🟦 Constitution Basics
The supreme law of the United States
What is the Constitution?
This amendment protects symbolic speech, like wearing armbands to protest
What is the 1st Amendment?
This branch can veto laws
What is the Executive Branch?
This case said students have free speech in school
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The introduction to the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
The year the Constitution was signed
What is 1787?
This amendment requires police to have probable cause and often a warrant before searching property
What is the 4th Amendment?
This branch can declare laws unconstitutional
What is the Judicial Branch?
This case ended school segregation
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Number of articles in the Constitution
What is 7?
The first part of the Constitution
What is the Preamble?
This amendment includes protection against double jeopardy
What is the 5th Amendment?
This branch includes Congress
What is the Legislative Branch?
This case created “Miranda rights”
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
Helped write the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This article includes the Supremacy Clause
What is Article VI?
This amendment was used to apply the Bill of Rights to the states through “due process”
What is the 14th Amendment
The President can do this to forgive a crime
What is grant a pardon?
Rights not listed in the Constitution are protected by this amendment
What is the 9th Amendment?
The number of amendments needed to change the Constitution
What is 2/3 of Congress and 3/4 of states
The city where it was written
What is Philadelphia?
This amendment changed how U.S. Senators are chosen (from state legislatures to voters)
What is the 17th Amendment?
Congress can override a veto with this fraction
What is two-thirds?
The first 10 amendments are called this
What is the Bill of Rights?
Oldest Founding Father at the Convention
Who is Benjamin Franklin?