| Term | Definition |
|---|
| 13th Amendment | Abolition of Slavery |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition |
| 19th Amendment | Women's Suffrage |
| 20th Amendment | Lame Duck |
| 21st Amendment | Repealed Prohibition |
| 16th Amendment | Income Tax |
| 17th Amendment | Direct Election of Senators |
| 22nd Amendment | Presidential Term Limits |
| 23rd Amendment | D.C. Electoral Votes |
| 1st Amendment | Freedom of Religion |
| 1st Ten Amendments | Bill of Rights |
| 25th Amendment | Presidential Succession |
| 2nd Amendment | Right to Bear Arms |
| 3rd Amendment | No Quartering of Soldiers |
| 4th Amendment | No Unreasonable Searches or Seizures |
| 5th Amendment | Right to not to self-incriminate No Double Jeopardy |
| Article 1 | Legislative Branch |
| Article 2 | Executive Branch |
| Article 3 | Judicial Branch |
| 15th Amendment | African American Male Voting Rights |
| 14th Amendment | Definition of Citizenship |
| 27th Amendment | Congressional Pay Raises |
| 26th Amendment | Voting Age is 18 |
| Article 4 | States recognize the laws of other states |
| Article 5 | How to amend the Constitution |
| Article 6 | The Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Land |
| Article 7 | 9 of 13 states must ratify the Constitution |
| 6th Amendment | Right to a speedy and fair trial and right to counsel |
| 7th Amendment | Right to a trial by jury in Civil Cases |
| 8th Amendment | No cruel or unusual punishment and No excessive bail |
| 9th Amendment | Rights reserved to the people |
| 10th Amendment | Power reserved to the states |
| 11th Amendment | No suits against states in a federal court |
| 12th Amendment | Separate votes are cast for the President and VP |
| 24th Amendment | Removal of poll tax |
| 25th Amendment | Presidential Succession |
| Rhode Island | The missing state from the Constitutional Convention |
| Articles of Confederation | The piece of legislation that needed to be revised |
| Ben Franklin | Present at the Convention |
| Thomas Jefferson/John Hancock | Absent from the Convention |
| 1 | Number of votes each state received at the Convention |
| James Madison | Presenter of the Virginia Plan |
| 270 | Number of Electoral votes needed to become president |
| 19 | The number of representatives from Illinois |
| 2 | The number of Senators each state has |
| 30 | Minimum age for a Senator |
| 25 | Minimum age for member of the House |
| 35 | Minimum age for the President |
| New Jersey | The plan that allowed for equal representation in Congress |
| 3/5 | The compromised used to count African Americans |
| 9 | Number of states that needed to ratify the Constitution |
| Judicial | Interprets laws |
| Legislative | Makes laws |
| Supreme Court | Declares laws unconstitutional |
| President | Power to veto |
| 2/3 | The fraction needed by both chambers of Congress to override a veto |
| House of Representatives | Start the impeachment process and decide the presidential winner if a majority of electoral votes are not gained |
| Senate | Holds the trial for removal of the President |
| Federalists | Supported a strong national/central government |
| 435 | # of members of the House |
| 100 | # of members in the Senate |
| 10 | # of Amendments in the Bill of Rights |
| States | Held the true power under the Articles of Confederation |
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