Article 1

What do know or remember about the Constitution and Article I

Multiple Choice

What does Article I talk about?

• Legislative Branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• Rights of the People

Multiple Choice

What does Article II talk about?

• Legislative branch

• Executive branch

• Judicial Branch

• Limits on government

Multiple Choice

What does Article III talk about?

• Legislative branch

• Executive Branch

• Judicial Branch

• How to amend the constitution

Poll

The main job of the Legislative Branch is to

• Make the laws

• Enforce the laws

• Interpret the laws

What does it mean to make the laws?

• Both houses of Congress must agree on the exact wording

• Before it is a law it is called a "bill"

A bill can start in either part of Congress, except TAX BILLS must start in the HOR. Why do you think that?

Multiple Choice

Why are there two houses of Congress?

• Because of the 3/5 Compromise

• Because of the Great Compromise

• Because of the Compromise of 1850

• Because of the Massachusetts Compromise

The House of Representatives

• House closest to the people

• This is why they only have 2 year terms

• Reason tax bills start here

• 435 members

• Based upon population of state

• EACH STATE MUST HAVE AT LEAST 1 REP.

• Role in impeachment trials

SENATE

• Considered the "upper house" (more elite)

• Reason they serve longer and have the "more important" jobs

• What are some of the jobs that only the Senate has?

• What if there is a tie when they vote?

• Role in impeachment trials

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Multiple Choice

If both houses passes a bill and it goes to the President, then what happens?

• He must sign it to become a law

• He can veto it and it cannot become a law

• If he signs it, it becomes a law

• He can simply ignore it and it goes away

Presidential options when he gets a bill:

• Sign it --> becomes a law

• Veto it and then it goes back to BOTH houses ...

• He can "pocket veto" it

Open Ended

What is one power that belongs to Congress? These are called the delegated or enumerated powers. Found in Art I, sxn 8 (there are15 of them)

Federalism: power shared between the federal and state governments

• Delegated powers

• Reserved powers

• Concurrent powers

• Denied powers