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1st Amendment: Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, and Petition
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2 years: What is the term length of a member of the House?
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2nd Amendment: Right to keep and bear arms
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4 years: What is the term length for the President?
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4th Amendment: Protects from unreasonable searches and seizures
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5th Amendment: Protection from Self-Inrimination
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6 years: What is the term length of a senator?
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8th Amendment: Protects the people from cruel and unusual punishment
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13th Amendment: Outlawed Slavery
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13th Amendment: Abolished Slavery
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14th Amendment: Equal Protection under the law
Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen
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15th Amendment: Right to vote for all races
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15th Amendment: All races can vote
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19th Amendment: Women's Suffrage
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22nd Amendment: Limited the President to 2 terms or 10 years in office
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25: How old do you have to be to be in the House?
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25th Amendment: Presidential Succession
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26th Amendment: Lowered the voting age to 18
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30: How old do you have to be to be in the Senate?
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35: How old do you have to be to be the President?
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100: How many people are in the Senate?
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435: How many people are in the House?
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Articles: Explain the structure of the government
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Bill of Attainder: A law that established guilt and punishes people without a trial
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Checks and Balances: What principle of the Constitution exists to ensure no 1 branch becomes too powerful?
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Coin Money Declare War Make Treaties: What are 3 exclusive powers that are denied to states?
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Constitution: The Supreme Law of the Land
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Due Process: 5th Amendment Principle stating that government must follow procedures in trials
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Elastic Clause: clause that gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its powers
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Enforce Law: Job of the Executive Branch
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Equal representation: How is representation decided in the senate?
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Equal Representation in the Senate: What part of the great compromise benefits states with small populations?
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Ex Post Facto Law: A law that makes a crime of an act that was legal when it was committed
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Habeus Corpus: When a person is arrested they have the right to know why they have been detained and to contest that detainment in court
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Interpret Law: Job of the Judicial Branch
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Judicial Review: Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws
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Life or Good Behavior: What is the term length of a Supreme Court Justice?
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Make Law: Job of the Legislative Branch
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President: Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces
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President is Commander and Chief: What executive branch power would be violated if Congress forbid the President from making a military appointment?
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President Pro Temp: Who is the substitute for the President of the Senate when he is not present?
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President Pro Temp of the Senate: Takes over if the President, VP, and Speaker die or are unable to work
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Protect individual liberties: What was the purpose of adding the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?
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Representation based on population: How is representation decided in the House?
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Secretary of State: Takes over if the President, VP, Speaker, and President Pro Temp die or are unable to work
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Sign it. Veto it. Pocket Veto. Let it sit 10 days.: What are 4 things that can happen to a bill once it reaches the President?
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Speaker of the House: Takes over if the President AND VP die or are unable to work
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Supremacy Clause: Statement in Article VI stating that the Constitution shall be the Supreme Law of the Land
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Supremacy clause: states that federal law is superior to state law
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the 27 changes or amendments: What shows the Constitution is a living document?
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Vice President: Who is the President of the Senate?
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Vice President: Takes over if the President dies or is unable to work
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Voting: What is an example of popular sovereignty?
