Education in public schools through the secondary level is to be free in Illinois.

The Governor is Commander-in-Chief of the Illinois National Guard in peacetime.

Public money can be used for public transportation in Illinois.

The General Assembly alone cannot pass amendments to the Constitution. The voters of Illinois must approve the amendments.

The three types of Illinois courts are the ___ Court, Appellate (appeals) Courts, and Circuit (trial) Courts.

There are ___ judicial districts in Illinois.

Original jurisdiction is when a court hears a case for the ___ time.

The Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts have ___ jurisdiction.

A ___ law should be followed before a county ordinance.

Illinois requires its citizens to pay a ___ income tax.

A person has ___ years to pay his or her taxes before finally losing his or her property.

The first ten amendments to the Constitution make up the ________.

The 1st Amendment guarantees which of the following rights?

The 5th Amendment guarantees protection from ________, the right to a grand jury, protection against double jeopardy, due process of law, and eminent domain.

Which amendment guarantees a speedy trial and a lawyer?

Name the three amendments referred to as the Civil War Amendments and briefly state what each one did.

When the U.S. flag is displayed with the flags from other nations, it should be at the same height as the other flags. It should be approximately the same _____?

When the U.S. flag is carried in a procession, it should be to the _____ and center of the line.

The U.S. flag should be allowed to fall free. It should not touch anything beneath it. It should not be draped on any _____?

The U.S. flag should not be displayed upside down except as a _____

When the U.S. flag is displayed on a staff with the flags of states, cities or localities, the U.S. flag should be at the _____?

Article I is the Bill of Rights in the _____ Constitution.

The Illinois Constitution guarantees citizens that they will not be discriminated against because of a physical or mental _____

Persons convicted of a felony are not allowed to _____ while in prison.

Members of the Illinois General Assembly are elected from districts. How many members are there in the State Senate and the House of Representatives?

A bicameral legislature is:

A bill becomes a law in Illinois after which of the following steps?

The state constitution authorizes the Governor to do which of the following regarding special sessions of the General Assembly?

What is the process by which the governor of a state returns a person to the state where he or she has been accused of a crime called?

A state's boundaries may be changed only if the state legislature and Congress agree.

What form of government does the Constitution guarantee for each state?

According to Article VI, what are the supreme laws of the land?

How does the Executive check the Legislative branch?

Which case established the Supreme Court's principle of judicial review?

The U.S. District Courts try cases that involve breaking a law written by Congress, laws in the Constitution, or between the citizens of two different states. They do not hear _______.

The U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals hear cases that were not settled in the U.S. District Courts. No cases begin in the U.S. Circuit Courts of _______.

A trial must be held in the state in which the _______ was committed.

Treason is fighting or working against the United States during _______.

If a person is to be convicted of treason, how many witnesses must testify in open court or the accused must confess in open court?

How many Supreme Court Justices are there?

Federal judges serve for life as long as they have _______.

Federal judges may lose their jobs if Congress completes an _______ action against them.

Which branch checks the Executive by accepting or rejecting the President's treaties and the appointments of federal judges, ambassadors, and cabinet members?

Which branch accepts or rejects the President's choice of a Vice President?

Congress can pass a law over the President's veto, and Congress can remove Executive Branch officials through an _______ trial.

Congress can remove federal judges through _______.

The Senate accepts or rejects the appointment of _______ judges.

Which court did the Constitution create?

Who sets the number of Supreme Court Justices (judges)?

Name the three types of federal courts: (1) ________, (2) ________, and (3) ________.

The Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in cases that involve the states and in cases which involve ________.

Only the ________ may introduce appropriation bills.

A senator may give a long speech that will prevent the Senate from voting on a bill. This action is called a ________.

The President has ________ days in which to veto a bill.

The President sends the bill back to the ________ where it began within ten days of receiving the bill.

A pocket veto occurs when the Congress adjourns within ten days (Sundays not included), and the President, by taking no action, kills the bill. If the President does not sign or veto a bill within ten days (Sundays not included) after he receives it, the bill becomes law without his ________.

A lobbyist is the name given to individuals who try to influence the way members of Congress ________.

The Electoral College actually elects the ________ and ________.

A candidate for President must win only a majority of the ________ votes; he or she does not have to win a majority of the popular votes.

If no candidate receives a majority (more than half) of the Electoral votes, then the ________ chooses the President from the three candidates who received the most Electoral votes.

Representatives must be ___ years old and have been U.S. citizens for seven years. They do not have to be natural-born citizens, but they must live in the state they represent.

Some important powers of Congress are to raise and support an army, collect taxes, borrow money, regulate trade, coin money, set up courts lower than the Supreme Court, declare war, fix the standards of weights and measures, and set up ___ offices.

Article I gives the President the power to ___ or veto the laws which Congress makes.

Three important things that Congress cannot do are the following: (1) suspend writs of habeas corpus, (2) issue bills of ___, and (3) pass ex post facto laws.

An ex post facto law makes an act a crime after it has been committed. People may not be punished for what they did before that law was ___?

A bill of attainder was a legislative act in England that allowed a person to be punished without a ___. Bills of attainder are illegal in the United States.

A writ of habeas corpus (to have the body of evidence) is a court order that requires that a prisoner be brought before a ___ to determine if he or she is being held lawfully; the prisoner must be told the reason for his or her arrest.

Congress must meet at least ___ each year.

The 'Great Compromise' created ______ during the Constitutional Convention.

The small states liked the idea of the ______ because all states were equally represented there.

Until 1913, each state's lawmakers elected the ______ from their state.

Each state is responsible for conducting the ______ that choose the people who will represent the state in Congress.

Both the House of Representatives and the ______ determine if their members have met the legislative qualifications and if they have been properly elected.

A ______ is a counting of the U.S. population every ten years.

The House of Representatives is ______ every ten years after each census.

The leader of the House is called the ______ of the House.