OST Government Review
Across
- 1. This amendment limits the President to serving only two terms.
- 6. This amendment repealed the 18th Amendment, ending Prohibition.
- 10. This amendment provides for the filling of a Vice Presidential vacancy and presidential disability.
- 12. To lose the right to vote, often through devices like poll taxes or literacy tests.
- 14. Powers shared by both the national and state governments.
- 15. A fee once charged to voters, later prohibited by the 24th Amendment.
- 16. The branch of government responsible for making laws
- 20. This amendment lowered the voting age to 18 in response to the Vietnam War.
- 21. This era saw reforms like the federal income tax and direct election of senators.
- 22. Amendment that protects the right to keep and bear arms.
- 23. Amendment that prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.
- 24. The opening phrase of the Preamble that reflects popular sovereignty.
- 26. The branch of government responsible for carrying out the laws.
- 28. The principle that government can only exercise powers granted to it by the rule of law.
- 29. This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
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- 2. This amendment granted women the right to vote in every state.
- 3. Powers specifically stated or listed in the Constitution for the national government.
- 4. This amendment prohibits the manufacturing and sale of alcohol.
- 5. This group argued that a Bill of Rights was necessary because the original Constitution was inadequate.
- 7. The division of power between a central authority and constituent units like states.
- 8. The branch of government that interprets the laws.
- 9. General term for the right to vote.
- 11. Amendment that allowed for the direct election of senators by the people.
- 13. The first ten amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791.
- 16. A period of transition where an outgoing official has little influence.
- 17. A tool used by the President to block a bill passed by Congress.
- 18. The principle that the authority of a government is derived from the people
- 19. Amendment that protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment.
- 25. Amendment that protects freedoms of speech, religion, and the press.
- 27. The group that argued the national government's powers were enumerated and a Bill of Rights was unnecessary.