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1st amendment 💬
Freedom of Religion Speech Press Assembly and Petition
2nd amendment 🔫
Right to bear arms
3rd Amendment
No quartering of soldiers
4th Amendment 🔍
Freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment
Right to remain silent
6th Amendment 💨
Right to a fair and speedy trial
7th Amendment
Right to jury in civil trials.
8th Amendment🔪❌
No cruel or unusual punishment
when were the first 10 amendments ratified
1791
9th Amendment
Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
10th Amendment🗺️
Powers Reserved to the States
Article 5: Amendments
2/3 of congress must agree & 3/4 of states must approve
article 7 : how to ratify the Constitution
9 of 13 states needed
Judicial Review
courts can declare acts of other branches " unconstitutional"
Article 4: The Powers of the States
"full faith and credit" clause: doc. from state are legal in all states
nothing to do with the preamble
Thomas Paine
Author of Common Sense
inspired independence
Theocracy
A government controlled by religious leaders
Representative Democracy
A system of government in which citizens elect representatives or leaders to make decisions about the laws for all the people.
monarchy
A government ruled by a king or queen
Military Dictatorship
Government in which military generals have supreme power and gain power by means of military and force
Communism
opposite of democracy and capitalism. individuals do not own land. everyone is equal
Direct Democracy
A form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives
Oligarchy
an authoritarian form of gov. in which only a small group of ppl hold the power.
Social Contract Theory
States form when people reach a "contract" to surrender some power to a common authority in return for security
Sovereignty
The supreme power to act within its territory and to control external affairs
when was the consitution ratified?
1788
What article is the LEGISLATIVE branch?
Article 1
Wikard v. Filburn
The federal government can regulate economic activity that has a effect on interstate commerce
What article is the JUDICIAL branch?
Article 3
What article is the EXECUTIVE branch?
Article 2
Preamble
Introduction to the Constitution
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson & Benjamin Franklin & Roger Sherman John Adams & Robert R. Livingston
what was not included in the 1787 constitution?
bill of rights
Federalist Paper 10
Warns against factions
Who wrote federalist papers 10 & 51?
James Madison
federalist paper 51
Seperation of powers & Checks and balances
Checks and balances
Allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches. Prevents abuse of power
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution
Note
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