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What is the 1st amendment?
It guarantees freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
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What are Checks and Balances?
It is the ideological "safety system" behind the three branches of government.
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What are the Articles of Confederation?
This documents established a firm league of friendship among the states.
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What is19th amendment?
This amendment gave women the right to vote/
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What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
These houses make up Congress as set up in Article I.
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What is the 7th amendment?
This guarantees the right to trial by a jury.
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What is 'public policy'?
This is another phrase for official government decisions.
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What is ratification?
This 12-letter word means formal approval or a final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, amendment, or treaty.
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What is the 15th amendment?
It was the amendment that gave all citizens the right to vote regardless of race of color.
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What is a Senator?
This government official must be at least 30 years old, a citizen for at least 9 years, and must live in the state from which elected.
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What is the 8th amendment?
This protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment.
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What is China?
It is the world's most populous country, with more that 1.3 billion people.
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What is unicameral?
The Articles of Confederation set up this structure of the Senate.
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What is the 18th amendment?
It is the only amendment ever to have been repealed.
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What is Executive Power?
This is the presidential power to enforce the laws and otherwise administer the public policies of the USA.
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What is the 4th amendment?
It protects the right of the people to have privacy in their own home.
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What is Force Theory?
This is the the theory that states are formed through conquest.
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What is the Second Continental Congress?
They officially declared the Articles of Confederation effective on March 1, 1781.
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What is the 13th amendment?
It was the amendment to end slavery in the United States.
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What is Article II?
This article outlines the Executive Office.
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What is the 5th amendment?
It protects the people from being charged twice for the same crime (double jeopardy).
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What is a 'clan'.
A 4-letter word for 'a network of families'.
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What is the pledge to obey the articles and the acts of Congress?
It is the pledge that the states make by agreeing to the Articles of Confederation.
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What is the 21st amendment?
This amendment officially repealed the 18th amendment.
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What are Articles I, II, and III?
They are the articles that outline the 3 branches of government.
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