The People are the Only Source of Government Power
What is Popular Sovereignty
100
This Article in the Constitution allows for the formal amendment process
What is Article V (5)
100
How many methods, according to your book, are there for informally amending the Constitution?
What is Five -5
100
What did Article One create
What is the Legislative Branch
100
What did Article II create?
What is the Executive Branch of government
200
The idea that government is not all powerful or absolute
What is Limited Government
200
Describe the most common way for an amendment to be added to the Constitution.
What is 1. Proposed in Congress (2/3)
2. To the States for Ratification (3/4)....38
200
Who said the "supreme court is a constitutional convention always in session".
What is President Woodrow Wilson
200
Which Supreme Court Justice grabbed power for the court back in 1803?
What is Chief Justice John Marshall
200
Which Article created the Judicial branch of government?
What is Article III
300
This 1803 Supreme Court Case established this principle which gives the court the power to decide whether a government law is constitutional.
What is the power of Judicial Review
300
What are the first ten amendments called?
What is The Bill of Rights
300
Which President sought and won four terms in office, and broke with Constitutional custom?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
Which Article mentions the words "due process" and discusses eminent domain or the governments ability to take our land or property and pay fair compensation.
What is Article V (five)
300
Which Amendment protects us from having to take the stand in court and testify in our own behalf?
What is Amendment V - Five
400
When power is distributed among the three branches, we call this:
What is Separation of Power
400
Which amendment repealed the 18th amendment, and what does repeal mean?
What is The 21st Amendment.....repeal means to remove or do away with
400
When a President makes war without an official declaration from the congress it can be considered a type of:
What is Informal Amendment
400
Which Article talks about the "Supremacy" of the national government?
What is Article VI -6
400
Which Amendment protects us from Cruel and Unusual punishment?
What is Amendment 8
500
The division of power among a central government and several regional governments such as states, is called:
What is Federalism
500
The number of times the Constitution has been formally amended
What is 27
500
What is an Executive Agreement?
What is a pact made by the President directly with the head of a foreign nation, it is different from at treaty.
500
Which amendment has to do with the right to bear arms and state militias?
What is the Second
500
Which Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizure by the government?