Ch. 3 & 4 Government Final Practice

Formal approval or final consent to the effectiveness of a constitution, constitutional amendment, or treaty.

• bicameral

• amendment

• ratification

• checks and balances

An adjective describing a legislative body composed of two chambers.

• bicameral

• amendment

• ratification

• checks and balances

Created the Judicial Branch.

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

• Article 5

Created the Executive Branch.

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

• Article 5

• Article 6

Created the Legislative Branch.

• Article 1

• Article 2

• Article 3

• Article 4

• Article 5

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor, in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

A person can be tried for a serious federal crime only if he or she has been indicted by a grand jury. No one may be subjected to double jeopardy. All persons are protected from self-incrimination. Prohibits unfair, arbitrary actions by the federal government. Government may take private property for a legitimate public purpose, but it must pay a fair price for the property seized.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

The right of the people to keep and bear arms.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Freedom of religion, speech, and the press. The freedom to peaceably assemble and to petition the government.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment

Police officers have no general right to search for or seize evidence or seize persons without a proper warrant obtained with probable cause. Evidence gained as the result of an unlawful search or seizure cannot be used at the court trial of the person from whom it was seized.

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 5th Amendment