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WorksheetsArticles I-III of the Constitution (3 Branches of Government)
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 20mins
Match the following government positions with their term limits
2 Years
Representative
6 Years
Senator
4 Years
President
Lifetime Appointment
Federal Judge
The House of Representatives was designed to represent
The will of the people
Aristocratic ideals
The President and their cabinet
Minority groups
The Senate was designed to be
Counter-majoritarian
The voice of the people
The President's legislative arm
The only chamber of our legislative branch
The federal court system below the Supreme Court is ordained and established by whom?
President
Congress
The Supreme Court
Popular vote
How are federal judges selected?
Sortition (Lottery)
Nominated by the President
Nominated in committee in the House of Representatives
Confirmed by the President
What is the highest court in California?
Superior Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Probate Court
Match the following terms with their definition
Considers modern society and its values when interpreting the Constitution
Originalism
Considers only what the text of the Constitution says without any other evidence
Textualism
Considers what the founders intended when they wrote the Constitution
Living Constitution Theory
How does the United States elect its president?
Through the Electoral College system
By popular vote
By a vote of state legislatures
By a vote in the Senate
Where does impeachment originate?
England
House of Representatives
Senate
Election referendum vote
Marbury v. Madison is notable because
It expanded the federal government's power
It established the concept of judicial review
It allowed for "separate, but equal" segregated facilities
It gave James Madison permission to take notes on the highly-secretive Constitutional Convention
