Chapter 3 Study Guide

Exam is on Tuesday 11/22/16

Study Guide is 20 points

Section 1 & 2

  1. What is the Preamble? What does it explain?

It’s the introduction to the constitution and it explains the goals and purpose

  1. How many articles are in the Constitution?

7 articles

  1. How many amendments do we have today? How many have been proposed?

27 amendments and 9000 have been proposed

  1. Article 1 explains

Explains the powers of the legislative branch

  1. Article 2 explains

Explains the powers of the executive branch

  1. Article 3 explains

Explains the powers of the judicial branch

  1. Article 4 explains

Explains that the rights citizens have on one state are respected in all states

  1. Article 5 explains

How to amend the Constitution

  1. Article 6 explains

No one is above the law and the constitution is the supreme law of the land

  1. Which 2 groups of people are needed to amend the Constitution?

Senators and representatives

Section 3:

  1. Why were some people opposed to the new Constitution?

Because it made the government too strong and didn’t give people rights

  1. The First Amendment allows people to _express_ themselves.
  2. How many rights does the First Amendment guarantee? What are they? Understand them.

Freedom of Speech / Freedom of the Press / Freedom of Religion / Right to Assemble / Right to Petition
Citizens can express themselves, libel and slander are illegal / You can write down your opinions, we have the right to be informed, the press is not owned by the government / You can believe in anything you want, separation of church and state / you have the right to meet together whether your ideas are popular or not but you need a permit / People have the right to ask the government to do something or change something

Section 4:

  1. What is the 2nd Amendment?

The right to bear arms

  1. What is the 3rd Amendment?

Protects people from having soldiers living in their houses

  1. What is the 4th Amendment? When can the police search a person’s home (what do they need to have?)

Searches and seizures are illegal except when they have a search warrant

  1. What is bail? Why do criminals have to pay bail?

Bail is money that a criminal pays to stay out of jail and guarantee that he will return

To court

  1. Does a person get the bail money back? When?

Yes when the trial ends

  1. Which amendment explains bail and punishment?

The 8th amendment

  1. What do the 9th and 10th amendments say?

They say any law that is not written in the Constitution is decided by the states

Section 5:

  1. Why did Congress pass the 12th amendment? Explain what happened.

The 12th amendment says that the Presidential candidate must choose his

Vice President

  1. Who chooses the President if there is a tie?

The House of Representatives

  1. What is the Emancipation Proclamation?

It was document by President Lincoln that ended slavery

  1. What is the 13th Amendment?

It ended slavery in all states

  1. What did the 14th Amendment say?

It said all people born in America are citizens with equal rights

  1. Who was given the right to vote under the 15th Amendment?

All African American males

Section 6:

  1. The 18th amendment made alcoholillegal.
  2. The 19th amendment gave womenthe right to vote.
  3. The 21st amendment ended the 18th amendment. (You need to understand this)
  4. What is the 22nd amendment?Limited the presidential term to 2 terms
  5. The 26th amendment made the votingage at 18years old in all states.

You must know all the vocab words