 way the President can check the power of Congress
What is propose laws or veto laws or call special sessions of Congress or make appointments to federal posts or negotiate foreign treaties?
Name the job: 4 year term, natural born citizen, at least 35 years old
What is the President?
This first United States government was not very effective
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This forbids you from testifying against yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This is the name for a change made to the Constitution
What is an Amendment
What are the 5 rights protected by the 1st Amendment?
What are Speech, Religion, Assembly, Petition, and Press
Name the job: 6 year term, 30 years old, 9 years as citizen
What is the Senate?
The main duty of the Legislative Branch
What is make the laws?
This outlaws cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th amendment?
The U.S. Congress is "bicameral", meaning what?
It has two parts (House and Senate)
How many total amendments are there to the Constitution?
What is 27
Meeting called to revise the Articles of Confederation that eventually resulted in the Constitution being written
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Main duty of Executive Branch
What is carry out the laws?
Right to trial by an impartial jury and due process if you are accused of a crime.
What is the 6th Amendment?
This term refers to the President's ability to reject a bill passed by Congress
What is Veto?
Name (at least) two of the president's Constitutional powers:
-Commander in Chief
-Veto/pass laws
-appoint judges/ambassadors
This was the term for the agreement between big states and small states to create Congress with two parts:
What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)
This phrase refers to the ability of each branch to make sure no other branch can have too much power
What are checks and balances?
No unlawful searches without a warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Each section or chapter of the Constitution is known as an __________. There are 7 in total.
What is Article?
Identify at least 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation:
-Gov couldn't tax
-each state had their own currency
-no executive branch to enforce laws
-states wouldn't send representatives to Congress