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Legislative Branch
Executive Branch
Judical Branch
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Articles
100
This is the primary fuction of Congress.
What is making laws?
100
The President.
What is the top office of the executive branch?
100
The highest court in the U.S.
What is the Supreme Court?
100
Freedom of speech, religion, assembly and press.
What rights are guaranteed by the first Amendment?
100
This Article defines the powers of the Presidency.
What is Article Two?
200
The House of Representives and the Senate?
What are the two houses of Congress?
200
The enforcement of laws
What is the role of the Executive branch?
200
The Chief Justice
Who is the highest offical on the Supreme Court?
200
This amendment protect citizens from unlawful search and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
200
This role establishes the Supreme Court.
What is Article three?
300
The two body structure of Congress is described this way.
What is bicameral?
300
This member of the Executive holds a postion in the Senate.
Who is the Vice President?
300
While nominated by the President, this body approves or rejects his/her choices for judges and also cabinet appointments.
What is the Senate?
300
This Amendment provides protection against double jeopardy (being tried twice for the same crime) and self incrimination.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
300
This article which contains the supremacy clause, places the Constitution above all laws and requires an oath from public officals.
What is Article 6.
400
The structure congress is often described this way.
What is a bicameral legislature?
400
Veto power.
What is the check this branch holds in the creation of laws?
400
Although the establishment of the Supreme Court occurs in Article III, this branch created the lower courts.
What is Congress?
400
The Third Amendment provides a protection against this policy widely used by the British in the years leading up to the revolution.
What is quartering of troops?
400
Article Seven
What is the article that established the rules for the ratification of the Constitution?
500
Although the President is the commander-in-chief, this power is given to Congress.
What is the power to declare war?
500
The people in this body technically elect the President.
What is the electoral college?
500
Unlike the other branches, most judges hold office for this amount of time.
What is a lifetime term.
500
This Amendment assures protection from cruel and unusual punishment, as well as, excessive bail and fines.
What is the Eighth Amendment.
500
This Article gives Americans the flexiblity to alter (amend)the Constitution.
What is Article 5?