Amendments
What is the 1st Amendment?
Freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the government.
Who Enacts Federal Laws?
The U.S. Congress. (U.S. Constitution, federal statutes, EPA or FDA)
What Amendment is the most Recent Amendment implemented in the U.S. Constitution?
What is the oldest and shortest written national constitution still in active use?
The U.S. Constitution.
Who was the 1st President?
George Washington.
Which Amendment is the Right to "bear arms?"
The Second Amendment.
What is a Constitutional Law? (Based on...)
Based on the U.S. Constitution and individual state constitutions.
What is: The first 10 amendments, ratified together in 1791.
The Bill of Rights.
Total Changes: The Constitution has been amended __ times.
27 Times.
Who was the Youngest president?
Theodore Roosevelt.
Which Amendment Granted Women's Right To Vote?
The 19th Amendment.
Who Develops Case Laws (Common Laws)
Judges through court decisions and precedents.
What are Two missing words in the original U.S. Constitution?
"Democracy" and "Slavery".
Approval Rate: Over 11,000 amendments have been proposed throughout American history, only __ received enough votes to be sent to the states for ratification.
Who was elected president in 2020?
Joe Biden.
Which Amendment (ratified in 1870) prohibited the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on "race, color, or previous condition of servitude"?
The 15th Amendment.
Civil Law vs. Common Law: Whats the Difference?
Civil laws rely on comprehensive, written legal codes...Common law systems rely on precedent and past Judicial decisions.
Who were the Oldest & Youngest signers of the U.S. Constitution?
Benjamin Franklin - Oldest
Jonathan Dayton - Youngest
Which state is known to have a Famous Typo in the parchment?
Pennsylvania
Automobile & Flight: ____ was the first president to ride in a car.
William McKinley.
Delays laws affecting congressional salary increases until the next election of representatives, Ratified in May, 1992.
What exactly is the Right To Counsel, Which Amendment is it Under?
The right to court-appointed counsel if the defendant cannot afford a lawyer, under the 6th Amendment.
Conventions and Signers: Of the 55 delegates at the Constitutional Convention, only __ men actually signed the final document.
39 Men.
Which two men were notably absent during the signing of the constitution?
Thomas Jefferson & John Adams.
Visiting All 50 States: ____ was the first president to visit every state in the U.S.
Richard Nixon.