| A | B |
|---|
| Amendment 15 | Right of former enslaved males to vote |
| Amendment 26 | Eighteen-year-old's right to vote |
| Amendment 1 | Free speech |
| Amendment 13 | Abolition of slavery |
| Amendment 19 | Women's right to vote |
| Impeach | Charges of wrongdoing by a government official |
| Popular sovereignty | Right of people to change their government |
| Electoral College | Complex system for choosing a President |
| Override | To check the power of a presidential veto |
| Responsible for public education | State government |
| Supreme law of the land | Constitution |
| Most important power of Congress | Make the nation's laws |
| Branches of government | Legislative, executive, judicial |
| "Court of last resort" | Supreme Court |
| Main role of the President | Carry out the nation's laws |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment | Lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 |
| Grants licenses to doctors, lawyers, and teachers | State governments |
| Preamble | State the purpose of the Constitution |
| President refuses to sign a bill | Presidential veto |
| Number of Supreme Court justices | Nine |
| Term of office for a member of the House of Representatives | Two years |
| State powers | Reserved powers |
| Haveas corpus | Right to see a judge within 72 hours of your arrest |
| After impeachment | Senate acts as a jury to try the case |
| Executive branch checks the legislative brance | Vetoing laws |
| A bill may be proposed by | Member of the House of Reps. or the President/Vice-President |
| Term of office for a member of the Senate | Six years |
| Qualifications for being a senator | 30 years old, citizen for 9 years, resident of the state |
| Responsibilities as Commander and Chief | In charge of the armed forces |
| Membership of the House of Representatives | Based on state population |
