Constitution8(2)
Transcript of Constitution8(2)
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Amendments Legislative Executive Judicial ABCD..
Protects freedom of
press, speech and religion
What is the 1st Amendment ?
Requires a search warrant for police
to enter a home.
What is the 4th Amendment?
Saying something that is
meant to damage another
person’s reputation
What is slander?
No on can be put on trial for a
serious crime unless a grand jury agrees the
evidence justifies it.
What is the 5th Amendment ?
Power of the government to take private property for
public use
What is eminent domain?
The introduction to the Constitution
What is the preamble?
Sole power to impeach a
government official of wrong doing
What is the House of Representatives?
Determines the number of
Representatives each state has.
What is Population?
Necessary and proper clause of the
Constitution often used to expand the powers of Congress
What is the elastic clause?
1st President to be impeached by the
House of Representatives
Who is President Andrew Johnson?
The month in which electors cast votes for President and
Vice President of the United States
What is December?
Administered by the Chief Justice
of the United States
What is the Oath of Office?
Sets up a system for electing a
President and lists the requirements
for the office
What is article II?
Presidential speech reporting
the nation’s condition to
Congress
What is the State of the
Union?
Maximum number of years a President can
serve.
What is 10 years?
Article which created the
Judicial Branch
What is Article III?
Courts which have less power than the
Supreme Court
What are Inferior Courts?
Allows federal courts to decide whether
court decisions and laws are in keeping
with the intent of the Constitution
What is Judicial Review?
The federal government has certain powers,
even though they are not spelled out in the Constitution
What are Implied Powers?
The “Great Chief Justice.”
Who is Chief Justice John
Marshall?
Members who attended the
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia
Who are delegates?
Another term for implied power
What is absolute?
A document presented to Congress for
adoption in to law
What is a bill?
When each branch of the government has the means to
check actions of the other branches
What are checks and balances?
Agreement in 1781 under which the 13
original colonies established a
government of states
What are the Articles of
Confederations?