Amendments
What is the First Amendment?
Right to free speech,press,assembly,petition, and religion.
What case upheld "separate but equal" segregation laws in states?
Plessy v. Ferguson
Name the three branches of government.
Legislative, executive and judicial
How many years is a presidents term?
Bonus: How many terms?
4 years
Bonus Answer: 2 terms
What are the first 3 words of the Constitution, which capture the idea of self-government?
"We the People"
What is the number of amendments the U.S. Constitution?
27
What case separates black and white students in public schools is unconstitutional?
Brown v. Board
What prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful?
Checks and Balances
How many years is a vice presidents term?
4 years
Who is the current speaker of the house?
Nancy Pelosi
What is the Amendment that gave Women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
What case held that a woman's right to an abortion fell within the right to privacy?
Roe v Wade
What are the two parts Congress is divided into?
Senate and House of Representatives
How many years is a U.S. Representatives term?
2 years
What is the number of presidents the United States has had (including trump)
45
What amendment gives protection against self-incrimination, double jeopardy, protection of due process and right to a grand jury.
The 5th Amendment
What case established that the president cannot use executive privilege to withhold evidence from criminal trial?
United States v. Nixon
What does it take to override a Presidential veto?
A 2/3 vote from both the House and Senate
How many years is a U.S. Senators term?
6 years
Who becomes president if both the president and vice president died?
The Speaker of the House
What amendment says that poll tax is illegal?
Bonus: What year was this amendment ratified?
The 24th Amendment.
Bonus answer: 1964
What case established the federal government's implied powers over the states?
McCulloch v. Maryland
Name three requirements necessary to be the President.
Must be at least 35 years old, be a natural born citizen, and live in the United States for at least 14 years.
How many years is a supreme court justices term?
Unlimited. You can serve until you die, retire, or are impeached.
According to John Quincy Adams, THIS was "the platform upon which the Constitution of the United States had been erected. The principles proclaimed in THIS were embodied in the Constitution of the United States"
Declaration of Independence