Constitution Test Flashcards
Amendment 1
make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise
Amendment 2
protects the right to keep and bear arms.
Amendment 4
protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government.
Amendment 5
an individual cannot be compelled by the government to provide incriminating information about herself
Amendment 8
excessive bail and fines and cruel and unusual punishment.
Amendment 15
granted African American men the right to vote.
Amendment 19
illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex
Amendment 21
The transportation or importation into any State, Territory, or possession of the United States for delivery or use therein of intoxicating liquors, in violation of the laws thereof, is hereby prohibited.
Amendment 24
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for officials
Amendment 26
Have the right to vote at 18
What was one fact about the Citizenship test?
Speaker of the House becomes President if the president and vice-president dies
Who veto’s and What is vetoing
The president can veto laws meaning they can take out laws
Who and What does press conference(s)?
The President (aka Executive Branch), this is when there is a meeting, organized for the purposes of officially distributing information to the media.
Who and What is clauses?
Congress, clauses is to make necessary and proper decisions for society.
What does money have to do with the Constitution?
lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States.
