Bill of Rights
This amendment was meant to ensure the people could defend themselves against the a tyrannical government.
What is the Second Amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This Article of the Constitution deals with the law making body of the United States.
What is Article I of the Constitution?
A good government should have these three separate branches.
What are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial?
This is a title for the person running the meeting.
Who is the President or the Chair?
This amendment guarantees people won’t be punished for sharing their opinions about the government.
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment guarantees women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
This Article of the Constitution deals with the President of the United States.
What is Article II of the Constitution?
This should be adopted to prevent an abuse of power.
What is a system of checks and balances?
This is the person who speaks first to a motion.
Who is the Maker of the Motion?
This amendment allows for people to not have to testify against themselves in a trial.
What is the Fifth Amendment?
This amendment allowed the Federal government to collect taxes on what we earn.
What is the Sixteenth Amendment?
This Article explains the way the Constitution can be amended in the future.
What is Article V of the Constitution?
This Principle of Liberty is summarized by the quote “Peace through strength.”
What is the 24th Principle of Liberty, “A Free People Will Not Survive Unless They Stay Strong?”
This is required for a motion to be discussed.
What is a second?
This amendment spells out that if the Constitution does not specifically give the Federal government a power, then it stays with the states and the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This amendment took away the State representation in the Federal government by changing how Senators are elected.
What is the Seventeenth Amendment?
Article I. Section 1 states that Congress is made up of these two houses.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This Principle of Liberty states the importance of a written constitution.
What is the 18th Principle of Liberty, “The Unalienable Rights of the People are Most Likely to be Preserved if the Principles of Government Are Set Forth in a Written Constitution?”
This is what it is called when you are changing a main motion.
What is amending the motion?
This amendment promises that there will be no torture for those being detained by the police.
What is the Eighth Amendment?
These amendments prohibited alcohol, and then repealed that prohibition.
What are the Eighteenth and Twenty-first Amendments?
This Article and Section explains how a territory is allowed to become a state.
What is Article IV. Section 3?
This is required for Life and Liberty to be secure.
What is the Right to Property?
This is how you ask for a vote.
What is calling for the question?