Constitution #1
These important people are at the head of each level of government.
Who is the President, Governor, and Mayor?
Five Freedoms: Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition.
What is the 1st Amendment?
This system of government assures power is not centralized in one person or agency.
What is Separation of Powers?
The first 10 amendments of the Constitution are called...
What is the Bill of Rights?
The type of government used in the United States.
What is Representative Government?
Sets up & defines the government and protects the rights of Americans
What is the function of the Constitution?
This constitution has this many amendments.
What is 27?
Civic actor that acts responsibly in his/her community by, for example, picking up litter, giving blood, recycling, volunteering, and staying out of debt. This citizen works and pays taxes, obeys laws, and helps those in need during crises such as snowstorms or floods.
What is a Personally responsible civic actor?
1787
What is the year the Constitution is ratified?
The right to bear arms.
What is the 2nd amendment?
This person has the authority to veto bills passed in Congress.
Who is the President?
This source of power uses intimidation to control people.
What is Physical Force?
You have to be this age to vote in the United States.
What is 18?
A change or an addition to the Constitution?
What is an Amendment?
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Federalism
What is power between State and Federal Government?
This source of power uses money to control people.
What is Wealth?
This amendment guarantees the rights of criminal defendants, including the right to a public trial without unnecessary delay, the right to a lawyer, the right to an impartial jury, and the right to know who your accusers are and the nature of the charges and evidence against you.
What is the 6th amendment?
This federal department is responsible for improving the management and efficiency of Federal education activities, especially with respect to the process, procedures, and administrative structures for the dispersal of Federal funds
What is the Department of Education?
Civic actors who actively take part in the civic affairs and the social life of the community at local, state, and national levels.
What is a Paticipatory civic actor?
Can make the laws
What is Legislative Branch?
Carries out the laws
What is Executive?
Can interpret laws
What is Judicial?
Civic actor that critically assess social, political, and economic structures and consider collective strategies for change that challenge injustice and, when possible, address root causes of problems.
What is a Justice Oriented civic actor?
This federal department is responsible for setting safety regulations for all major modes of transportation.
What is the Department of Transportation?
This protects you from "cruel or unusual punishment" if convicted of a crime.
What is the 8th Amendment?
This amendment requires the police to have the warrant to search your person or property.
What is the 4th Amendment?
This part of the Judicial System is the last stop. They rule on Constitutional issues.
What is the Supreme Court?