Constitution
What branch is discussed in Article 1 of the US Constitution?
Legislative
Term length of President
4 years
What right does the 5th amendment give US citizens?
The right to remain silent
Article V of the Constitution makes way for what legal process?
Adding Amendments to the Constitution
Executive Branch
What Amendment is the right to bear arms?
2nd Amendment
An Anti-Federalist who argued against the Constitution being ratified
Who is considered the father of the Constitution?
James Madison
This branch of the national government interprets the laws
Judicial Branch
Explain the impact of the Great Compromise on the structure of Congress.
It provided for a bicameral legislature, with representation in the House of Representatives according to population and in the Senate by equal numbers for each state.
Qualifications for senators and representatives
30 years old, 9 years a citizen; 25 years old, 7 years a citizen; both residents of the state they represent
What kinds of cases the Supreme Court hears
Foreign treaties, on high seas, between states, when the US is party, etc.
What document did the Constitution replace?
Articles of Confederation
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution are called what?
The Bill of Rights
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
An agreement reached in 1787 during the Constitutional Convention that determined how to count slaves for the purpose of taxation and representation in the House of Representatives
Right to trial by jury
Which branch includes the President, FBI, NSA?
The Executive Branch
What is one reason the Articles of Confederation failed?
- The federal government could not collect taxes on their own.
- The states all used different currencies (Types of money)
- Each state had one total vote
Which Amendment protects the right against the government searching and seizing your things.
The 4th amendment
What is the difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists?
Federalists believed that the United States should form a strong central government to unite the states, while antifederalists believed that the states should maintain the same level of power and authority with only a weak central government.
What does the 9th amendment give US citizens?
Protection against our government claiming we don't have a right just because it's not in the constitution
What Branch enforces the laws?
Executive Branch
What is federalism?
A system of government where power is shared between the central government and the state government.
The 3rd article of the US Constitution talks about which branch of government?
Judicial Branch
What is the purpose of Checks and Balances?
Each branch holds power over the other in order to keep the power between them balanced.