PAG Final Exam

What are the first words of the United States Constitution?

• "No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty years,"

• "[for] ourselves and our liberty"

• "We the people of the United States"

• The Governor may take appointments if the legislature is out of session, and the legislature must affirm his appointments when it resumes its session.

What goals are set forth in the preamble? What order are they listed in?

• "In Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare."

• "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort."

• "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;"

• The President or the executive.

For whom does the document wish to secure "the blessings of liberty"?

• "No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have... been seven Years of a Citizen of the United States."

• "[for] ourselves and our Posterity"

• The President with the Senate

• Article 1, Section 7, Paragraph 2

How much of the legislative power is reserved for Congress?

• No

• "All legislative Powers herein granted"

• Yes

• "And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present."

Of what bodies is the US Congress composed?

• The Vice President, also known as the President of the Senate

• "The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years,"

• "No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce of Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another."

• "shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."

Which chamber of the legislative branch is described in Article 1, section 2?

• House of Representative

• Executive

• The Senate

• Vice President

How long are the terms of the House of Representatives?

• 1 year

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 3 years

Who is allowed to vote in elections of members of the House of Representatives? What government must be in charge of establishing these standards?

• "The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,"

• "The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments."

• "the Electors of each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature."

  State elections are governed by the state constitutions, therefore the state constitutions determine who may vote in the elections of the House

• No party is specified, but it is listen in Article 1, which describes the Congress

What is the minimum age for a member of the House of Representatives?

• No party is specified, but it is listed in Article 1, which describes the Congress

• the House

• "No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years"

• Supreme Court of The United States (SCOTUS)

How long do the representatives have to be a citizen of the United States?

• "All legislative Powers herein granted"

• "the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature."

• An election called for by the executive authority state.

• "No person shall be a Representative who shall not have... been seven Years a Citizen of the United States."