Legislative Branch
This branch of government, created in Article I, is responsible for making laws.
What is Congress?
Article II establishes this office as the head of the executive branch.
Who is the President?
Article III establishes this highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
This amendment protects freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
What is the First Amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
Article I divides Congress into these two chambers.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
The president must be at least this age to serve.
What is 35 years old?
Federal judges serve for this length of time as long as they maintain good behavior.
What is life (lifetime appointments)?
This amendment protects the right to keep and bear arms.
What is the Second Amendment?
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
According to Article I, members of this chamber must be at least 25 years old and serve two-year terms.
What is the House of Representatives?
This title describes the president’s role as leader of the U.S. military.
What is Commander in Chief?
This type of case involves disputes between states or cases involving ambassadors and is heard first by the Supreme Court.
What is original jurisdiction?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This amendment established presidential term limits.
What is the Twenty-Second Amendment?
Article I gives Congress powers such as taxing, regulating commerce, and declaring war; these are known as these types of powers.
What are enumerated powers?
This body formally elects the president according to the Constitution.
What is the Electoral College?
This principle allows courts to determine whether laws are constitutional.
What is judicial review?
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the Twenty-Sixth Amendment?
This clause in Article I allows Congress to pass laws needed to carry out its listed powers.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
Article II gives the president the power to approve or reject laws passed by Congress using this action.
What is a veto?
This landmark Supreme Court case established judicial review in 1803.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This amendment states that powers not given to the federal government belong to the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
This amendment allows Congress to set its own pay but delays changes until after the next election.
What is the Twenty-Seventh Amendment?