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The Branches of Government 1
Amendments
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Bill of Rights
Vocabulary
100

This branch of government makes the laws.

What is the legislative branch?

100

The right to have bear arms is which amendment? 

What is the second amendment

100

When the government tried to tax wheat (ultimately whiskey) what event occured?

What is the Whiskey Rebellion

100

Protects your freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and petition.

What is the First (1st) Amendment?

100
This is the authority of a president to refuse to sign bills into law.
What is veto power?
200

This branch of government enforces, or carries out, laws.

What is the executive branch?

200

A soldier walks into your house and DEMANDS to be fed, what amendment protects you against this? 

What is the third amendment

200

John Jay went to England and wrote up this agreement which did not end impressment

What is Jay's Treaty 

200
Protects against unreasonable (warrantless) searches and seizures (unless reasonable suspicion or probable cause exists).
What is the Fourth (4th) Amendment?
200
This is a change to the Constitution, which requires a supermajority (2/3) of Congress or states to propose and a 3/4 majority of states to ratify (approve).
What is an amendment?
300
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is the judicial branch?
300

This amendment gives you the right to a jury during a CIVIL trial

What is the seventh amendment


300

This is how long a Supreme Court Judge serves in the Supreme Court

What is retirement or death

300
Protects the rights of the accused (including the right to grand jury indictment, the right not to testify against oneself, and due process).
What is the Fifth (5th) Amendment?
300

This is the division of power between a central (national or federal) government and regional (state and local) government.

What is federalism?

400

The division of government into three branches in order to restrict the accumulation of power by any one person or body.

What is the separation of powers?

400

This amendment gives people and states every right that is not explicitly given to the federal government

What is the tenth amendment

400

This is the rough draft to the constitution which was an utter FAILURE. The government couldn't raise money because they couldn't tax and they had other weaknesses as well

What is the Articles of Confederation

400
Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the Eighth (8th) Amendment?
400

This law made slaves represent a fraction of a person so the South could have more political power

What is the 3/5ths compromise

500

The branches of government use the system of ____________  and _____________ to limit the power of the other branches

What is the system of checks and balances?

500

Jim is sentenced to death. They plan on flying him into space and leaving him there to roam the galaxy until he runs out of food...sad and alone. What amendment is this against? 

What is the eigth amendment? 

500

What is the name of the event when three French diplomats named X, Y, and Z told the US to fork over 12 million to MAYBE stop impressing US sailors

What is the XYZ Affair? 

500

Protects the rights of those on trial (including a speedy, public jury trial of one's peers; access to an attorney; and the rights to obtain and confront witnesses for and against).

What is the Sixth (6th) Amendment?

500

This is the act of formally accusing a public official (e.g. the president) of a crime (e.g. treason) that can result in removal from office.

What is impeach(ment)?