Bill of Rights | Constitutional Compromises | Articles and other Constitutional stuff | More Bill of Rights | Stuff you should Know |
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What is the 1st Amendment
Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly.
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What is the compromise on tariffs
No tax on exports.
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What is Article 3
Judicial Branch
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What is the 2nd Amendment
Right to bear arms
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Who is the outgoing Mayor of Pittsburgh
Bill Peduto
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What is the 4th Amendment
Prohibits unreasonable search and seizure
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Who elects the president
Electoral college
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What is Article 2
Executive Branch
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What is the 7th Amendment
Right to trial in civil cases over $20
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Who is the governor of PA
Tom Wolf
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What is the 6th Amendment
Right to a speedy trial, confront witnesses, and lawyer.
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What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
Agreement reached between the northern and southern states regarding how to count slaves for the purposes of taxation and representation?
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What is the preamble to the Constitution
.We the people, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, etc
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What is the 8th Amendment
Excessive bail, fines and cruel and unusual punishment prohibited
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Who is a senator from PA
Bob Casey
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What is the 5th Amendment
Double Jeopardy, Silence, Due Process of Law
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What is the Great Compromise
It established a bicameral legislature with equal representation in the Senate and representation based on population in the House.
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Who are Anti-Federalists
These people didn't want a strong central government
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What is the 10th Amendment
Powers not given to the federal government are reserved for the states.
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What is Congress
Has the right to declare war
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What is the 9th Amendment
There are other rights not listed in the Constitution.
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What is 1808
The year Congress needed to wait until the slave trade could be addressed.
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Alexander Hamilton
He helped write the Federalist Papers
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What right is assumed but not listed in the Constitution
Privacy
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Who is the incoming mayor of Pittsburgh
Ed Gainey
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