Constitution Unit

Match the following right to the correct amendment

• 7th

• No cruel and unusual punishment

• 9th

• First to bear arms

• 2nd

• Right to an attorney in a civil trial

• 5th

• Right to not face double-jeopardy

• 8th

• Right to the people

The constitution is an ___________

​ ​ (a)   of the Constitution that states federal government has authority of state governments aka states have to follow federal law

• Supremacy Clause
• Necessary and Proper Clause
• Elastic Clause
• Article 1
• Article 2
• Bill of Rights

________ allows Congress to have Implied Powers.

• Necessary and Proper Clause

• Law of the land

• Limited Government

• Expressed powers

Correctly match the scenario to the principle of the Constitution

• Federalism

• Congress passes a law that says only men can vote, the Supreme Court rules that this law is unconstitutional

• Limited Government

• A member of the government is pulled over for speeding

• Judicial Review

• The President can veto a bill from Congress

• Popular Sovereignty

• In the United States we can vote for our leaders

• Checks and Balances

• The federal government says that people under 30 cannot vote, but Texas says if you are 18 you can

Match the following

• Declare war, control the military, create the Post Office

• Concurrent Power

• Make laws, Tax citizens

• Federal Power

• Licenses, Public Schools. Elections

• State Power

​ (a)   are written directly into the Constitution, whereas, ​ (b)   are not, but come from the interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause.

• Expressed powers
• implied powers
• Laws
• denied powers
• reserved authority

Which amendment has been the most debated amendment in the history of the United States?

• 7th

• 14th

• 9th

• 2nd

​ (a)   is the division and balance of power between the different levels of government.

• Federalism
• Judicial Review
• Separation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Pocket Veto
• State of the Union
• Due Process
• Self-Incrimination

Match the term to the correct definition

• Powers that are shared between the federal government and state governments

• Concurrent Powers

• Also known as delegated or enumerated powers that belong to the federal government

• Expressed Powers

• Powers that are given to the state governments through the 10th Amendment

• Denied powers

• Powers that no level of government has because it violates our rights or the Constitution

• Reserved Powers