Stuff you should know
This word is spelled wrong in the Constitution and on the Liberty Bell.
What is Pennsylvania?
This Article of the Constitution defines a bicameral legislature.
What is Article 1?
To serve in this position, you must be 35 years old and have been born in the United States.
What is the office of the President of the United States?
States cannot coin money, declare war, or tax goods from another state, according to this Article in the Constitution.
Article I Section X
This document includes the phrase, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal. . ."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Even though he is credited with writing the Declaration of Independence, this man did not sign the Constitution.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This article prohibits Congress from putting people in prison without a good reason, pass ex post facto laws, and prohibits bills of attainder.
Article I (section IX) (habeas corpus, ex post facto, bills of attainder)
This article lays out the process to amend the Constitution.
What is Article V?
This document preceded the Constitution but ultimately failed to create a unified country.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This city in Ontario Province is the capital of Canada.
What is Ottawa?
This article of the constitution establishes the executive branch of the federal government.
What is Article II?
This branch of government is responsible for making sure laws are enforced.
What is the executive branch?
This article guarantees trial by jury in a criminal court.
What is Article III?
This is the number of times the word "democracy" is mentioned in the Constitution.
What is zero?
This is the type of government we have in the United States as outlined by the framers of the Constitution.
What is a Constitutional Federal Republic?
This branch of the legislature tries impeachment cases.
What is the Senate?
The Doctrine of Preemption, which declares that federal law preempts state law, is found here.
What is Article VI?
The Supremacy Clause states that laws and treaties of the US made in accordance with the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land, can be found here.
What is Article VI?
This document lays out the type of government the United States has, down to the time elected officials may serve in office and is based on 7 fundamental principles.
What is the Constitution?
John Shay escaped to this independent republic following his rebellion in 1787. The Republic later became the 14th state.
What is Vermont?
Members of this house serve for six years.
What is the Senate.
This article establishes that all state governments should be republic governments and that states must honor the laws of other states.
What is article IV?
The head of this is called the Chief Justice.
What is the Supreme Court?
What is the Declaration of Independence?