Key Terms Constitution

Due Process

In amendments #14 and #5, 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 right not mentioned (or numbered) in the Constitution

Judicial

Topic of Article III (blank) branch

Free Exercise

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

Reconstruction

13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments

Excessive

In the 8th, bail shall not be this

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 states are known as (blank) powers

Income

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

Legislative

Topic of Article I (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 federal (e.g . taxing, making laws)

Indirect

The Electoral College is an example of an (blank) election - unlike the Amendment

States

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

Unreasonable

In the 4th, searches and seizures cannot be this

Eminent Domain

In the 5th Amendment the power of the government to take property

Enumerated

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

Suffrage

Foun 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 II (blank) branch

Full Faith and Credit Clause

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

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 Constitution that says that it is the “Supreme Law of the Land” also known as the (blank) clause

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 VII of the Constitution

Amendment

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

Jimcrow

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

Direct

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

Civil

A trial in which one sues another for damages