AP GOVERNMENT: Key Terms of the Constitution

Vocab set from Chapter 3 of AP GOV

Due Process

In amendments #14 and #15, it allows all citizens to go through the proper procedures if they are to be denied life, liberty, or property.

Unenumerated

In the 9th, those rights not mentioned (or numbered) in the Constitution

Judicial

Topic of Article lll (blank) branch

Free Exercise

Clause in an amendment #1 that states that you can worship any deity and practice any religion that you wish (as long as you don’t violate other laws)

Reconstruction

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

Attorney

In the 6th amendment, each accused person has the right to an (blank). After Gideon v. Wainwright, the government now will provide one if you cannot afford one.

Popular

In the 17th, the election of Senators will be (blank) not chosen by state legislatures

Wall

Thomas Jefferson believed there was one (blank) of separation in the 1st Amendment dividing Church and State

Poll

In the 24th, the government cannot have this type of tax - a tax on voting

Reserved

In the 10th, the powers given to the states are known as (blank) powers

Income

In the 16th, Congress is now able to tax your….

Legislative

Topic of Article l (blank) branch

Denied

A Bill of Attainder and an Ex Post Facto law are both powers (blanked) to Congress in the Constitution.

Implied

The “right to privacy” is not written down, but the Supreme Court has said that it is (blank) not expressed.

Concurrent

Powers shared by both the state and the federal (e.g. taxing, making laws)

Indirect

The Electoral College is an example of an (blank) election - unlike the 17th amendment

States

Topic of Article IV - relations between the federal government and the (black)

Unreasonable

In the 4th, searches and seizures cannot be this

Eminent Domain

In the 5th amendment the power of the government to take your property

Enumerated

Powers actually listed in the Constitution (especially in Article l section 8)

Suffrage

Found in the 15th, 19th, and 26th - another name for the right to vote

Expressed

Powers of Congress that are not implied

Executive

Topic of Article ll (blank) branch

Full faith and credit

Contracts (such as marriage) in one state are valid in other states because of this clause.

Delegated

In the 10th, the powers given to the federal government

Himself

In the 5th amendment, one cannot be forced to be a witness against….

Establishment

Clause in amendment #1 that states that Congress will not make a religion.

Equal Protection

In the 14th, all citizens are entitled to (blank) - this clause was used in the Brown v. Board of Education 1954 ruling.

Supremacy

The topic of Article VI of the Constitution. The clause in the Constitution that states it is the “Supreme Law of the Land”

Jeopardy

One cannot (usually) be tried twice for the same crime because if you were, it would be considered double (blank)

Ratification

The topic of Article Vll of the Constitution

Amendment

The topic of Article V - how to add an (blank)

Jim Crow

The Poll Tax was an example of a (blank ) law

Denied

The 17th Amendment allowed for the (blank) election of Senators rather chosen by state legislatures

Civil

A trial in which one sues another for damages