Vocab
Issues surrounding the legal right and ability to campaign and cast a vote in political elections
What is Voting Rights?
What limit of the 1st Amendment means spoken lies to intentionally harm someone's reputation?
What is Slander?
The First Ten Amendments of the United States Constitution is also known as
What is Bill of Rights?
How many branches of government are there?
What is 3?
This amendment grants you the Freedom of Speech, Religion, press, and right to petition and assemble.
What is First Amendment?
a change made to a law or set of laws
What is an Amendment?
What is known as a formal complaint to the government?
What is Petition?
How many articles are in the U.S. Constitution
What is 7?
The three branches of government
What is Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch?
This amendment gives you the right to remain silent and not incriminate yourself.
What is the 5th Amendment/ I plead the 5th.
A system of ideas and general laws that guide a nation, state, or other organization
What is a Constitution?
Ruth Bader talked about the US constitution becoming every more __________________.
What is Embracive?
Officially abolished slavery and immediately freed more 100,000 enslaved people from KY to DE
When and Where did the constitutional convention take place?
What is Philadelphia 1787
The 8th amendment protects you against what?
What is Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
To formally raise and care for a child of other biological parents
What is Adopt?
In order for your private property to be searched law enforcement officers need probable cause or what?
What is a Warrant?
The year Congress passed the 19th Amendment
What is 1919?
What is the right of the government to take away your private property for public use with fair and just compensation?
What is Eminent Domain?
Rights not listed in the Constitution still go to who according to the 9th Amendment?
Who is The People?
a political unit made of people who share a common territory
What is a Nation?
Who was a strong supporter of a stronger central government?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The language used in the 13th amendment was taken from
What is 1787 Northwest Ordinance?
According to Jeffrey Rosen, What was the most important debate that took place during the Constitutional Convention?
What is How the national legislatures should be elected
What do you get in a civil case according to the 7th Amendment?
What is a jury?