1. Review Sheet- Constitution Test
1. What is the Constitution?
Preamble
1. What part of the Constitution is it?
2. What was it designed to do?
3. What are the six goals listed?
4. What do each of the six goals mean?
Articles
1. What part of the Constitution is it?
2. What was it designed to do?
Amendments- know what part of the Constitution it is and why it is hard to add an
amendment.
1. What part of the Constitution is it?
2. Why did the writers make it possible to amend the Constitution?
3. Why is it referred to as a living Constitution?
4. Why did the writers make it difficult to add an amendment to the
Constitution?
5. Who has the final say in interpreting the Constitution?
6. What are the first ten amendments known as?
7. What do the first ten amendments all have in common?
8. What does the word amend mean?
9. How many amendments are there?
Amendments- need to be able to match them and answer the following questions.
1st Amendment- five rights guaranteed and how they apply to you
5th Amendment- what is double jeopardy?
6th Amendment- why a “speedy trial”?
12th Amendment- what is the electoral college used for?
13th Amendment- what are the 13, 14, 15 amendments referred to as?
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
18th Amendment- what does prohibition mean?
19th Amendment- what year was this added?
21st Amendment- why overturn the 18th?
22nd Amendment
26th Amendment- why is it called the “Vietnam War” amendment?