General Information: Constitution Flashcards
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The process for amending the U.S. Constitution requires:
Answer: A two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress and ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures
Article V provides that amendments must be proposed by a two-thirds vote in both chambers of Congress (or by a constitutional convention) and then ratified by three-fourths of state legislatures.
The First Amendment protects all of the following EXCEPT:
Answer: The right to bear arms
The right to bear arms is protected by the Second Amendment, not the First. The First Amendment covers freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.
The concept of 'due process of law' appears in which amendments to the Constitution?
Answer: Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments
Both the Fifth Amendment (applying to the federal government) and the Fourteenth Amendment (applying to state governments) contain due process clauses.
Under the Constitution, the Vice President of the United States serves as:
Answer: The President of the Senate
Article I, Section 3 designates the Vice President as the President of the Senate, with the authority to cast a tie-breaking vote.
The doctrine of separation of powers means that the U.S. government is divided into which three branches?
Answer: Legislative, executive, and judicial
The Constitution establishes three co-equal branches: the legislative branch (Congress), the executive branch (President), and the judicial branch (courts).
Which amendment abolished slavery in the United States?
Answer: The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude throughout the United States except as punishment for a crime.