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What is meant by “Popular sovereignty” in this lesson?Constitutional principles: The constitutional framework grounds public authority in the people.
What is meant by “Separation of powers” in this lesson?Constitutional principles: Legislative, executive, and judicial functions are assigned to distinct branches.
What is meant by “Checks and balances” in this lesson?Constitutional principles: Institutions have mechanisms that limit or review actions of other institutions.
What is meant by “Rule of law” in this lesson?Constitutional principles: Officials and individuals are subject to legal standards rather than personal discretion alone.
What is meant by “Constitutional amendment” in this lesson?Constitutional principles: Formal amendments change constitutional text through the demanding Article V process.
What is meant by “Judicial independence” in this lesson?Constitutional principles: Courts must decide cases under law rather than simply obeying political preferences.
What is meant by “First Amendment” in this lesson?Bill of Rights: The First Amendment protects specified freedoms including religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and petition against government abridgment.
What is meant by “Fourth Amendment” in this lesson?Bill of Rights: The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is meant by “Fifth Amendment” in this lesson?Bill of Rights: The Fifth Amendment includes protections such as due process and against compelled criminal self-incrimination.
What is meant by “Sixth Amendment” in this lesson?Bill of Rights: The Sixth Amendment protects specified rights of accused persons in criminal prosecutions.
What is meant by “Eighth Amendment” in this lesson?Bill of Rights: The Eighth Amendment addresses excessive bail, excessive fines, and cruel and unusual punishments.
What is meant by “Ninth and Tenth Amendments” in this lesson?Bill of Rights: The Ninth addresses unenumerated retained rights; the Tenth addresses powers reserved to states or people.
What is meant by “Thirteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Later amendments and civil liberties: Ratified in 1865, it abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime after due conviction.
What is meant by “Fourteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Later amendments and civil liberties: Ratified in 1868, it established citizenship language and state obligations including due process and equal protection.
What is meant by “Fifteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Later amendments and civil liberties: Ratified in 1870, it prohibits denying voting rights on account of race, color, or previous servitude.
What is meant by “Nineteenth Amendment” in this lesson?Later amendments and civil liberties: Ratified in 1920, it prohibits denying voting rights on account of sex.
What is meant by “Twenty-Fourth Amendment” in this lesson?Later amendments and civil liberties: It prohibits poll taxes in federal elections.
What is meant by “Twenty-Sixth Amendment” in this lesson?Later amendments and civil liberties: It prohibits denying voting rights to citizens eighteen or older on account of age.