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1st amendment 💬

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Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and Petition

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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, 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 Constitution 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, lists 6 purposes of government

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

Could not levy taxes, draft soldiers, or pay debts for the revolutionary war.

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

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 .