Midterm I Review Puzzle

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1. The right to remain silent is more appropriately known as your right against _____________.
5. King of England during the Revolution.
6. Agreement providing that enslaved persons would count as three-fifths of other persons in determining representation in Congress
7. Vote that needs 60 people to kill a filibuster.
9. "Lower House" of Congress.
14. Minimum age you must be to begin the naturalization process.
19. Word that means "rule of the people."
20. British document; "Great Charter"; creates 1st limited government in England.
21. Speech that is intended to cause violence between people due to a bias, discrimination, or dislike is known as ________ ______.
22. Article II created this branch of government
24. Clause that prohibits the government from creating a national religion.
29. Amendment that protects states' rights.
30. Amendment that requires the POTUS and VP to live in different states.
33. Article I created this branch of government
34. Document you need that gives you permission to enter any nation.
37. 1st Amendment protects your right to communicate your opinions, or ___________, to the government.
39. What was banned in 1808?
40. Article III created this branch of government
42. Only POTUS to serve more than 2 terms in office.
45. Chamber of Congress created to ensure equality among the states in the Congress.
46. The President of the Senate.
49. Amendment that protects your right to join a militia.
50. Amendment that protects someone's criminal rights such as their right to confront an accuser or have an attorney.
51. The 27th Amendment prohibits Congress from giving themselves __________ during their term in office.
52. System of government where the state governments are more powerful than the national government.
57. Idea that branches of government will limit the power of one another ensuring that no one person can control and dominate the government
58. A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society
59. __________ privilege; Congress' ability to send mail for free.
62. How old must you be to be a Senator?
63. Bill Clinton was impeached for what crime?
65. Type of authoritarian government where you'd see a king or queen and power is passed normally through familial lines.
71. Collective name of the first 10 amendments.
72. Englishman that created the term "Natural Rights."
73. The Twelfth Amendment is sometimes referred to as the ___________ Clause.
76. The 13th Amendment bans this practice.
78. Group within Congress that has a specific job or responsibility of creating laws within their field of expertise.
79. 18th & 21st Amendments deal directly with this topic.
81. States that the national government's laws will always override state laws that conflict with it
86. Created to ensure the American people didn't screw up an election too badly.
89. Opponents of the Constitution during the ratification process
90. Spoken words; to knowingly spread falsehoods about someone that will damage their character.
91. A completely unrelated amendment or addition to a bill (other than an earmark).
92. Part of 5th Amendment that prohibits a person to be tried twice for the same crime.
93. Another term for ANY outsider or non-citizen in our country.
94. How many years is a term of office for a Senator?
95. According to Locke who gives you the rights you possess?
96. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution details all of the basic powers of Congress, also called the ________ Powers.
97. Party that CURRENTLY controls the House of Representatives.
98. To create law.
99. Name of the rights talked about by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.

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2. 16th Amendment allows Congress to create this.
3. Broad type of government where citizens have very few freedoms and the government has control over the people.
4. A person that is represented by a member of Congress.
8. Type of dictatorship where leader/government has literal total control over all citizens.
10. Considered the "upper house."
11. Nickname given to the types of projects where Congressmen are trying to get as much money as possible spent in and for their districts--often seen as wasteful.
12. Which Amendment allows the President's Cabinet or advisors to remove him/her if the President becomes incapacitated in some way?
13. A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation
15. To put a member of the government on trial for a wrongdoing and possibly remove them from office.
16. Branch that creates rules or laws for citizens.
17. This clause forces the government to protect us to the best of their ability.
18. A compromise that proposed two houses of Congress; one where a state's population would determine representation and another where all states were represented equally
23. Amendment that grants suffrage rights to African Americans.
25. Name of the document that gave English soldiers the right to search any American colonist for smuggled goods.
26. Talking a bill to death to delay a vote from ever happening.
27. The idea that the government only receives its powers from the citizens.
28. President and delegate of the Constitutional Convention.
31. Where was the Constitutional Convention held?
32. The Chamber that holds a trial after a President has been impeached.
35. 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
36. Someone that moves in permanently to a new country.
38. Country from whence Hobbes and Locke came.
41. PA's Democratic Senator.
43. The 20th Amendment changes the date that the POTUS takes office, thus limiting the length of time a President could be essentially powerless and useless. What term is applied to President that is powerless and near the end of a term?
44. Type of vote where representatives must publicly announce their vote.
47. Study of the rights and responsibilities of the citizen.
48. Congress cannot pass this type of law, which goes back in time to punish people.
53. A legislature consisting of two parts, or houses
54. System of government where power rests only at the national level and there is either no state/local governments or they're very weak.
55. Name of the agreement that Thomas Hobbes wrote about between the people and the ruler.
56. Congress cannot suspend your criminal rights unless in a time of invasion or rebellion...what Latin phrase is the technical name for your criminal rights?
60. Thesis statement or introduction to the Constitution
61. Type of government where religious law and leaders control the citizens.
64. _________ speech is any sort of nonverbal communication that uses objects or symbols to convey thoughts and messages.
66. Change to the Constitution
67. Our Representative in the US House of Representatives (15th District).
68. "Life, liberty, and the pursuit of _________"--Unalienable Rights.
69. Amendment that protects someone from cruel and unusual punishment.
70. 5th Amendment right of the government to take your property from you when it is necessary for the public's welfare.
74. Supreme Court case in which a young girl and her brother were suspended for wearing black armbands to protest the Vietnam War.
75. Sign or give formal consent to (a treaty, contract, or agreement), making it officially valid.
77. The current Speaker of the House.
80. Reshaping district lines (often oddly) to increase the voting strength of one party over another.
82. A single-chamber legislature
83. A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments
84. Amendment that requires due process of law; laws may not be enforced differently for different people.
85. Author of the Declaration of Independence.
87. Amendment that keeps the government from putting soldiers in our homes during peacetime.
88. System of government where power is shared between the 3 levels of government (national, state, and local)