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Constitution Review
Question | Answer |
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Which amendments expand voting rights? | 19th: women's suffrage 26th: set voting age to 18 15th: can vote no matter race, ethnicity, or of previous servitude |
What are the six big ideas? | limited government judicial review checks and balances federalism seperation of powers popular sovereignty |
How long are terms for a senator, representative, and justice? | 6 years, 2 years, life |
What is the purpose of the preamble? | Preamble explains the reasons why the Framers made the Constitution; opening statement. |
What are the purposes of the first article? | set up the legislative branch |
what are the purposes of the second article? | establish an executive branch |
What are the purposes of the third article? | establish judicial branch |
What are the purposes of fourth and fifth articles? | outlines relationships with states; explains the amendments |
What are the purposes of the sixth and seventh article? | ensure federal powers; how the constitution will be ratified |
example of a check and balance | president can veto bills made by legislators |
what is federalism? | division of power among a central and regional governments |
what is seperation of powers? | powers are seperated into 3 independent branches |
what is popular sovereignty? | all power resides in the people (consent of the governed) |
what is limited government? | no government is all powerful; government can only do things that people let it do |
what is judicial review? | power of court to decide constitutionality of a governmental action |
what are checks and balances? | branches have certain powers where they can check on the others |
purpose of the bill of rights | establish natural rights of the people |
what does the first amendment guarantee? | |
freedom of speech, press, petition, assembly, religion | |
when was the constitution ratified? | 1787 |
what does the second amendment guarantee? | right to bear arms |
what does the fourth amendment guarantee? | no unreasonable searches and seizures |
what does the eighth amendment guarantee? | no cruel and unusual punishments |
what does the tenth amendment guarantee? | power reserved to the states |
what does the fifth amendment guarantee? | due process; "i plead the fifth" |