CONSTITUTION HISTORY
The Constitution was written in this year.
What is 1787?
The first Article of the Constitution refers to this branch of government.
What is the legislative branch?
The 1st Amendment guarantees citizens’ freedom of these three primary things.
What are speech, religion, and assembly?
This Amendment abolishes slavery, except as a punishment for crime.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is the federal system’s highest court.
What is the Supreme Court?
This state was the first to ratify the US Constitution.
What is Deleware?
When state and federal laws are in conflict with each other, the law of this group is the final word.
What is the Supreme Court?
The 4th Amendment requires law officers to provide this document before searching your person or property.
What is a warrant?
This Amendment establishes the legal voting age at 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
Executive power is granted to this elected official.
Who is the President?
The Bill of Rights was ratified in this year.
What is 1791?
Congress is divided into two branches of power: the Senate and this.
What is the House of Representatives?
This Amendment protects the right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
The 19th Amendment granted voting rights to this group of people.
Who are women?
As described in Article I, this group has the sole power to try all impeachments, with a ⅔ majority ruling.
What is the Senate?
To prevent too much centralized power, the framers of the Constitution created these three branches of government.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
The President is the commander in chief of the armed forces and this military reserve force.
What is the National Guard?
This term refers to the prevention of trying someone for a crime they have already been tried for.
What is double jeopardy?
This Amendment secures one’s right to vote regardless of race or ethnicity.
What is the 15th amendment?
Article 1 designates that each state shall have this number of Senators.
What is two?
While the 13th Amendment abolished slavery, it contained a loophole which created a system of this type of servitude.
What is mass incarceration? / the prison-industrial complex?
The President has the power to pardon individuals convicted of federal crimes, except in the case of this.
What is impeachment?
The 6th Amendment refers to the rights of accused persons, including the right to an impartial jury, representation by a lawyer, questioning the witnesses against you, and this sort of trial.
What is speedy and public?
The 14th Amendment ensures this type of protection under the law.
What is equal protection?
Article 5 designates that Congress shall call a convention for proposing this type of change to the Constitution.
What is an amendment?