Constitution Flashcards
1st Amendment
Freedom of speech and religion
2nd Amendment
Trial by Jury
3rd Amendment
Freedom from arrest without warrent
4th Amendment
Right to posses arms
5th Amendment
Right to public and speedy trial
6th Amendment
No cruel and unusual punishment
7th Amendment
No quartering of soldiers during peacetime
8th Amendment
Recognition of rights that are possessed but not listed in constitution
9th Amendment
Powers of the state that are not constitutional
10th Amendment
No punishments without legal procedures
Popular sovereignty
that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people
limited government
a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers.
separation of powers
vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies
federalism
combines a general government with regional governments in a single political system
checks and balances
a system that allows each branch of a government to amend or veto acts of another branch
