Constitution
Name the three branches of the US Federal government
What are: 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
What is the branch also known as Congress
Legislative Branch
The 2nd Amendment
What is the Right to Bear Arms?
The Constitutional Convention convened in this year?
What is 1787?
This city hosted the Constitutional Convention.
What is Philadelphia?
This branch of the national government interprets the laws?
What is judicial?
The branch of government that enforces the laws.
What is the Executive Branch
A guidebook, instruction book, blueprints, for a government.
What is a constitution?
Which branch gets interprets the laws?
What is the Judicial Branch?
What is the tenth amendment?
What amendment gives the freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly?
What is 1st?
The Right to a Jury in a Civil Case
What is the 7th Amendment?
Which branch has the President, Vice President and Cabinet?
What is the Executive Branch?
This freedom guarenteed in the First Amendment does have limits.
What is The Freedom of Speech?
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?
The FBI belongs in which branch of government?
What is Executive Branch?
Made up of nine appointed justices who have a life-time appointment
What is the Supreme Court?
This term means being charged for the same exact crime twice.
What is Double Jeopardy?
A system where each government branch has powers that keep any other branch from having too much control.
What is Checks and Balances?