The 3 Branches
The president of the United States may often be found signing or vetoing laws in this branch of the government.
What is the executive branch?
This is a change or addition to the U.S. constitution.
What is an amendment?
This lucky number is how many articles are present in the U.S. Constitution.
What is 7?
According to due process, you are given the right to have this person represent you in court, even if you cannot afford it.
What is an attorney (lawyer)?
This term found in the preamble could also mean "fairness to all".
What is justice?
These two "houses" may not be fit for a family, but are a major part of the U.S. Congress.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
This amendment discusses the freedoms of expression that are given to each citizen.
What is the first amendment?
The articles can be found in the constitution following after this very important introduction to the constitution.
What is the preamble?
These are the individuals who are protected by due process.
Who are people accused of a crime?
This group of early Americans did not want a new constitution because it did not include a Bill of Rights.
Who are the anti-federalists?
This branch, where due process can be witnessed, consists of Supreme Court justices and judges in state and local courts.
What is the judicial branch?
This is the number of amendments that are included in the Bill of Rights.
What is 10?
These are what Articles 1, 2, and 3 layout and describe in depth.
What are the 3 branches of government?
What is a jury?
The individual rights and freedoms of all U.S. citizens are guaranteed because of this section of the constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
As found in article 1, this is the legislative branch's purpose in the process of laws becoming laws.
What is to make/write the law?
Police and other law enforcement officers are required to present this document before entering a property to search for or seize items of interest.
What is a search warrant?
This article states that the constitution is the "supreme law of the land" and should be followed by everybody.
What is article 6?
Due process states that individuals can not be charged for the same crime twice. This is what they are being protected from.
What is double jeopardy?
This phrase found in the preamble describes the idea that freedom and rights will be given to all Americans and their children and so on.
What is "secure the blessings of liberty"?
This concept divided government power between the 3 branches of government to make sure no branch had too much power.
What is separation of powers?
There are the five freedoms that are part of freedom of expression.
This article describes the process of making amendments.
What is article 5?
"You have the right to remain silent..." is a phrase that law enforcers must say to all charged individuals before they are arrested. These individuals are being protected from this.
What is self-incrimination, testifying against themselves, or admitting guilt?
This constitutional compromise, suggested by the representatives of Connecticut combined the wants of Virginia and New Jersey and became the idea that congress would consist of two separate houses where one is based of population and the other is based off equality.
What is the Great Compromise?