WorksheetsKey U.S. Constitutional Clauses
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
Congress cannot pass a law singling out a person for punishment without trial.
Bill of Attainder
Due Process, 5th Amendment
Ex Post Facto Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
States cannot pass laws voiding or impairing contracts (including debt).
Elastic Clause
Contracts Clause
Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendme
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Congress can regulate trade between nations, between states, and between Native American tribes.
Bill of Attainder
Contracts Clause
Commerce Clause
Extradition Clause
The national government must observe fair procedures when depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.
Due Process, 14th Amendment
Due Process, 5th Amendment
Extradition Clause
Elastic Clause
State governments must observe the fair procedures of the 5th amendment [denying or depriving life, liberty, or property].
Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment
Due Process, 14th Amendment
Ex Post Facto Clause
Preamble
Congress can exercise non-stated power in a "necessary and proper" manner while executing expressed powers.
Elastic Clause
Commerce Clause
Bill of Attainder
Privileges and Immunities Clause
States cannot unreasonably discriminate against individuals.
Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment
Due Process, 14th Amendment
Supremacy Clause
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Congress cannot establish an official religion; effectively creating a separation of church and state.
Ex Post Facto Clause
Extradition Clause
Establishment Clause, 1st Amendment
Preamble
People cannot be retroactively punished for something that was not a crime at the time.
Takings Clause, 5th Amendment
Search and Seizure Clause, 4th Amendment
Extradition Clause
Ex Post Facto Clause
An accused person who flees to another state after committing crime must be returned to the state in which s/he allegedly committed the crime.
Takings Clause, 5th Amendment
Extradition Clause
Supremacy Clause
Search and Seizure Clause, 4th Amendment
Congress cannot ban freedom of worship.
Free Exercise Clause, 1st Amendment
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Establishment Clause, 1st Amendment
Elastic Clause
The government can take private property, but must provide fair compensation.
Takings Clause, 5th Amendment
Reserved Powers Clause, 10th Amendme
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Extradition Clause
States cannot unreasonably discriminate against citizens of other states.
Commerce Clause
Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Privileges and Immunities Clause
States must recognize the validity of the acts, records, court decisions, etc of other states.
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Contracts Clause
Bill of Attainder
Elastic Clause
Defines the constitution's purpose: form a more perfect union; establish justice; ensure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; promote the general welfare; secure liberty to posterity.
Ex Post Facto Clause
Preamble
Elastic Clause
Due Process, 14th Amendment
Powers not granted to the national government or denied from the states, are automatically the state's.
Reserved Powers Clause, 10th Amendment
Privileges and Immunities Clause
Full Faith and Credit Clause
Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment
Authorities can only search in accordance with proper procedures (warrants).
Due Process, 5th Amendment
Search and Seizure Clause, 4th Amendment
Equal protection Clause, 14th Amendment
Bill of Attainder
Federal law is supreme over state law.
Contracts Clause
Elastic Clause
Supremacy Clause
Commerce Clause
