Amendments
3 branches
Principals of government
Constitution
Misc.
100

The right to remain silent

What is the 5th amendment?

100

Name 1 branch of the US Federal government

 Legislative, Executive and Judicial

100

The term for "rule by the people."

What is popular sovereignty?

100

The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation

What is the Constitution

100

Could the national governments tax citizens under the Articles of Confederation?

What is No?

200

The 2nd Amendment

What is the Right to Bear Arms?

200

This branch has the job of writing the laws

What is legislative branch?

200

This constitutional principle is the idea that each branch has different powers, so no one branch has too much power.

What is the separation of powers?

200
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called what?
What is the Bill of Rights?
200

How many total YEARS is the president allowed to stay in office AT MOST?

8 years (2 terms)

300

The 6th amendment

What is the right to a speedy trial?

300

Which branch has the President, FBI, NSA?

What is the Executive Branch?

300

Each branch holds some power over the other two

What is Checks and Balances?

300

A guidebook, instruction book, recipe, blueprints, for a government. 

What is a constitution?

300

This amendment says the Federal government can only do the things the constitution says it can - everything else is hands off!

What is the tenth amendment?

400

The 9th Amendment

What is the protection against our government claiming we don't have a right just because it's not in the constitution

400

This branch of the national government interprets the laws?

What is judicial?

400

What is the term for 2 different governments that run a country at the same time

What is a republic?

400

What was the name of the meeting where the founding fathers wrote the constitution?

What is the constitutional convention?

400

What were the names of the original 2 political parties in America?

Who are the Federalists and Anti-Federalists?

500

The 3rd amendment

What is the protection against soldiers claiming your home?

500

The branch of government enforces the laws.

What is the Executive Branch

500

A system of government where power is shared between the central government and the state government.

What is federalism?

500

Why did the Articles of Confederation ultimately fail?

The Federal government was too weak.

500

What courts are part of the Judicial Branch?

Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts
U.S. Circuit Courts
(All federal courts)