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Bill of Rights
Essay Questions
Preamble/Principles
Articles
Amendments
100
This amendment addresses the freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the 1st amendment?
100
There are four of these.
What is the number of methods to amend the constitution?
100
Under this the power comes from the people.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
100
It's purposes is to interpret laws.
What is judicial branch.
100
Collectively they are known as Bill of Rights.
What is the first 10 amendments?
200
This amendment is no longer significant because we have places for our troops to stay.
What is the 3rd amendment?
200
Overriding veto and confirming presidential appointments is part of the checks and balances process.
What is the way the Legislative branch checks the Executive branch?
200
This demonstrates that the Constitution is supposed to address all of the people of the United States
What is the Preamble's We the People.
200
This is where revenue bills start.
What is the House.
200
The only amendment repealed.
What is the 18th amendment?
300
This amendment addresses criminal proceedings including the right not to self incriminate.
What is the 5th amendment?
300
That fun fact for this method is that it has only been used once.
What is 2/3 Congress proposes and 3/4 of State Conventions ratify?
300
Under this principle, power rests in the federal government as well as the states.
What is Federalism.
300
The part of government the framers were concerned would have too much power.
What is Congress.
300
This amendment was initially proposed as part of the Bill of Rights but did not pass until much later.
What is the 27th amendment.
400
This amendment addresses the power reserved to the states and individuals and is the most violated amendment.
What is the 10th amendment?
400
Its purpose is to ensure not one branch of government obtains too much power.
What is the process of checks and balances?
400
Under this principle, the Supreme Court has the power to determine the constitutionality of a government action.
What is judicial review.
400
The date a President begins his term of office.
What is January 20th?
400
The number amendments that have been ratified and are considered parts of the Constitution.
What is 27?
500
This amendment ensures individuals will not face cruel or unusual treatment.
What is the 8th amendment?
500
State conventions and State legislatures do this.
What is ratify constitutional amendments?
500
These are collectively known as the principles of the Constitution.
What is popular sovereignty, judicial review, federalism, limited government, separation of powers and checks and balances.
500
The court case most famously connected with Judicial Review.
What is Marbury v. Madison
500
As a group these are known as the suffrage amendments.
What is amendments 15th, 19th, 26th?