| A | B |
|---|
| Amendment that prohibits citizens from suing a state in federal court | 11th Amendment |
| Prohibits poll taxes (fee for voting) | 24th Amendment |
| Made sale and manufacture of intoxicating liquor illegal in the USA | 18th Amendment |
| Guarantees citizens the right to own weapons | 2nd Amendment |
| Details rights guaranteed to persons accused of a federal crime | 6th Amendment |
| Moved up the day for the President and Vice-President to take the oath of office | 20th Amendment |
| Gave teens suffrage | 26th Amendment |
| Amendment that ended slavery in the USA | 13th Amendment |
| Changed the method of choosing Senators from selection to election | 17th Amendment |
| Where to find sex in the Constitution | 19th Amendment |
| Source of prohibition on excessive fines and bail as well as cruel and unusual punishments | 8th Amendment |
| Guards against unreasonable searches and seizure of your person or home | 4th Amendment |
| Changed the way in which electors select the President and Vice President | 12th Amendment |
| Source of your protection against self-incrimination | 5th Amendment |
| Prohibits peace time housing of government soldiers | 3rd Amendment |
| Limits Congress' ability to accept a pay raise | 27th Amendment |
| Prohibits racial discrimination in voting | 15th Amendment |
| Limits a President to 2 full terms in office or a maximum of 10 years | 22nd Amendment |
| Renews booze | 21st Amendment |
| Says that the VP takes power temporariy when the President is disabled | 25th Amendment |
| Guarantees a federal civil jury trial so long as $20 or more is at stake | 7th Amendment |
| It gives Washington D.C. residents a say in electing the President | 23rd Amendment |
| Rights not given to the national government belong to the states or the people | 10th Amendment |
| Single source of the 5 most important civil rights guarantees | 1st Amendment |
| Authorizes the imposition of an income tax | 16th Amendment |
| Often referred to as "The Second Bill of Rights" | 14th Amendment |
| Defines what it means to be a US citizen | 14th Amendment |
| States that not all of your rights are listed in the Constitution | 9th Amendment |
| Rights guarantee that says you can't be tried twice for the same crime | Double Jeopardy |
| They must be a citizen for at least 7 years | House of Representatives members |
| They must be at least 25 years of age | House of Representatives members |
| To serve they must inhabit the states they represent | Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate |
| Citizenship requirement for Senators | 9 Years a citizen of the United States |
| Minimum age to be a Senator | 30 Years old |
| President's age requirement | 35 years old |
| What it means for the President to be an N.B.C. | Natural Born Citizen |
| 14 years a resident of the US | President's minimum residency requirement |
| 2 year term of office | House of Representatives |
| 6 year term of office | Senate |
| 4 year term of office | President |
| Office limited to 2 full terms in office | President |
| Currently has 435 members | House of Representatives |
| Presides over the Senate | Vice President |
| Senate's Second in Command | President Pro Tempore |
| Only constitutional office holder with no age or residency requirement | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Serve during "good behaviour" | Supreme Court (and all other federal judges) |
| Article I | Legislative Branch |
| Article II | Executive Branch |
| Article III | Judicial Branch |
| Holds the power to impeach (bring charges) | House of Representatives |
| Votes to decide whether impeached officials are removed from office | Senate |
| Revenue bills must begin here | House of Representatives |
| Approves presidential appointments | Senate |
| Ratifies treaties by 2/3 margin | Senate |
| Branch whose members have a salary guarantee | Judicial |
| Presiding member of the House of Representatives | Speaker |
| Can declare war | Congress |
| Can tax | Congress |
| Can veto bills | President |
| Can override a presidential veto | Congress (2/3 of each chamber must vote) |
| Can declare actions of the President unconstitutional | Supreme Court and lower Federal Courts |
| Branch that makes laws | Legislative branch |
| Branch that enforces laws | Executive Branch |
| Branch that Interprets laws | Judicial branch |
| Can propose amendments | Congress and State Conventions |
| Change that can be accomplished in 4 distinct ways | Amend the Constitution |
| Only Amendment to have been ratified by state conventions | 21st (repeal of Prohibition) |
| He gets credit for writing the Preamble and Constitution | Gouvernor Morris |
| Convention delegate whose compromise led to a 2-chamber legislature | Roger Sherman |
| Can call Congress into a special session | President |
| Has the power to adjourn a quarrelsome Congress | President |
| Commander in Chief of the Army & Navy | President |
| President's Annual Speech to Congress | State of the Union |
| Possesses Power to Pardon and Reprieve | President |
| Has authority to create new inferior federal courts | Congress |
| Branch that sets salaries for itself and the other two branches | Legislative |
| Fraction of state legislatures that can ratify and amendment | Three-fourths |
| Can establish Post Offices & Post Roads | Congress |
| Holds power to set weights and measures | Congress |
| Formal introduction to our Constitution | The Preamble |
| Why the Senate has 100 Senators | Each of the 50 states is guaranteed 2 |
| Provision that orders states to respect official actions of the other states | Full Faith and Credit Clause (Article IV Section 1) |
| Clause that prohibits discrimination based on state residency | Privileges and Immunities Clause (Article IV Section 2) |
| Insures that believers and non-believers have an equal opportunity to serve in our government | No Religious Test Clause (Article VI) |
| This official presides over a President's impeachment trial | Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| What the President must swear to uphold | The Constitution |
| States needed to ratify the Constitution | 9 |
| City that hosted the Constitutional Convention | Philadelphia |
| Author of the Bill of Rights | James Madison |
| Year of the Constitutional Convention | 1787 |
| State that boycotted the Convention | Rhode Island |
| It provides for return of fleeing defendants | Extradition Clause |
| 20 year provision that could not be amended | Slave Trade Clause |
| Informal name for "Necessary & Proper" Clause | The "Elastic Clause" |
| It has the power to regulate Interstate Commerce | Congress |
| State that proposed plan for a government of equal states | New Jersey |
| State-sponsored convention proposal that featured government power proportional to state population | Virginia Plan |
| Says that no state law may contradict the Constitution, Laws and Treaties of the United States | Supremacy Clause (Article VI) |
| A quorum for each chamber of the Congress | A majority of members |
| Guarantee against illegal imprisonment | Habeas Corpus |
| Banned law that seeks to punish past behavior | Ex Post Facto Law |
| Prohibited law that aims to punish a law breaker | Bill of Attainder |
| Type of title that no government in the USA can confer | Title of Nobility |
| Has the power to pass laws punishing counterfeiters | Congress |
| Can select the President if no candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College | House of Representatives |
| Can select the Vice President if no candidate receives a majority in the electoral college | Senate |
| Minimum number of votes needed to be elected President or Vice President by the Electoral College | 270 |
| Has the power to raise and lower Congressional salaries | Congress |
