The Articles
Article 1 discusses the branch of the government that creates the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
This is the number of members in the Senate
What is 100 (2 from each state)?
Amendments 4-8 protect the right of these people.
What are the accused (of a crime)?
The name of the first document for government before the Constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment gives the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd?
Article II discusses the branch that includes the President and Vice President.
What is the Executive Branch?
These are the minimum ages required for the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the Presidency.
What are 25, 30, and 35?
This word means “2 chambers” and describes how our legislative branch is divided.
What is bicameral?
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date.
What is July 4, 1776?
This amendment made all former slaves US citizens.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Article III discusses the branch that interprets the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The citizenship requirements for the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What are 7 and 9 years?
Beginning with the words, “We the People”, this is the introduction to the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
1783 was the year this war ended.
What is the Revolutionary War?
This amendment gives the freedom of religion, speech, press, and assembly?
What is 1st?
This Article of the Constitution discusses how the States interact (acting neighborly).
What is the 4th?
The citizenship requirement for the President and Vice President of the United States.
What is they must be born a citizen?
This is the name of the highest court in the land and has nine justices.
What is the Supreme Court?
The form of government adopted by the Framers of the Constitution.
What is (Constitutional) Republic?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th?
This Article described how the Constitution was to be ratified.
What is Article 7?
The number of representatives in the House of Representatives is based on this.
What is the population (of the state)?
This the President's power to override a law passed by Congress.
What is a veto?
On June 21, 1788 this document was ratified.
What is the United States Constitution?
The first 10 amendments were given this name.
What is the Bill of Rights?