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Constitution Test
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History
8th Grade
03/13/2011

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Term
How many amendments are there?
Definition
27 amendments
Term
*What is the first amendment?
Definition
religion, speech, press, assembly
Term
*what is the second amendment?
Definition
right to bear arms
Term
*what is the third amendment?
Definition
lodging of troops
Term
*what is the fourth amendment?
Definition
search and seizure
Term
*what is the 5th amendment?
Definition
rights of the accused
Term
*what is the sixth amendment?
Definition
right to speedy trial by jury
Term
*what is the seventh amendment?
Definition
jury trial in civil cases
Term
*what is the eighth amendment?
Definition
bail and punishment
Term
what is the ninth amendment?
Definition
powers reserved to the people
Term
what is the tenth amendment?
Definition
powers reserved to the states
Term
what is the eleventh amendment?
Definition
suits against states
Term
what is the twelfth amendment?
Definition
election of president and vice-president
Term
*what is the thirteenth amendment?
Definition
abolition of slaves
Term
*what is the fourteenth amendment?
Definition
rights of a citizen
Term
*what is the fifteenth amendment?
Definition
voting rights
Term
what is the sixteenth amendment?
Definition
income tax
Term
*what is the seventeenth amendment?
Definition
election of senators
Term
*what is the eighteenth amendment?
Definition
prohibition of alcoholic beverages
Term
*what is the nineteenth amendment?
Definition
womens right to vote.
Term
*what is the twentieth amendment?
Definition
presidential terms sessions of congress
Term
*what is the twenty-first amendment?
Definition
repeal of prohibition
Term
*what is the 22nd amendment?
Definition
two term limit on president
Term
*what is the 23rd amendment?
Definition
presidential electors for district of columbia
Term
what the 24th amendment?
Definition
Abolition of poll tax
Term
*what is the 25th amendment?
Definition
presidential succession and disability
Term
*what is the 26th amendment?
Definition
right to vote at age 18
Term
what is the 27th amendment?
Definition
congressional pay raises
Term
what is the New Jersey Plan?
Definition
one house, one vote per state, wanted to improve the articles
Term
what is the 3/5 compromise?
Definition
free vote. blacks are 3/5 of white people
Term
what are the three branches of government?
Definition
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Term
what is the executive branch made up of?
Definition
the president, vice president, and 15 cabinet secretaries.
Term
what is the Judicial branch?
Definition
Grand Jury. 9 justices. serve for life unless impeached. 9 supreme court justices
Term
how many members are there inn the electoral college?
Definition
538. and wins by majority vote.
Term
federalism.
Definition
divided powers between national government and the states
Term
Constitution.
Definition
a plan of government.
Term
separation of powers.
Definition
prevent any single group or institution.
Term
popular sovereignty
Definition
authority of people "we the people"
Term
checks and balances
Definition
in forces the law - limits the power of the branches
Term
elastic clause
Definition
the part of the constitution that gives congress the authority to pass all laws necessary to carry out its powers
Term
judicial review
Definition
the power to declare laws unconstitutional
Term
ratify
Definition
accept or approve
Term
*suffrage
Definition
the right to vote
Term
*due process
Definition
illegal rights
Term
veto
Definition
to turn down a law passed by congress
Term
ex post facto
Definition
a law that punishes someone for an act committed before the act was made a crime
Term
habeas corpus
Definition
the right of the accused to be free from imprisonment until he has been legally tried and conducted of a crime
Term
extradition
Definition
the return of escaped prisioners
Term
impeached
Definition
to formally charge
Term
amend
Definition
to change
Term
amend
Definition
to change
Term
repeal
Definition
to cancel an act of law
Term
indict
Definition
charged with crime
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