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The Basics Know YourRights
Fixin’ the Constitution
FederalismArticles
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Other Important
Amendments
The idea that national and state governments must divide and share
power
Federalism
The government is not all powerful
Limited Government
The Supreme Court can check
the constitutionality
of laws
Judicial Review
Each government branch keeps an
eye on the other to make sure they’re
in line
Checks and Balances
Each government branch exercises its
own powers and doesn’t get into the
other branch’s business
Separation of Powers
This amendment protects you from search and seizure
4th Amendment
Amendment 1 gives people the
freedom of __________
Expression- speech, religion, press, assembly
Amendment 5 protects people from being accused of the
same crime twice which is called
_______________
Double Jeopardy
What is the main idea behind
Amendment 8?
No cruel and unusual
punishment
Powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution are reserved to the
states or people
Amendment 10
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
The case Elkgrove Unified School
District vs. Newdow is about what part
of the 1st Amendment?
Separation of Church and State
What IMPORTANT things are guaranteed
under the 14th Amendment?
Due Process, Equality under the
law
This amendment limits presidents to
2 terms
22nd Amendment
What does the 26th Amendment guarantee?
The right to vote for 18+ yr olds
What are the 2 steps required for amending
the Constitution?
Proposal and Ratification
Which better reflects popular sovereignty- ratification by state
legislature or ratification by state
convention?
State Convention
Which Branch of Government is responsible for proposing 26
of the 27 amendments?
Congress
Which amendment repealed prohibition?
The 21st Amendment
Describe in detail the process by which the 21st Amendment was passed.
(Hint: it was the only amendment to use this
method)
Proposed in Congress, Ratified
in a State Convention
What branch of government is responsible for creating laws?
Legislative
What is Federalism?
The division of power between
national and state governments
Are marriage laws determined by state
governments or by the national government?
State government
List one power that only the national government has
and one power that only state
governments have.
State- Marriage laws, public health, setting up schools
National- declaring war, raising an army, printing
money
Powers shared between national and state
governments are called _______________
Concurrent Powers
The Article that sets up the legislative body.
Article 1
What does Article 5 of the Constitution
set up?
The Amendment Process
The number of members elected to
the house of representatives is based on _______
State Population
Article 6 states that the national law is ________
SUPREME
After his 3rd term in office, the 22nd
amendment was ratified to limit the president’s term.
Franklin Roosevelt
Make your wager
The Preamble
Finish the following:
We the people, in order to form a more perfect
union, establish justice, ______ _______ ________
Insure domestic tranquility