Amendments
This is what the 2nd Amendment is
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
What is the Judicial Branch?
This is the term for when the President forgives a federal criminal and releases them from prison
What is Pardon?
The main role of this branch is to create, write, and pass laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington?
This amendment protects the right to jury trial in civil cases when damages are at least $20?
What is the 7th Amendment?
This Branch of government can veto a bill passed by Congress
What is the Executive Branch?
This is the term to convict the President of a crime
What is Impeachment?
Main role of this branch is to interpret laws and the Constitution
This was the second President of the United States
Who is John Adams?
This amendment deals with powers reserved to the states, powers not given to the Federal government belong to the states, then the people
What is the 9th Amendment?
This branch of government can call for impeachment of the President and act as the court for the trial
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the system that stops one branch of government from becoming too powerful
What is Checks & Balances?
This is the amount of representatives that North Dakota has
What is 1?
This was a new political party that formed in 1834, named after an English Political party that opposed the monarch that, that was not very successful
Who are the Whigs?
This is what the 5th Amendment is about (give me at least 1 of the 2 elements)
What is Rights of the accused- person cannot be tried for the same offence twice and cannot be forced to testify against yourself?
This person, can pardon people convicted of a crime
Who is the President?
Term meaning political authority belongs to the people
What is popular sovereignty?
This is the main role of the Executive Branch
What is enforce and carry out laws?
The first two presidents of the United States belonged to this political party (If needed I will give you a hint for half points)
Who are the Federalists?
This is what the 6th Amendment is about
What is right to a fair and speedy trial, right to a lawyer?
This is the percentage or fraction the Legislative needs to override a President's veto with majority vote
What is 2/3 or 66.6666 or 67%?
Define Veto
What is rejects a law? (example)
This is the amount of Amendments in the whole US Constitution
What is 27 Amendments?
This President would be the first Republican president elected in 1860
Who is Abraham Lincoln?