US Government Flashcards
Constitutional Amendments: 26th
Voting age set to 18years
Constitutional Amendments: 16th
Allows for federal income tax
Constitutional Amendments: 13th
Abolishes slavery
Location of FBI HQ
Quantico VA
Constitutional Amendments: 6th
Right to a speedy trial and to call witnesses
Assistant to a party leader
Whip
Constitutional Amendments: 18th
Prohibition
Constitutional Amendments: 19th
Women’s Suffrage
Constitutional Amendments: 5th
Freedom from double jeopardy - self incrimination; right to due process
Constitutional Amendments: 3rd
The governement can not keep troops in homes
Constitutional Amendments: 7th
Right to a trial by jury
George Washington’s Secretary of War
Henry Knox (Fort Knox)
Location of CIA HQ
Langley - VA
Constitutional Amendments: 1st
Freedom of the press - speech and religion
President of the Senate
Vice President
Power of the government to take private property for public use
Eminent Domain
First Republican president - 1860
Abraham Lincoln
Constitutional Amendments: 2nd
The right to keep and bear arms
Body that decides on whether to impeach
House of Representatives
Constitutional Amendments: 4th
Regulation of search and seizure