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Amendment 2

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Each state has the right to maintain a militia. Individuals can own and use weapons.

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Amendment 1

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Congress may not violate the rights of freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceable assembly, and petition

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Amendment 3

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The government may not quarter, or house, soldiers in the people’s homes during peacetime without the peoples permission

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Amendment 4

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The government may not search or take a persons property without a warrant

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Amendment 5

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A person may not be tried twice for the same crime and does not have to testify against him/herself

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Amendment 6

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A person charged with a crime has the right to a speedy trial, an impartial jury, and a lawyer

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Amendment 7

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A person in a civil case is guaranteed a trial by jury

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Amendment 8

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A person is protected from excessive or unreasonable fines or cruel and unusual punishment

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Amendment 9

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The people have rights other than those mentioned in the constitution

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Amendment 10

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Any power not given to the federal government by the constitution is a power of either the state or the people

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Amendment 11

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Citizens of a state or foreign country may not sue another state in federal court

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Amendment 12

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The electoral college will vote separately for president and Vice President rather than together in one ballot

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Amendment 13

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Slavery is outlawed in the United States

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Amendment 14

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States shall not deprive persons of life, liberty, or property without due process. The three-fifths compromise is repealed, and all persons are counted in the census

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Amendment 15

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Citizens are guaranteed the right to vote, regardless of race, color, or status of former slave

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Amendment 16

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Congress has the right to set up an income tax

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Amendment 17

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U.S. senators are elected directly by voters in each state

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Amendment 18

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Making or selling alcohol is illegal

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Amendment 19

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Citizens are guaranteed the right to vote, regardless of sex

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Amendment 20

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The president takes office on January 20, and Congress’s term begins January 3

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Amendment 21

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This amendment repealed the 18th amendment

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Amendment 23

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People living in Washington, D.C. May vote in presidential and vice presidential election D.C. Has three presidential electors

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Amendment 24

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People may vote for president, Vice President and congress without paying a voting tax

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Amendment 22

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No president can be elected to more than two terms

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Amendment 25

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The Vice President becomes the president if the president is disabled

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Amendment 26

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Citizens who are at least 18 years of age are guaranteed the right to vote

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Amendment 27

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Any pay raise the House of Representatives may approve for its members does not take effect until after the next congressional election

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Article 1

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Legislative branch

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Article 2

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Executive branch

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Article 3

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Judicial branch

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Article 4

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Relations among the states

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Article 5

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Amending the constitution

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Article 6

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National debts,supremacy of national law, and oaths of office

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Article 7

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Ratifying the constitution

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Preamble

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Introduction that states the purpose of the constitution

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Popular sovereignty

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Proclaimed in the Declaration of Independence and the preamble
The people are sovereign and the only source for any and all governmental power, and government can exist only with the consent of the governed

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Bill of rights

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The first ten amendments- they set out the great constitutional guarantees of freedom of belief and expression, of freedom of security of the person, and of fair treatment before the law.

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How many amendments are in the constitution?

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27 amendments

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How many articles are in the constitution?

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7 articles

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What are the 6 basic principles of the constitution?

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Popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, judicial review, and federalism.

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How is the us constitution structured and organized?

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Articles- sections- clauses

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Can the constitution be changed? And how?

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Yes the constitution can be amended.

  • proposed by congress by a 2/3 vote in both houses: ratified by the state legislatures of 3/4 (38) of the states
  • proposed by congress by a 2/3 vote in both houses: ratified by conventions held in 3/4 (38) of the states
  • proposed at a national convention called by congress when requested by 2/3 (34) of the state legislatures:ratified by the state legislatures of 3/4 (38) of the states
  • proposed at a national convention called by congress when requested by 2/3 (34) of the state legislatures: ratified by conventions held in 3/4 (38) of the states
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Separation of powers

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In a presidential system, these basic powers are distributed-separated-among three distinct and independent branches of the government

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Checks and balances

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That each branch is subject to a number of constitutional checks (restraints) by the other branches.

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Judicial review

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The power of courts to determine whether what government does is in accord with what the constitution provides

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Federalism

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The division of power among a central government and several regional governments

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Limited government

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Basic principle of American government which states that government is restricted in what it may do, and each individual has rights that government cannot take away

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Ratification

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Formal approval, final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty

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Constitutional convention

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The convention of us statesman who drafted the us constitution in 1787

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Judicial restraint

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A theory of judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power

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Judicial activism

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Describes judicial rulings suspected of being based on personal or political considerations rather than on existing law

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Founding grandfathers

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Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John handcock, John Adams

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In what year did the constitution go into effect?

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1789

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Which article of the constitution creates the presidency and the executive branch?

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Article 2

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Which article of the constitution creates the courts and the judicial branch?

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Article 3

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