Review: Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Citizenship

2. The president can check the power of the legislative branch by ______________ a law.
3. Only ________________________ has the power to declare war.
6. The power to take personal property from someone to benefit the public.
10. A federal court can strike down a state or federal law if it finds that the law is ____________________.
11. Two main goals of the ______________ of the Constitution were to protect citizens’ rights and ____________ the country.

1. Gives permission to authorities to go through someone’s property.
4. Protects the rights of the accused by requiring that laws be applied fairly; says the government cannot take a person’s life, liberty, or property without it.
5. The __________ Amendment protects freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition.
7. The House of Representatives can ________________________, or vote to bring serious charges against, a president, vice president, and all civil officers of the United States.
8. purpose of the __________ and __________ Amendments is to protect rights not addressed by the first eight amendments and leave those rights up to the states and the people to decide.
9. The federal government is divided into separate branches to keep any one branch from growing too _____________________.
12. U.S. government penalty for an immigrant who breaks the law.