The Constitution
This is the supreme law of the land in the United States
What is the Constitution?
This branch makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
Freedom of speech is protected by this amendment.
What is the First Amendment?
This document, adopted in 1776, announced the colonies' independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This is the minimum age to vote in federal elections in the United States.
What is 18?
These first ten amendments guarantee individual rights and freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This branch enforces the laws.
What is the executive branch?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
This meeting in 1787 produced the framework for the current U.S. government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This is the term for the official count of the population conducted every ten years in the United States.
What is the census?
This document was written in 1787 and later ratified by the states to form the basis of the U.S. government.
What is the Constitution?
This branch interprets the laws.
What is the judicial branch?
Citizens have this responsibility in a democracy to help choose leaders and policies.
What is voting?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraged colonists to support independence.
What is Common Sense?
This is the name for a group of people who seek to influence public policy based on shared interests.
What is an interest group?
This Constitutional principle divides power between the national and state governments.
What is federalism?
The President can veto a bill, but this body can override the veto with a two-thirds vote.
What is Congress?
This amendment protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
This document served as the first constitution of the United States before being replaced in 1787.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This is the term for serving on a jury, a civic duty required of many citizens when summoned.
What is jury duty?
This process allows the Constitution to be formally changed.
What is the amendment process?
This Supreme Court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This amendment guarantees equal protection of the laws for all citizens.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a two-house legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This is the term for a formal written request, signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause.
What is a petition?