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Amendments
Misc.
Constitution
Misc II
Branches of the Government
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How many amendments are there?
27
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What do the 19th and 26th Amendments do?
Voting Rights, the 19th granting women the right to vote and the 26th Amendment granting 18 year-olds the right to vote.
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This document was ratified on September 17, 1787.
the U.S. Constitution
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Political party that believes in a robust government to provide services to its citizens, a progressive tax system, and more restrained militarily.
Democrats.
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What are the three branches?
Legislative Executive Judicial
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The first 10 amendments are called this.
The Bill of Rights
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What is the name of the system the Founding Fathers created to elect the president?
The Electoral College
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What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?
Preamble, the 7 Articles and the 27 amendments
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Sometimes referred to as the Fourth Branch of government.
The mass media.
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The job of congress is to...
make laws for our nation.
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What is the 1st amendment?
People have freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the Government.
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The sharing of state and federal power.
Federalism
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How can the Constitution be changed?
Only by amendments
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What are some powers of the President?
Commander in Chief in charge of the military, power to persuade Congress and speak to the nation using the bully pulpit, ability to make temporary laws with executive actions, ability to appoint federal judges and cabinet members, and ability to make temporary agreements called executive agreements to name a few.
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The judicial department is made up of?
judges
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The 19th amendment gave women the right to do what?
vote
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The political party that believes in small government, lower taxes, and a strong military.
The Republican Party
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What is the process of passing an amendment?
2/3rd's in the house and 3/4th's of the state legislatures must ratify the amendment for it to pass.
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What type of democracy do we have and how does it work?
Representative democracy and it works by electing representatives to advocate on our behalf in Washington D.C.
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Who makes up the executive branch?
The president and cabinet members
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What did the 13th amendment do?
Made slavery illegal in the United States.
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Name three forms of government and explain how they work.
Communism, parliamentary system, autocracy, oligarchy, plutocracy, aristocracy, monarchy, democracy, theocracy, etc.
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The Constitutional Convention took place to write a document to replace which existing document?
The Articles of Confederation
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Name five of the ten amendments to the Constitution and what they do.
First Amendment- Freedom of Speech, assembly, press, petition, and assembly. Second Amendment- right to bear arms. Fourth- Protection against unreasonable search and seizures. Fifth Amendment- Due Process, Double Jeopardy,and Eminent Domain. Sixth Amendment- fair trial of peers, ability to challenge accusers, right to an attorney.
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Who makes up the Legislative Branch?
Senators & house of representitives (congress)