Constitutional Principles
The Government is divided into 3 different branches
What is Separation of Powers?
How many branches of government does the United States have?
3 branches
This amendment gives citizens the right to bear arms (the right to own a gun)
What is the second amendment?
A country governed by elected officials.
What is a Republic?
We the ____
people
The constitutional system that shares power between the state and national government.
What is federalism?
What branch of government would make a law related to taxes?
The legislative branch
You are driving with your friends in your car and are stopped by the police. What amendment protects you from an unreasonable search?
The fourth amendment
When the President refuses to sign a bill.
What is veto?
In order to form a more perfect ______
What is Union?
Elected representatives make and enforce laws
What is Republicanism?
The branch that decides if the laws are equal and fair for all citizens
What is the Judicial branch?
List 3 freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment.
speech, press, religion, petition, assembly
The document that created our federal system.
What is the Constitution?
Provide for the common _____.
What is Defense?
The system in which each branch has some control or power over the actions of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?
100 people are members of this chamber of the legislative branch.
What is the Senate?
All powers not reserved for the national government belong to this who?
The States and the people
A change, correction, or improvement added to a document
What is an amendment?
What does domestic tranquility mean?
Peace at home (To feel safe in our country)
Government powers are defined and restricted by the Constitution
What is Limited Government?
This branch enforces the law
What is the executive branch?
This amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishments
What is the Eighth Amendment?
What is popular sovereignty?
The idea that the government's authority comes from the people (People have power)
We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessing of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution for the united states of America.
What is The Preamble?