Constitution
The document that was replaced by the Constitution
What is The Articles of Confederation?
The first 10 Amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
The primary job of Congress (Legislative Branch).
What is make laws?
The primary role of the Executive Branch
What is enforce laws?
The primary role of the Judicial Branch.
What is interpret laws?
The convention where framers came together to write the Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
What is the 1st Amendment
The 2 houses of Congress
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives
The head of the Executive Branch.
Who is the President?
The highest court in the federal court system.
What is the Supreme Court.
The two plans that were part of the Great Compromise. Hint: state names
What is the the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
Your right to not tesify against yourself
What is the 5th Amendment
100
What is the number of Senators
Natural born citizen, 35 or older and lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years
What are the requirements to be president?
Lifetime (until they retire or die)
What is the term of a Supreme Court Justice?
The articles that layed out the plan for the branches of government
What are Articles 1, 2 and 3
Abolished Slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
Based on population
What is the number of Representatives per state?
To not approve a bill passed by Congress.
What is veto?
To declare laws or actions unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
"We the People"
What are the first 3 words of the Preamble?
The last Amendment to be ratified
What is the 27th Amendment
To tax people, raise an army/navy, declare war, create a court system and coin money
What are powers of Congress (Legislative Branch)?
Run the war, make treaties, grant pardons, appoint ambassadors and judges.
What are powers of the President?
Sandra Day O'Connor
Who was the first woman Supreme Court Justice?