Branches of Government
This branch of government makes the laws.
What is the legislative branch?
How many amendments are there?
27
The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
Protects your freedoms of speech, religion, assembly and petition.
What is the First (1st) Amendment?
Each of the three branches of government exercises some control over the others. Sharing power among them is an example of?
Checks and Balances
This branch of government enforces, or carries out, laws.
What is the executive branch?
The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
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?
rotects against unreasonable (warrantless) searches and seizures (unless reasonable suspicion or probable cause exists).
What is the Fourth (4th) Amendment?
What is Popular Sovereignty?
the governments right to rule comes from the people
This branch of government interprets the law.
What is the judicial branch?
The 19th amendment gave women the right to do what?
vote
Name the first three Core Democratic Values.
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness
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?
He was the master builder of the constitution and believed the federal government should control trade and protect people's rights...
James Madison
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?
What did the 13th amendment do?
Made slavery illegal in the United States
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
Protects against excessive fines and bail and against cruel or unusual punishments.
What is the Eighth (8th) Amendment?
Limited Government means what?
That the government has only the powers that the Constitution gives to it
This branch of government's leaders are chosen by the electoral college.
What is the executive branch?
If you are on trial, you have a right to have your guilt decided by this group of people, according to the Sixth Amendment.
What is a jury?
Popular Sovereignty. Federalism. Republicanism. Separation of Powers. Checks and Balances. Limited Government. Individual rights.
What are the seven Principles of the US Constitution
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?
The reason why the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution.
What is people's fear that the U.S. government was too strong and could take away all their rights?