Article I
This is the branch of government created by Article I.
What is the Legislative Branch?
Article II creates this branch of government.
What is the Executive Branch?
Article III establishes this highest court in the United States.
What is the Supreme Court?
Article IV requires states to honor each other’s laws and court decisions through this clause.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
The First Amendment guarantees five freedoms; name any one of them.
What is speech, religion, press, assembly, or petition?
These two chambers make up Congress.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
This person is the Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Who is the President?
Supreme Court Justices serve for this length of time.
What is for life (during good behavior)?
Article V explains the process for doing this to the Constitution.
What is amending it?
The Second Amendment protects this right.
What is the right to bear arms?
This clause gives Congress the power to make all laws “necessary and proper.”
What is the Elastic Clause?
The President is chosen by this body, not directly by the people.
What is the Electoral College?
This power allows courts to strike down laws as unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
Article VI establishes this clause, making the Constitution the highest law of the land.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
The Fourth Amendment protects citizens from this.
What are unreasonable searches and seizures?
This chamber has the sole power to impeach (bring charges against) federal officials.
What is the House of Representatives?
The President has the power to reject a bill, known as this.
What is a veto?
According to Article III, this is the only crime specifically defined in the Constitution.
What is treason?
Article VII required this number of states to ratify the Constitution before it took effect
What is nine?
This amendment guarantees the right to a speedy and public trial.
What is the Sixth Amendment?
This chamber confirms presidential appointments and ratifies treaties.
What is the Senate?
These two roles allow the President to influence foreign relations and lead the nation symbolically.
What are Chief Diplomat and Head of State?
These are the two types of cases federal courts may hear according to Article III.
What are cases involving federal law and cases involving disputes between states?
Article IV guarantees states this kind of government—one where officials are elected by the people.
Article IV guarantees states this kind of government—one where officials are elected by the people.
This amendment states that powers not given to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment?