Amendments
How many amendments are in the Bill of Rights?
What is 10?
How many branches are in the government?
What is 3?
What is a jail?
What is a short term holding cell?
Which amendment allows for women to vote?
What is the 19th amendment?
How many justices serve on the US Supreme Court?
What is 9?
How many amendments are in the Constitution?
What is 27?
Which branch of government interprets laws?
What is the Judicial branch?
What is the term for holding someone in custody before their trial?
What is pretrial detention?
How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency?
What is 270?
Who confirms Supreme Court Justice appointments?
What is the Senate?
Which amendment was repealed?
What is the 18th amendment?
Which branch of government has the power to declare war?
What is the Legislative branch?
Which amendment protects against "cruel and unusual punishment"?
What is the 8th amendment?
What law outlawed discriminatory voting practices, such as literacy tests?
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
What year was the Supreme Court established?
What is 1789?
What house passes the amendments?
What is The House of Representatives?
How long is the term for a senator?
What is 6 years?
What is the name of the system that allows people to pay money to be released from jail while awaiting trial?
What is the bail system?
Which constitutional amendment lowered the voting age to 18?
What is the 26th amendment?
What is the name of the Chief Justice who made the Judicial Branch determine if the laws by Congress are constitutional?
What is John Marshall?
Which amendment establishes the procedure for replacing a president in case of death, removal, resignation, or incapacitation?
What is the 25th amendment?
What is the term used for the division of powers between the national and state governments?
What is Federalism?
What federal agency is responsible for overseeing federal prisons in the United States?
What is the Federal Bureau of Prisons?
Which amendment prohibited poll taxes as a requirement for voting in federal activities?
What is the 24th amendment?
Which Supreme Court case established that suspects must be informed of their rights before interrogation?
What is Miranda V Arizona?