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APUSH Unit 3
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960378069By number, what amendment protects citizens in their "persons, houses, papers, and effects" from "__________ search and seizure"?four, unreasonable1
960378070By number, what amendment is supposed to guarantee the right to have a gun in case we need to overthrow our government in a revolution?two2
960378071By number, what amendment guarantees "due process of law" (fair treatment and the presumption of innocence) as well as the right of the accused to remain silent?five3
960378072By number, what amendment guarantees the fundamental activities that make a democracy possible: the freedom of religion, speech, and press?one4
960378073By number, what amendment guarantees both the right to a trial by jury and a right to the assistance of counsel, to have an attorney represent you?six5
960378074By number, what amendment guarantees even convicts that their punishment not be "cruel and unusual"?eight6
960378075This clause gives judges a lot of power through interpretation. One of the fizziest phrases in the Constitution is called the ______ clause which indicates that it could be STRETCHED to fit a lot of new activities. (Article I, Section 8, Para 18)elastic7
960378076"_______ and _______ punishment"cruel, unusual8
960378077Congress has the power to tax but it isn't clear what is meant by Congress' power "to regulate interstate ____"commerce9
960378078Presidential impeachment can be caused by: "treason, bribery, other high crimes, and _______"misdemeanors10
960378079In Preamble and Article I: "promote the general ______"welfare11
960378080Many generations have argues about the meaning of "state's rights" under Amendment ___ten12
960378081The general freedom to write and publish works critical of the government/government officials is the freedom of the _____ (Amend 1)press13
960378082The governemnt cannot establish a national church, the first amendment guarantees our right to the "free _____ of _______" (We may/may not have a religion) (Amend 1)exercise, religion14
960378083Our freedom of ______ allows us to freely join groups advocating whatever beliefs we wish (Amend 1)assembly15
960378084We may also write something which lists our grievances: "_______ the government for a redress of grievances" (Amend 1)petition16
960378085We may tell people our opinions: "freedom of ______" (Amend 1)speech17
960378086Amendment OneGuarantees the freedom of: PERHAPS! Press Exercise but no government est. of Religion Have a religion or political party of have none Assembly Petition Speech18
963567591Treaty of Paris (1783)independence and Mississippi border established19
963567592Land Ordinance of 1785encouraged states to set up public schools20
963567593Northwest Ordinance of 1787set aside land for five future FREE states21
963567594Arguments against Articles of Confederation1) "necessary and proper" is too flexible 2) too much power in the government 3) no Bill of Rights 4) Supremce Court Justices serve for life22
963567595Washington's Cabinet: Secretary of StateThomas Jefferson, liberal Southerner23
963567596Washington's Cabinet: Attorney GeneralEdmund Randolph, liberal Southerner24
963567597Washington's Cabinet: Secretary of TreasuryAlexander Hamilton, Northern conservative25
963567598Washington's Cabinet: Secretary of WarHenry Knox, Northern conservative26
963567599The first three word of the Preamble are:We the People27
963567600Representatives are elected every __ years, and provided that representation in the House is proportional to _________two, population28
963567601Each slave counts as __ of one person3/529
963567602Senators were ______ by state legislatures every __ yearsappointed, six30
963567603Only __ of the Senate can be removed at a time1/331
963567604Art I. Sect 5. "excepting such Parts as may in their Judgement require ______"secrecy32
963567605A presidential veto may be overriden by a vote of __2/333
963567606The ____ Clause: n_______ and p_____Elastic, necessary, proper34
963567607Congress could not pass any law banning the importation of slaves until ____180835
963567608Art I. Sec. 9. "No _______ __ _________ shall be granted"title of nobility36
963567609Presidents can make treaties but must get them ratified by ___ vote of the _______2/3, senate37
963567610The President's annual, January speech on the _____ of the _____State of the Union38
963567611Supreme Court Justices serve for ____life39
963567612Art III. Sec. 2 "The Trial of all Crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by ____"jury40
963567613Who is a "person held to Service or Labour in one state" is called a _____slave41
963567614Art IV. Sec. 4 "shall guarantee to every State in this Union a ______ Form of Government, and shall protect each of them... againt domestic Violence"Republican42
963567615Our national government is not a monarchy because we hold ______ and there are 3 branches called what?elections, legislative, executive, judicial43
963567616We do not have a theocracy because there is no official _____ and no religious test for ____religion, office44
963567617We do not have a democracy because many officials are not _____ and _________ make key decisions for uselected, representatives45
963567618What we have is a semi-democratic, semi-_______ _______.oligarchial, republic46
963567619Our constitution's _______ _______ clauses make it clear that we do not have a confederacynational, supremacy47
963567620Graphs show that in 1790, the US was more of an _______ republic than a ______ oneoligarchial, democratic48
963901744Article Iall about the president49
963901745Article IIall about judicial50

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