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Amendments Legislative Executive Judicial ABCD..

Protects freedom of press, speech

and religion

What is the 1st Amendment ?

Requires a search warrant for police to

enter a home.

What is the 4th Amendment?

Saying something that is meant to damage another

person’s reputation

What is slander?

No on can be put on trial for a serious crime unless a

grand jury agrees the evidence

justifies it.

What is the 5th Amendment ?

Power of the government to take private property for

public use

What is eminent domain?

The introduction to the Constitution

What is the preamble?

Sole power to impeach a government official of

wrong doing

What is the House of Representatives?

Determines the number of Representatives each

state has.

What is Population?

Necessary and proper clause of the

Constitution often used to expand the powers of

Congress

What is the elastic clause?

1st President to be impeached by the

House of Representatives

Who is President Andrew Johnson?

The month in which electors cast votes for President and

Vice President of the United States

What is December?

Administered by the Chief Justice of the

United States

What is the Oath of Office?

Sets up a system for electing a President

and lists the requirements for the

office

What is article II?

Presidential speech reporting the nation’s condition to Congress

What is the State of the Union?

Maximum number of years a President

can serve.

What is 10 years?

Article which created the Judicial Branch

What is Article III?

Courts which have less power than the Supreme Court

What are Inferior Courts?

Allows federal courts to decide whether court

decisions and laws are in keeping with the intent

of the Constitution

What is Judicial Review?

The federal government has

certain powers, even though they are not

spelled out in the Constitution

What are Implied Powers?

The “Great Chief Justice.”

Who is Chief Justice John Marshall?

Members who attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia

Who are delegates?

Another term for implied power

What is absolute?

A document presented to Congress for

adoption in to law

What is a bill?

When each branch of the government has the means to check actions of the other branches

What are checks and balances?

Agreement in 1781 under which the 13

original colonies established a

government of states

What are the Articles of Confederations?