The Principles of the Constitution

Match the following

• Enumerated Powers.

• The Constitution, written in Philadelphia in 1787, included which of the following?

• Preamble of the Constitution.

• The first ten amendments added to the Constitution are known as the

• Implied Powers

• The Congress claims ___ which are powers that are suggested but directly stated in the constitution.

• The Bill of Rights

• The words, “We the People”, are the first words of the

If a state law ___________ the Constitution or Federal law, the Constitution or Federal Law prevails.

Ratified by the states in 1968, the Fourteenth Amendment granted full citizenship rights to ?

• Asian Americans
• Native Americans
• Previously enslaved African Americans

• Hispanic Americans

The American’s formed a republic, a government in which people rule through _______ _______________.

The system established to maintain a balance of power between the three branches of Government is called ______ ___ ________.

For an amendment to be ratified, it must be approved by what fraction of the states?

• One-third
• Two-thirds
• One-half
• Three-fourths