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Amendments
Amendments 2
Constitution
Congress
Misc.
100

This amendment was passed because of FDR

What was the 22nd amendment

100
war that helped get the voting age lowered to 18 years
What is Vietnam War?
100

 What year was the Constitution written?

When is 1787

100

Has the power to tax

What is the House of Representatives?

100

What is the capital of Oklahoma?

Oklahoma City

200
deals with separation of church and state, free speech, free press
What is 1st amendment?
200
protects against double jeopardy
What is 5th amendment?
200
clause that allows for Congress to do what is "necessary and proper"
What is elastic clause or "necessary and proper clause"?
200
law passed in 1964 to protect women, African Americans, and other minorities from discrimination
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964?
200
original purpose of the Constitutional Convention
What is revise the Articles of Confederation?
300
granted women suffrage(right to vote)
What is 19th amendment?
300
powers not given to the national government by the Constitution are reserved to the states
What is 10th amendment?
300
name of the compromise that combined elements of New Jersey and Virginia plan to appease small and large states
What is Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise?
300
rarely successful situation in which a president refuses to sign a bill but it ultimately becomes law anyway
What is override a presidential veto?
300
person who currently holds an office. Usually highly successful in running for reelection
What is incumbent?
400
these 3 amendments are called the "Civil War" amendments because they dealt with giving rights to former slaves
What 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments?
400
Trial by jury, call witnesses in one's defense, and not having to testify against oneself are all part of the rights of the accused. This is all a part of this process
What is due process of law?
400
key difference between the New Jersey and Virginia plan
What is equal representation vs. representation based on population?
400
Congress gained lawmaking powers from this
What is US Constitution? (Article I)
400
thinkers such as John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu were philosophers of this time frame and applied natural rights to government thinking
What is the Enlightenment?
500
This amendment assures equal protection under the law, and is the basis for the 1954 Brown vs. BOE Topeka, KS Supreme Court decision
What is 14th amendment?
500
This amendment outlawed the sale, consumption, and manufacture of alcohol in the US.
What is 18th amendment?
500

 What are the three branches of the U.S. government?

Executive, Legislative and Judicial

500
Appointments to Supreme Court and US Cabinet positions must be approved by this group
What is US Senate?
500

line of succession to president after the president and vice president 

What is Speaker of the House?