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Elements
Amending
The 6 Principles
Interpreting
Amendments
100
This section defines the purposes of the constitution
What is the preamble
100
This is how many amendments have been added to the Constitution
What is 27
100
The principle that means that power resides not with leaders but with the people
What is popular sovereignty.
100
Those who favor a literal reading of the Constitution (word for word)
What is strict construction
100
These 5 rights are guaranteed in the 1st amendment
What is speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition
200
The section which is considered the main body of the constitution and which lays out the basic structure of the national government (how many
What are the 7 Articles
200
The process for amending the Constitution is laid out in this Article.
What is Article V
200
The principle that states that power should be divided among 3 separate branches of government
What is Separation of Powers
200
Those who favor a flexible reading of the Constitution
What is loose construction
200
This amendment gives a criminal defendant due process rights including the right against self-incrimination
What is the 5th amendment
300
Those powers of Congress specifically listed in the Constitution
What are the enumerated powers
300
In the most common method used to ratify and amendment it must first be proposed by a _______ vote in both houses of congress.
What is 2/3 vote
300
The principle that divides power between the central government and the various regional (state) governments.
What is Federalism
300
The case that established judicial review
What is marbury v. madison
300
This amendment gives us the right to bear arms
What is the 2nd amendment
400
Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 which says the Congress can "make all laws which shall be necessary and proper" is also known as the
What is the elastic clause
400
In the most common method for ratifying an amendment, the proposed amendment must be ratified by the legislatures of at least _____ of the states
What is 3/4ths
400
Principle that requires that the American people abide by a system of laws
What is rule of law
400
The case that established that federal law trumps state law and that gave Congress a broad range of power
What is McCulloch v Maryland
400
the amendment bans the quartering of troops in private homes
What is the 3rd amendment
500
This article makes the constitution the Supreme law of the land and is known as the Supremacy Clause
What is Article VI
500
This amendment prevents unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the 4th amendment
500
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech is an example of this principle
What is Individual rights
500
The case that demonstrated that no one is above the law - not even the president
What is US v Nixon
500
One of three civil war era amendments extending the rights to African Americans
What is 13th, 14th and 15th