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Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 3hrs 34mins
The first three branches of the constitution are the
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
Executive, Legislative, and Judicial
Judicial, Legislative, and Executive
Legislative, Judicial, and Executive
The Preamble of the Constitution
is like a conclusion of the paper
is like a body of the paper.
is like a thesis sentence and introduces the reader to the purpose of government.
is a waist of time to read.
The first three words of the constitution are...
All the people...
We the people...
Some of the people...
We the men and women .....
The longest part of the constitution is the
Preamble
Article I: Legislature Branch
Article II: Executive Branch
Article III: Judicial Branch
The Founding Fathers believed that the _______ Branch was the most important because it represents the citizens of the U.S.
Preamble
Article I: Legislative Branch
Article II: Executive Branch
Article III: Judicial
The words, "We the people" contains the important idea of
Federalism
limited government
Anti-Federalism
self-government
Congress is called a bicameral house because it
does not have a King and Queen
represents the President and Congress
has a House of Representatives and a Senate.
represents men and women.
Article I: The Legislative Branch
says very little about the structure of the government.
describes how Congress should be organized, qualifications, and how the elections are to be held.
describes what the president's job is.
describes the organization of our election process.
A senator has to be a citizen for ----- years and live in the state you they represent.
3
6
9
12
There are a total of ____ senators in the U.S.
50
2
435
100
A Representatives from the House has to be ____ age before they can run for office.
20
25
30
35
A Senator has to be ---- age before running for office.
20
25
30
35
A Senator has ----- years per term of office.
2
4
6
8
A representative from the House has to run for office every ..... years.
2
4
6
8
A special act of the Senate is to act as a court during a(n)____.
impeachment.
investigation.
election.
hearing.
In order for a bill to become law, it has to be approved
by the House of Representatives and then goes to the President to be signed.
by the Senate and then goes to the President to be signed.
by the judicial branch to check to make sure it is constitutional.
both the houses of Congress before it goes to the President to become a law.
In order for a President to be removed from office
House of Representatives would vote for an impeachment. Then the President can be removed by the Senate.
the Supreme Court has to agree with an impeachment.
both the House of Representatives and the Senate must agree.
the American people will vote to have them removed.
What is the best answer to this statement:
President(s) were impeached while in office.
President Clinton was impeached.
President Clinton and President Andrew Jackson were both impeached.
President Clinton and President Andrew Jackson were impeached, while Richard Nixon resigned before he was impeached and removed from office.
None of our presidents have ever been impeached.
The most important job of the Congress is to
collect taxes
make laws
check on the President
run the day to day operations of the government.
Which job is not Congress's duty?
Collect taxes
borrow money and pay debts
make rules for how to become a citizen
negotiate treaties with other countries.
Article II: The executive branch has a small job description because many founding father's thought George Washington would lead the country.
True
False
Who are the Cabinet members in the executive branch?
The president's top 15 executive department advisors.
The president's 15 ambassadors from other countries.
The president's running mate, his vice president.
The president's administration advisory group.
The president is elected to office with _____ number of electoral college votes.
435
270
none... just the popular vote.
870
The President makes a "State of the Union" address
once every 4 years while he/she is in office.
once every year while he/she is in office.
when the Speaker of the House request he/she does so.
when the news media wants he/she to do so.
Which branch of the government pardons criminal for their offenses?
Legislature
Executive
Judicial
The Judicial branch
interprets laws.
executes laws.
follows laws.
creates laws.
The Supreme Court deals with
state laws.
United States Constitutional laws.
whatever they want to hear because they can never be removed from office.
all laws from city, state, and federal government.
The Supreme Court judge can stay on the bench until they
retire.
retire or die.
retire, die, or are removed for bad behavior.
Article IV: The State have to
do only what their states want them to do.
have to respect the laws and court decision of the other states.
follow they state's governor.
follow they state laws.
Article IV: the States have
to elect representatives in the House and Senate.
the right to keep criminals that flee from other states.
the right to ignore federal laws and follow their state laws only.
to elect Judges to the Supreme Court.
Article V: Amending the Constitution says
the Constitution can't change unless 2/3 of the states vote for the change.
the constitution can be changed with a special state convention.
there are two ways to amend the Constitution with 2/3 of both houses and 2/3 of the state legislature.
the States legislature must vote and have 3/4 of the states ratify.
The constitution has been amended -----
17 times
10 times.
with 7 Article and 27 amendments
27 times.
Why is changing the Constitution so difficult to do?
There are too many steps the Congress and States have to go through.
Getting Congress to agree on something is hard.
Getting Congress and the State to agree on something is hard.
It takes too many years and is impossible.
Article VI: Supreme Law of the Land or the SUPREMACY CLAUSE
the idea that the states were here first through the Articles of Confederation of will continue to come first over the Federal government.
the idea that both the state and federal government laws are supreme, but the Supreme Court will solve the conflicts.
the idea that the States laws are supreme over the Federal laws.
the idea that Federal laws are supreme over the states laws.
Federalism is the idea
Federalist rule over the Anti-federalist movement.
both the national government share power with the states.
Federal government rules the country... end of story.
Anti-federalist have the power because they created the Bill of Rights.
"Who's your Daddy" phrase may refer to?
The state government being superior to the Federal government.
The federal government being superior to the states.
Your Daddy is not superior, but your Mama is.
Your Daddy and Mama are stronger than the state governments.
Article VII: Ratification says
all 13 states must ratify the Constitution.
more than half of the states must ratify the Constitution.
9 out of 13 states are needed to ratify the Constitution.
Each state can ratify the federal government and follow the Constitution within their state.
How many judges are on the Supreme Court?
There are 3 justices
There are 5 justices and 3 chief justices.
There are 6 justices and 1 chief justice.
There are 12 justices and 1 chief justice.
The chief Justice of the Supreme Court's name is
Justice John Roberts.
Mrs. Heald.
Mr. Haddad.
Mrs. Vincent.
Mr. Maine.
Chief Justice Roberts job on the Supreme Court is to
Swear in the President of the U.S.
Break ties on the Supreme Court.
write decision's for the court so the public can understand their reasoning.
All of the above.
How many representatives are there in the House?
50
100
420
in depends of the population
What is the term for the President of the U.S.?
2; 2 year terms
4; 4 year terms
2; 4 year terms
3; 4 year terms.
Ratify means
Introduce a new amendment
carry out a law
Approve or pass an amendment
a representative form of government.
Regulating trade is carried out by this branch
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Maintaining a cabinet of advisors who run the 15 executive departments is carried out by this branch
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Punish pirates is carried out by this branch
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Gives patents to new inventions is carried out by this branch
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Make a laws that are "necessary and proper" to carry out the powers needed in the branch is carried out by the
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Representing the U.S. when dealing with foreign countries is carried out by the
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Appointing Supreme Court Justices is carried out by the
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Make sure that laws are carried out (executed)
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Coin money and punish counterfeiters is carried out by the
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
Another term for the "Necessary and Proper Clause"
rubber
elastic
flexible
must do clause
Head of the military (Commander in chief) is carried out by the
Article I: Legislative
Article II: Executive
Article III: Judicial
