Bill of Rights
This amendment states "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed".
What is the 2nd Amendment?
The people have the ultimate authority in the nation.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
This branch has the power to tax citizens and declare war.
What is the Congress/Legislative branch?
The Constitution was ratified in this year.
What is 1787?
The Articles of Confederation were written in this year.
What is 1781?
This is why the police tell you to remain silent.
What is the 5th Amendment?
The people vote for representatives who make laws on their behalf.
What is Republicanism?
The Executive branch includes these entities.
What are the president, vice president, and cabinet?
You'll need this proportion of Congress to vote on proposing an amendment to the Constitution.
What is 2/3 of both Houses?
There was only one branch of government under the Articles.
What is the Legislative branch?
The 4th Amendment protects your private property from this.
What are unreasonable searches and seizures?
The government cannot do what is not listed in the Constiution.
What is a Limited Government?
The President can do this when he is dissatisfied with a bill from Congress.
What is a veto?
This man was one of the writers of the Federalist Papers and had a musical made about his life.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The Founding Fathers met in this city to fix the Articles of Confederation.
What is Philadelphia?
This amendment grants powers not given to the federal government in the Constitution to the states.
What is the 10th Amendment?
There are three branches of government each with independent powers and responsibilities.
What is Separation of Powers?
Congress can do this to whoever the President nominates for a government office.
What is approves cabinet appointments?
This plan created the bicameral structure of the Legislative branch.
What is the Great Compromise
This plan outlined how to admit territories as new states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
These are the rights granted to you under the 6th Amendment.
What are the rights to speedy and public trials with impartial juries; confront your accusers; notice of accusations; and legal counsel?
This principle is reflected in the 10th Amendment which says that powers not given to the federal government by the Constitution go to the states.
What is Federalism?
The Supreme Court can do this if a law made by Congress violates existing laws.
What is declare a law unconstiutional?
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union" is the opening phrase to this part of the Constitution.
What is the Preamble?
These farmers, fed up with high taxes and losing their property, staged an uprising.
What is Shays' Rebellion?