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The Preamble is the introduction to the |
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| Name the 2 houses of Congress |
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House of representatives and Senate |
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| The House of Representative members are allotted by state |
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how many members of the Senate may each state have? |
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| How many total Senators are there in the United States? |
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| How old do you have to be to be elected to the House? |
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| What is the term of office for a member of the House? |
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| How old do you have to be to be elected to the Senate? |
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| What is the term of office for a member of the Senate? |
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| To be elected for either the House or Senate he/she must be an inhabitant of the ____ where he or she was elected. |
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| If the President rejects or _____ a bill he is saying no. |
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| If the President vetoes a Bill ~ the Bill can still become a law if ____________ of both houses vote to override the veto. |
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| Congress has the power to do what is “necessary and proper” to carry out its other powers ~ this is called the ______________________ clause. |
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| The President give a yearly message (speech) to the people called the ______ Address. |
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| The _____ is the highest court in the U.S. |
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| Supreme Court Judges serve a term of ____. |
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| To become President one must be ___________ years old. |
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| The President must be a natural-born __________. |
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| If the President is unable to finish his/her term the _________________ takes over. |
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| The procedure for returning a person charged with a crime to the state where the crime was committed is called ________________. |
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| ____________ means to officially approve the Constitution or Amendment. |
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| The 5th Amendment protects citizens against _____ , or being tried twice for the same crime. |
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| ___________ are the 1st 10 Amendments to the Constitution. |
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| ___________________ is the right to vote. |
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| Amendment # 1 = The Freedom of Religion, ________________________, Press, Assembly, and Petition. |
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| Amendment # 2 = The Right to Bear _________________________. |
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| Amendment # 3 = Quartering _____________________________. |
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| Amendment # 4 = Search and _____________________________. |
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| Amendment # 5 = Rights of Accused ________________________. |
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| Amendment # 6 = Right to a _____________________, Public Trial. |
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| Amendment # 7 = Trial by _____________________ in Civil Cases. |
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| Amendment # 8 = Limits of fines and ___________________________. |
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| Amendment # 9 = Rights of ______________________________. |
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| Amendment # 10 = Powers of States and _______________________. |
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| _____________________________ is money paid by arrested persons to guarantee they will return for trial. |
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| Amendment # 13 = Abolished ____________________________. |
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| Amendment # 19 = Gave __________________ the right to vote. |
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The Legislative Branch of Government = the _____________ & __________________. |
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| House of Representatives & Senate |
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| The Executive Branch of Government = the ________________________. |
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| The Judicial Branch = the ______________________________________. |
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