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This Amendment abolished slavery in 1865.
What is the 13th Amendment.
This Amendment protects people from having to provide food and shelter (quartering) to soldiers.
What is the 3rd Amendment.
Powers given to both states and the federal government.
What are Concurrent Powers
The President can release someone from prison by issuing this.
What is a pardon.
This person is president of the Senate.
Who is the Vice President.
This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment.
What are the 5 rights in the 1st Amendment?
- freedom of religion
- freedom of speech
- freedom of the press
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of petition
All powers designated for the states.
What are Reserved Powers.
What Congress may do with a 2/3 vote in both houses after a President's veto.
What is an override.
What is the "elastic clause."
This Amendment states that people's rights aren't limited to those included in the Constitution.
What is the 9th Amendment.
This Amendment gives people the right to a jury trial for federal civil cases.
What is the 7th Amendment.
All powers designated for the Federal government.
What are Enumerated Powers.
When a president does not sign a bill in to a law and Congress adjourns before within 10 days, thus "killing" the bill.
What is a pocket veto.
The two steps in making an Amendment.
1. Proposal
2. Ratification
This Amendment grants the states (and the people) all other rights except those explicitly given to Congress and those explicitly prohibited of the states.
What is the 10th Amendment.
This Amendment prohibits excessive bails, fines, and any cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment.
Name four powers only for the states.
- providing education
- providing safety (police and fire departments)
- driver's licenses
- marriage/divorce certificates
How the Judicial Branch checks the power of the Legislative Branch.
What is declaring a law unconstitutional.
Legislative Branch (Congress)
The 5th Amendment includes these five rights.
- Grand jury for serious crimes (to decide if there's enough evidence to have a trial)
- due process (fair trial)
- right to remain silent
- Can't be tried twice for the same crime
- Eminent domain
The 6th Amendment includes these five rights.
- speedy and public trial
- impartial jury
- lawyer
- right to know what one is accused of
- right to question/confront any witnesses
Name eight powers only for the federal government.
1. taxation 5. copyrights and patents
2. borrow money 6. rules for immigration
3. coin money 7. declare war
4. create postal service 8. Necessary and proper
This Article says the Constitution is the Supreme Law of the land AND federal laws supersede state laws.
Article VI
The Constitution prohibits states from doing these things.
- declaring war (unless invaded)
- coining money
- making treaties with other countries
- granting titles of nobility
- Ex post facto laws