EOC Review-Constitution & B of R

In the House of Representatives, the number of votes a state gets depends on this.

The _________ Acts forced colonists to house British troops. 

 What is the term for members of the House of Representatives? 

Under "rule of law", elected politicians must answer to ___________.

Special name for powers that both the states and federal government share

 The ___ says the accused have the right to have a lawyer help them defend themselves. 

Powers that are actually stated in the Constitution

One reason Britain levied heavy taxes against American colonists

 The Articles of Confederation created a government that had only one of these. 

_________ makes sure the laws are carried out and enforced. 

 These were the “individuals” in the “confederation” created by the Articles of Confederation.

 The chamber of Congress where each state gets two votes 

This is a special duty of the US Senate and only the US Senate can do it.

The 14th Amendment says that states must give everyone “_______________.”

 How many senators are in the U.S. Senate? 

To become a US Senator, one must

The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution because

 What does the Constitution say is the "supreme law of the land’?  

If you sold a newspaper in 1765, you would have to put a ___________ on it. 

Which constitutional principle is applied when police inform suspects of their rights?

The Fourth Amendment guarantees

Why does the U.S. Supreme Court continue to debate the constitutionality of the death penalty?

The country that ruled the American colonies before the Revolutionary War

The Articles of Confederation let Congress create this but not pay for it.

Powers that are not actually stated in the Constitution

 The Articles of Confederation was America’s first plan for_____. 

These constitutional articles create the three branches of the U.S. government.

Clause that says federal laws are superior to state laws

The Constitution says laws passed by Congress are ________ to state laws.

The necessary and proper clause is also known as the _______ clause.

 The ____ says one goal of Constitution is to make sure our country is secure and peaceful. 

Case that SCOTUS began to negate unconstitutional laws, even if law from other gov't branch.

 In  Marbury v. Madison, who said that even the government must follow the Constitution? 

Which three rights are guaranteed by the Bill of Rights?

What was added to the Constitution that listed rights not already in the Constitution? 

This is a special duty of the House of Reps and only the House of Reps can do this.

 ________ hears cases about the laws and decide what the laws mean. 

Article I is the longest part of the Constitution. It creates the ______ branch of our gov't.

 The federal government gets all of its power from this.

The document that replaced the Articles of Confederation 

Our Constitution is divided into __________ parts.

Constitution says nobody can be “deprived of life, liberty, or property without ________ .”

Type of government where the central government gets its power from the states

When did the Nineteenth Amendment give women the right to vote?

Under the Articles of Confederation, America did not have one of these.

Type of government where states and a central government share power

_______  writes the bills that become laws.

Under rule of law, no one is _________ the law, not even the president.

Fraction of states that must agree to change the Constitution 

 Division of power between a central government and state governments