True or false
The Preamble of the constitution describes 27 admendments to the original document.
What is false.
The first 10 amendments
The bill of rights
President appoints judges to the Supreme Court is an example of
What is checks and balances
Changes to the original constitution
what are the amendments.
what two parts make up Congress.?
What is congress.
The principles of the Constitution include unlimited government and individual rights over common good.
What is false.
Includes right to free speech
What is the first amendment.
Provides the rulebook for the government
A written constitution
Powers that are divided between national and state governments.
What is federalism.
Bicameral
What is having two chambers of Congress.
By specifying the powers of the federal government, the Constitution fulls the principle of limited government.
What is true.
The two parts that make up Congress
What is the House of representatives in the Senate
What is another name for the legislative branch?
What is Congress.
Powers that are listed by number in the constitution.
What are enumerated powers.
What does a law start out as?
What is an idea.
The articles of the Constitution describe the bicameral structure of Congress.
What is true.
Is the house of representatives the upper or lower chamber of Congress?
what is lower.
Is the house of representatives the upper or lower chamber of Congress?
What is lower.
Right to bear arms
What is the second amendment
What is the first draft of a law called?
What is a bill.
The Bill of Rights a rose in part because of Americans experience with Britain.
What is true.
65
What is how many were in the very first Congress.
Which branch of government interprets the law and includes the Supreme Court?
What is the judicial branch.
Laws that lets Congress stretch its power to meet certain situations
What is elastic clause.
What does a bill need from Congress?
What is a sponsor.