Amendments and Bill of Rights Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Amendment 1

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Religion
Assembly
Press
Petition
Speech

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Amendment 2

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Right to bear arms
Right to a well-regulated militia

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Amendment 3

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No quartering troops without consent

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4
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Amendment 4

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No illegal search and seizure
No search without a warrant

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Amendment 5

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Cannot be held for murder without being accused by a grand jury
No double jeopardy
No self incrimination
No deprevision of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
Government cannot take your property without paying a fair price

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Amendment 6

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Right to a jury
Right to a lawyer
Right to a speedy trial
Right to be informed of a crime and hear witnesses

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Amendment 7

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Right to a jury in a civil trial of at least $20

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Amendment 8

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No cruel or unusual punishment
No excessive bail

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9
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Amendment 9

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Rights not listed in the constitution are still protected

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10
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Amendment 10

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Powers not granted to the central government are given to the states.

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We the people of the united states

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Establish justice
Insure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defence
Promote the general welfare
Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity

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Legislative branches job

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To make all laws

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13
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Number of house representatives per state

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At least one

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Qualifications for house representative

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25 or older
7 years citizen
must live in the chosen state

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15
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Powers of the house

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Impeachment

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Number of senators per state

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Qualifications of senator

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30 or older
9 year citizen
Inhabits the state

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Powers of the senate

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Sole power to try all impeachments
confirm presidential appointments
approve treaties

19
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Who is the president of senate

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The vice president

20
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5 powers of congress

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Tax
Establish post offices
Promote the progress of science
Declare war
Define and punish piracies and felonies

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Necessary and proper clause

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Make laws that are needed to carry out their powers
Elastic clause

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5 things congress can’t do

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No bill of attender
Can’t tax exports
No ex post Facto laws
Can’t accept gifts
No title of nobility

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Executive branches job

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Make and carry out laws

24
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How is the president elected

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Through an electoral college

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Qualifications of president
Born in the United States 35 or older 14 yers resident of the United States
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5 Powers of the president
Make treaties Commander in chief Fill up vacancies Appoint ambassadors, and other officers of the United States Grant pardons
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When can the president be removed
Conviction of treason Bribery High crimes Misdemeanors
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Job of the Judicial Branch
Interpret the law
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How long do Judicial Branch justices hold their position
For however long they want
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What is the highest court in the land
Supreme court
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Cases the supreme court hears
Affecting ambassadors Case on appeal
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Definition of treason
Levying war against or adhering to enemies, giving them aid and comfort
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Full faith and credit clause
States must respect other states laws and judicial proceedings
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Ways to amend the constitution
2/3 states or congress must propose then 3/4 states must vote
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Only thing that cannot be amended in the Constitution
Equal suffrage in the senate
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Supremacy Clause
No law higher than the constitution
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how many states are needed for the ratification of the constitution
9/13