Structure & Principles
Three Branches of Govt.
Amending The Constitution
The Amendments
Review
100
The introduction to the Constitution. (states why it is written)
What is The Preamble
100
What is the purpose of the legislative branch
What is Legislatures are the branch of government that create laws
100
What is the Amendment process
What is Proposing the amendment with a 2/3 vote of both houses of congress or a constitutional convention called by congress Then Ratified 3/4 of the 50 states
100
The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution
What is The Bill Of Right
100
James Madison
What is main framer of the constitution
200
The dividing of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
What is Separation of powers
200
What is the purpose of the executive branch
What is to enforce laws
200
may be proposed by either two-thirds of both houses of the United States Congress or by a national convention.
What is Amendments
200
The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments are also known as
What is the civil war amendments
200
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
What is the preamble
300
There are 27 of these in the constitution
What is The Amendments
300
What is the purpose of the judicial branch
What is to interpret laws
300
A change or "fix" to the constitution is called what
What is an amendment
300
the 16th through the 27th amendments are called
What is the later amendments
300
Two houses of congress, equal number of senators for every state, the number of representatives per state based on population, two senator per state
What is The Great Compromise
400
What does articles 1,2,and 3 set up
What is the legislative, the executive, and the judicial branches
400
a statement in the U.S. Constitution granting Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the enumerated list of powers
What is the elastic clause
400
38 states needed to ratify
What is the fraction of the 50 states is needed to ratify a proposed amendment that has passed both houses
400
27
What is the total number of amendments
400
Who thought of the "Law of Nature"
What is John Locke
500
What are the six Major Principles
What is (1) Popular Sovereignty (2) federalism (3) separation of powers (4) checks and balances (5) judicial review (6) limited government
500
They are labled 1-18, five of them deal with economic legislation- the power to levy taxes, to borrow money, to regulate commerce, to coin money, and to punish counterfeiting
What is the enumerated powers
500
Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state conventions Proposal by convention of states, ratification by state legislatures
What is the two paths that have not been used to amend the constitution
500
May 18, 1992
What is the ratification of the last amendment
500
Citizens who favored the Constitution
What is Federalists