Amendments
Gives citizens the right to own a weapon.
What is the 2ND AMENDMENT ?
Legislative Branch - Makes Laws
Executive Branch - Enforces Laws
Judicial Branch - Interprets Laws
These are all examples of which government principle?
What is SEPARATION OF POWERS?
The idea that people hold the final voice in government.
What is POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY?
Written at the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
What is the UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION ?
Rights that cannot be taken away; life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
What are UNALIENABLE RIGHTS?
Gives citizens the right to petition grievances (complaints) against the government
What is the 1ST AMENDMENT?
Rights that are protected under the Bill of Rights.
What are INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS?
The president may only serve two terms.
What is LIMITED GOVERNMENT?
The introduction to the Constitution that begins with "We the people" and states its purpose.
What is the PREAMBLE?
The idea that "people hold the supreme power and are the final authority/voice in the government".
What is POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY?
After mass protest with the slogan "old enough to fight, old enough to vote!", the 26th Amendment was ratified to legally change the voting age from 21 to 18. Which war was being protested that eventually led to this amendment?
What is the VIETNAM WAR?
When federal and state governments share the power to create law and govern citizens.
What is FEDERALISM?
If the government were to order citizens to house soldiers in their homes, which principle of government would this violate?
What is INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS
We celebrate the 4th of July because this document was signed on July 4, 1776.
What is the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
A feeling of devotion and attachment to one's country.
What is PATRIOTISM?
In 1933, the 21st Amendment was ratified and officially repealed the 18th Amendment. What was the original purpose of the 18th Amendment? (Looking for one specific word)
What is PROHIBITION?
In 1981, President Reagan nominated Sandra Day O'Connor for the supreme court. She first had to gain approval by Congress.
What is CHECKS AND BALANCES?
In 2000, George W. Bush was elected as the 43rd president of the United States.
What is REPUBLICANISM?
Which amendments make up the Bill of Rights?
What are AMENDMENTS 1-10
Government's "hands-off" approach to the economy.
What is LAISSEZ-FAIRE?
Ratified in 1870, this amendment gave voting rights to all men (not women) no matter their race.
What is the 15TH AMENDMENT?
The characteristic that makes the United States a Republic.
What is VOTING?
Protected by rights granted in the Constitution and its amendments.
What are INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS?
Number of additions/changes to the United States Constitution.
What is 27?
For amendments to be approved and added to the constitution, they must go through which process?
What is RATIFICATION?