Before the Constitution
The document that declared freedom from Great Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
A type of government that is ruled by one person
What is an autocracy?
The first part of the Constitution that sets out the purpose
What is the Preamble?
The three branches of government
What is legislative, judicial, and executive?
The first 10 amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
The war that took place right before the Constitution
What is the American Revolution?
Having control, authority, or influence over others
What is power?
The purpose of amendments
What is to make changes?
System used to balance power between the branches
What is checks and balances?
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
The document that outlined government before the Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
A form of government that allows citizens to elect representatives
What is a representative democracy?
This section of the Constitution outlines our structure of government
What are the articles?
This branch interprets the laws
What is the judicial branch?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
The original writers of the Constitution
Who are the framers?
How you participate in democracy
What is voting?
This is how power is balanced in government (in addition to 3 branches)
What is the balance of federal and state governments?
The bicameral compromise split the legislative branch into these two houses
What is the Senate and House of Representatives?
This law protected the voting rights of all people
What is the Congressional Act of 1965?
The year the Constitution was written
What is 1787?
To make laws, protect citizens, keep order, and provide services
What is the purpose of government?
This is how the number of Electoral votes each state receives is determined
What is adding number of Senators & Representatives in the House?
The President is elected via this process
What is the Electoral College?
Setbacks/challenges that certain groups faced attempting to get voting rights
What are literacy tests, poll taxes, threats & violence, discrimination, etc.?