Constitution
Name 1 branch of the US Federal government
What are the Legislative, Executive and Judicial?
The 6th amendment
What is the right to a speedy trial?
The right to remain silent
What is the 5th amendment?
The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation.
What is the Constitution?
The number of words in the Constitution.
What is 4,400 words? It is the oldest and shortest written Constitution of any major government in the world.
The 2nd Amendment
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
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
The term for "rule by the people."
What is popular sovereignty?
This branch of the national government creates laws.
What is legislative?
The most glaring spelling error in the Constitution.
What is "Pensylvania" above the signers' names?
A guidebook, instruction book, recipe, blueprints, for a government.
What is a constitution?
Which branch gets to interpret the laws made by the legislative branch?
What is the Judicial Branch?
The Federal government can only do the things the constitution says it can - everything else is hands off!
What is the tenth amendment?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly.
What is the 1st Amendment?
The Right to a Jury
What is the 7th Amendment?
This branch has the President, FBI, NSA and other departments and agencies.
What is the Executive Branch?
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?
The right against the government searching and seizing your things.
What is the 4th amendment?
The 3rd amendment.
What is the protection against soldiers claiming your home?
This branch has the job of writing the laws
What is legislative branch?
This branch has to enforce the laws.
What is Executive Branch?
A system of government where power is shared between the central government and the state government.
What is federalism?
Ways the Bill of Rights applies to your life.
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Each branch holds some powers over the other two.
What are Checks and Balances?