Unit 7. "We the People..." - Unit Vocabulary Review

you have the right to keep ordinary weapons

• 2nd Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

the government cannot force you to have soldiers in your home or on your property

• 3rd Amendment

• 4th Amendment

• 6th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

police have to have a reason to search you or your property; need to have probable cause or a warrant

• 4th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 3rd Amendment

you have to be told of the charges against you if you are accused of a crime; your trial has to be “speedy”; you have a right to a lawyer

• 6th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 5th Amendment

• 9th Amendment

you have other rights; not all of your rights are listed in the Constitution

• 9th Amendment

• 7th Amendment

• 8th Amendment

• 10th Amendment

an official change to the Constitution; done through a process that is explained in the Constitution; there are currently 27 of them

• Amendment

• Clause

• Cabinet

• Delegate

different sections of government; we have three - the legislative, executive and judicial

• Branch

• Clause

• Amendment

• Petition

group of official advisors to the president that is responsible for running the different departments within the executive branch

• Cabinet

• Concurrent Powers

• Veto

• New Jersey Plan

small sections of the Constitution that explain a topic in more detail

• Clause

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Plan

• Impeachment

powers held by both the federal and the state governments

• Concurrent Powers

• Implied Powers

• Pardon

• Impeachment