Amendments
This amendment guarantees the right to bear arms.
What is the second amendment?
This person's term is four years long.
Who is the president?
DAILY DOUBLE: When is the next election?
The amount of justices in the Supreme Court.
What is 9?
The basis for all our laws.
What is the Constitution?
Considered the father of the constitution.
Who is James Madison?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
This branch's term is for life.
What is the judicial branch (judges)?
These people are appointed by the president.
Who are judges/the supreme court?
This name of the first 10 amendments.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The number of amendments in the constitution
What is 27 amendments?
This amendment made the voting age 18
What is the 26th amendment?
What is 15?
The number of senate members elected each year
This principle means that each branch of government can limit the powers of the other branches.
What is checks and balances?
"Give me liberty or give me death" was said by this man.
This amendment limits the president to two terms.
What is the 22nd amendment?
What are requirements to be the president?
There are two of these per state.
What are senators?
This principle is the idea that the people are the ultimate source of governmental authority.
What is Popular Sovereignty.
This explains the purpose of the Constituion.
What is the preamble?
This amendment guarantees a trial by jury.
What is the 7th amendment?
A 2/3 vote from congress is needed to overturn this.
What is a veto (by the president)?
The current Speaker of the House.
Who is Mike Johnson?
This separates power between national and state governments.
What is federalism?
Marbury V. Madison set the precedence (expectation) for this.
What is Judicial Review (the power of courts of law to determine if something is constitutional)?