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| How many amendments are there? |
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| *What is the first amendment? |
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| religion, speech, press, assembly |
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| *what is the second amendment? |
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| *what is the third amendment? |
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| *what is the fourth amendment? |
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| *what is the 5th amendment? |
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| *what is the sixth amendment? |
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| right to speedy trial by jury |
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| *what is the seventh amendment? |
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| jury trial in civil cases |
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| *what is the eighth amendment? |
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| what is the ninth amendment? |
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| powers reserved to the people |
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| what is the tenth amendment? |
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| powers reserved to the states |
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| what is the eleventh amendment? |
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| what is the twelfth amendment? |
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| election of president and vice-president |
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| *what is the thirteenth amendment? |
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| *what is the fourteenth amendment? |
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| *what is the fifteenth amendment? |
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| what is the sixteenth amendment? |
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| *what is the seventeenth amendment? |
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| *what is the eighteenth amendment? |
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| prohibition of alcoholic beverages |
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| *what is the nineteenth amendment? |
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| *what is the twentieth amendment? |
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| presidential terms sessions of congress |
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| *what is the twenty-first amendment? |
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| *what is the 22nd amendment? |
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| two term limit on president |
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| *what is the 23rd amendment? |
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| presidential electors for district of columbia |
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| *what is the 25th amendment? |
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| presidential succession and disability |
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| *what is the 26th amendment? |
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| what is the 27th amendment? |
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| what is the New Jersey Plan? |
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| one house, one vote per state, wanted to improve the articles |
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| what is the 3/5 compromise? |
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| free vote. blacks are 3/5 of white people |
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| what are the three branches of government? |
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| Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
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| what is the executive branch made up of? |
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| the president, vice president, and 15 cabinet secretaries. |
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| what is the Judicial branch? |
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| Grand Jury. 9 justices. serve for life unless impeached. 9 supreme court justices |
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| how many members are there inn the electoral college? |
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| 538. and wins by majority vote. |
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| divided powers between national government and the states |
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| prevent any single group or institution. |
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| authority of people "we the people" |
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| in forces the law - limits the power of the branches |
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| the part of the constitution that gives congress the authority to pass all laws necessary to carry out its powers |
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| the power to declare laws unconstitutional |
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| to turn down a law passed by congress |
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| a law that punishes someone for an act committed before the act was made a crime |
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| the right of the accused to be free from imprisonment until he has been legally tried and conducted of a crime |
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| the return of escaped prisioners |
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