Government: Amendments and Constitution
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- Article I
- Legislative Branch
- Article II
- Executive Branch
- Article III
- Judicial Branch
- Article IV
- Relationship between State and Federal Government
- Article V
- Changing the Constitution
- Article VI
- "Supremacy Clause"
- Article VII
- Ratifying the Constitution
- 1st Amendment
- 4 freedoms (Speech, Religion, Assembly, Press)
- 2nd Amendment
- Right to bear arms
- 3rd Amendment
- Right to quartering troops
- 4th Amendment
- Search and Seizure
- 5th Amendment
- Criminal Rights
- 6th Amendment
- Right to a fair/speedy trail
- 7th Amendment
- Right to a jury in a civil suit over 20 dollars
- 8th Amendment
- Bail/punishment
- 9th Amendment
- Rights reserved by the people
- 10th Amendment
- Rights reserved by the state
- 11th Amendment
- Lawsuit against the state
- 12th Amendment
- Election of Pres. and VP
- 13th Amendment
- Outlaw Slavery
- 14th Amendment
- (Blacks) citizenship
- 15th Amendment
- Allowed blacks to vote
- 16th Amendment
- Income Tax
- 17th Amendment
- Election of Senators
- 18th Amendment
- Prohibition
- 19th Amendment
- Womens right to vote
- 20th Amendment
- President and Congressional terms
- 21st Amendment
- Repeal of Prohibition
- 22nd Amendment
- Presidental terms to 2
- 23rd Amendment
- Number of electors for the District of Colombia
- 24th Amendment
- Poll taxes
- 25th Amendment
- Presidental Disability and Succession
- 26th Amendment
- Voting for 18 year olds
- 27th Amendment
- Salary restraint for congress
- List the 4 freedoms of the 1st Amendment
- Religion, Press, Assembly, Speech
- List the 3 amendments that make up the civil war amendments
- 13, 14, 15
- Explain the purpose of bail and what happens to the bail
- It excuses the person from jail until conviction, later bail is given back
- The conditions under which the government can require homeowners to house US soldiers
- In times of war, under appropriate conditions
- Number of amendments originally proposed
- 12
- Amendments that make up the bill of rights
- 1-10
- The dollar amount in the 7th amendment in which a jury can be requested in civil suits
- $20
- Prior to the 20th amendment, the time period of when an outgoing preident was defeated and when he finally left office
- november to march
- Know when terms of congress members ends
- January 3rd
- Know when the term of the president ends
- January 20th
- Know how many terms of office FDR was in office, and what amendment was established to protect this from happening again
- 4 terms, 22nd amendment
- The amount of times congress has set for states to ratify an amendment
- 7 times
- Know the limits that have been established for freedom of speech
- Slander, Libel
- Know the ways in which the government can place limits on the 2nd amendment
- Brady's Law, Assult gun/rifle law
- Know the limits that have been established for the freedom of assembly
- Own a permit for the assembly
- Know the amendment that resulted in the repeal of the 18th
- 21st amendment, for the 18th amendment
- Indirectly responsible for the 22nd amendment
- FDR
- How many electors DC is allowed to have
- 3
- Know what group was mainly targeted by the use of poll taxes and why
- Blacks, whites didn't want blacks to vote
- Who is the Spokane Prosecuting Attorney
- Steve Tucker
- Who is the office of superintendent of schools
- Terry Bereson
- Who is the governor of Washington
- Christine Gregoir
- Who are the two women on the supreme court
- Ruth Ginsberg (glasses) and Sandra Day O'Connor
- Who is the supreme court chief of justice
- John Roberts
- List and explain the two ways in which amendments may be proposed and ratified
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Proposed: 2/3 vote in congess or 2/3 of the states
Ratified: 3/4 of the states, or calling of the special ratifying convention (3/4) - List 4 important rights given to an accused person
- Grand Jury decides if there is enough evidence, No double jeopardy, No self incrimination, cannot be denied life, liberty or property without due process of law
- List and explain 6 major principles that the US constitution represents
- Popular Sovergnty:The people have the ability to rule, Checks and Balances: Each branch has some control over the other, Judicial Review: Supreme Court can say if laws are constitutional or not, Federalism: division between central and state government, Limited Government: the government is limited by laws and regulations, Separation of powers: The division into 3 branches of government