The Constitution and Amendments

1. What are the Constitution's first three words?

We the People

2. What is the supreme law of the United States?

The U.S. Constitution

The Constitution

3. What does Article I establish?

The legislative branch

Congress

4. What does Article II establish?

The executive branch

5. What does Article III establish?

The judicial branch

6. What is federalism?

Division of power between the national and state governments

7. What is separation of powers?

Division of government authority among branches

8. What are checks and balances?

Ways each branch can limit the powers of the others

9. What is the Bill of Rights?

The first ten amendments to the Constitution

10. What does the First Amendment protect?

Religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

11. What does the Fourth Amendment protect against?

Unreasonable searches and seizures

12. What does the Fifth Amendment include?

Due process and protection against compelled self-incrimination

13. What does the Thirteenth Amendment prohibit?

Slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment after conviction for a crime

14. What does the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee to persons?

Due process and equal protection under state law

15. What does the Nineteenth Amendment prohibit in voting?

Denying or abridging the vote on account of sex