Amendments
The second amendment is the right to...
Bear Arms
How a President stops a bill from becoming a law.
What is a veto?
To cancel a decision is to _______.
This branch judges the law.
What is Judicial?
What is the purpose of Checks and Balances?
To ensure that no one branch of the US becomes too powerful.
The first amendment includes our freedoms. (list two examples)
Speech, Press, Protest, Assembly, Religion
Relating to the government of the United States.
What is federal?
These are people sent to speak for a group. You could say that they _______ your group.
What is represent?
This branch enforces the law.
What is executive?
What is the Bill of Rights?
The first 10 amendments in the US Constitution.
The fourth amendment protects citizens from unlawful _______ and ________.
Search and Seizure
A person who is running for office is a ________.
What is a candidate?
These are changes made to the Constitution; in order for one to pass, 2/3 states must agree.
What is an amendment?
This branch creates the law.
What is legislative?
How many amendments are there?
What is 27?
The 13th amendment, one of the most famous that exist, was the amendment that did what?
Abolished Slavery
The introduction to the United States Constitution is called the _______.
What is preamble?
This is when each side gives something up to come to an agreement.
What is compromise?
What two groups make up Congress?
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
What does double jeopardy mean in our legal system?
To be tried for the same crime twice.
The 10th amendment ensures that who also receives power?
To accuse a public official of doing wrong and taking the official to court.
What is impeach?
These are people who advise/help the President run the country.
What is the cabinet?
Who are the main two people that make up the executive branch?
The President and the VP?
What type of government do we have in the USA? Is it direct or representative?
What is Representative Democracy?