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2. Protects freedom of press, speech and religion

3. What is the 1 st Amendment ?

4. Requires a search warrant for police to enter a home.

5. What is the 4 th Amendment?

6. Prohibits Cruel and Unusual Punishment

7. What is the 8 th Amendment?

8. No on can be put on trial for a serious crime unless a grand jury agrees the evidence justifies it.

9. What is the 5 th Amendment ?

10. Gives 18 year olds the right to vote

11. What is the Twenty Sixth Amendment?

12. His ideas more than any other influenced the Declaration of Independence

13. Who is John Locke?

14. The right of people to alter or abolish government if their rights are not respected

15. What is the an idea of John Locke (or idea found in the Declaration of Independence)?

16. A type of government in which power is derived from the states

17. What is a confederation?

18. An event which showed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

19. What is Shay’s Rebellion?

20. Federalism, Separation of Powers, Popular Sovereignty

21. What are Constitutional Principles?

22. The method which gives states a key role in casting votes for President and Vice President of the United States

23. What is the Electoral College?

24. Another name for the Necessary and proper clause of the Constitution often used to expand the powers of Congress

25. What is the elastic clause?

26. Lists the requirements for the office of President and the powers of the office

27. What is Article II?

28. Added to the Constitution at the insistence of the Anti-Federalists

29. What is the Bill of Rights?

30. The Senate must ratify treaties negotiated by the President before they become law

31. What is an example of checks and balances?

32. Article which created the Judicial Branch

33. What is Article III?

34. Case that established Judicial Review

35. What is Marbury v. Madison?

36. Allows Supreme Court to decide whether court decisions and laws are in keeping with the intent of the Constitution

37. What is Judicial Review?

38. A system of government in which power is divided between state and national governments

39. What is Federalism?

40. The chamber of Congress in which all revenue bills must originate

41. What is the House of Representatives?

42. Head of the military, veto power, granting pardons

43. What are powers of the President?

44. A two stage process of proposal and ratification

45. What is the Amendment Process for the Constitution?

46. Declare war, coin money, establish lower courts

47. What are powers of Congress?

48. Argued for separation of powers and checks and balances as the best form of government

49. Who is Montesquieu?

50. States must honor the laws and rulings of other states

51. What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?