Name the Amendment
This amendment gives us the right to "bear arms", or own guns.
This branch includes the President. This branch's job is to enforce laws.
What is the Executive Branch?
This was our nation's first plan for a government. It failed because it overtaxed it's citizens and it did not give the federal government enough power.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
True or False: The Declaration of Independence promises Americans the rights to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of freedom."
Name one freedom that is protected by the 1st Amendment.
What is freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, or freedom to petition the government?
This guy has the power to veto laws. However, if Congress disagrees with his decision, they can override his veto with a 2/3 majority vote.
Who is the President of the United States?
This document came 11 years before the Constitution. It declared that colonists were free from the tyranny of King George III and Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What is true?
This amendment gives us the right to not incriminate ourselves. You might hear a suspected criminal say, "I plead" this...
What is the 5th Amendment?
This branch includes Congress. They write the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
These are the two parts of Congress established in the Constitution.
What is the Senate and the House of Representatives.
True or False: The very beginning section of the Constitution, that acts as an introduction paragraph, is called the "Prelude".
What is false. This section is known as the "Preamble".
This amendment outlaws "unlawful search and seizure". This means that a police officer can not search your belongings or property without a warrant.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This branch includes the Supreme Court. They interpret laws and decide if they are constitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
This French and Indian War and Revolutionary War general was known as the president of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
True or False: Slavery was made illegal in the first draft of the Constitution.
These amendments say we have other rights that are not listed in the constitution, and states have the power to make laws as well.
What are the 9th and 10th Amendments?
This is the name of the system that gives each branch a little bit of power over the other two branches. This system prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What is the system of "checks and balances"?
This guy is known as the "Father of the Constitution". He wrote the Federalist Papers, and was also the 4th president of the United States.
Who is James Madison?
True or False: The Judicial Branch has the power to declare war.
What is false. The Legislative Branch (Congress) has power to declare war.