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| How many members are there of the U.S. House of Representatives? |
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| How long is the term of a member of the House of Representatives? |
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| What determines the number of members of the House of Representatives from each state? |
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| How old must a House representative be? |
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| How long must a House Representative have been a citizen of the United States? |
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| How many members of the U.S. Sentate are there? |
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| How many U.S. Senators are there from each state? |
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| How long is the term of a U.S. Senator? |
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| How old must a person be to be elected to the U.S. Senate? |
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| How long must a Senator have been a citizen of the United States? |
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True or False:
U.S. Senators AND U.S. Representatives must be residents of the state they represent. |
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| Which branch of government has the power to make new laws? |
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| Congress, or Legislative Branch |
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| Which branch of government has the power to propose new taxes? |
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| Congress (Legislative), but only the House of Representatives can propose new taxes. |
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| How can Congress override a president's veto of a proposed new law? |
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| Congress can vote to override the president's veto, but it requires two-thirds majority in BOTH houses. |
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| How can a president be impeached (removed from office)? |
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| The House of Representatives can vote to impeach a president, then the Senate puts the president on trial, with the senators serving as the jury. |
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| Which branch of government has the power to declare war? |
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| Which branch of government has the power to make money and borrow money? |
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| What is the elastic clause? |
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| A clause in the Constitution that allows Congress the flexibility to do many things that were not listed among its powers in the constitution. |
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| Which branch of government has the power to control trade with other countries, establish courts, and establish and regulate our armed forces? |
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| How does a bill become a law? |
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| A bill must be introduced in the House or Senate, approved in committee, debated and passed by either the House or Senate, then sent to the other (House or Senate) to be debated, compromised, and voted on by both the House and Senate, then sent to the President who can sign the bill into law, or veto it. |
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| How often do we have a presidental election? |
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| What is the maximum number of 4 year terms that a president can serve? |
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| Which member of the Executive Branch also serves as president of the senate? |
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| What is the President's Cabinet? |
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| The Cabinet is a formal group of advisors, who are the heads of executive departments, such as the Department of Education, the Department of Defense, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Justice Department and the State Department. |
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| How old must a president be? |
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True or False:
A person must be born in the United States to be eligible to become president. |
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| How many consecutive years must a person live in the United States before he/she can become president? |
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| Who is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces? |
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| Who delivers the State of the Union Address? |
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| Who enforces the laws, appoints officials, grants pardons, suggests laws, vetos laws, makes treaties (along with congress), suggests a budget, and conducts foreign policy? |
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| What are the three branches of government? |
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Legislative
Executive
Judicial |
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| Which branch interprets the laws? |
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| Who are the members of the Judicial Branch? |
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District Courts
Appellate Courts
Supreme Court |
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| Who nominates justices (judges) to the Supreme Court? |
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| The President. When there is an opening (a judge retires or dies) the president can nominate a new judge. The Senate decides whether to approve the nomination. |
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| How long is the term of a Supreme Court Judge? |
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| The Constitution does not specify the number of justices on the Supreme Court, but Congress has set it at ___. |
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| Which branch of government has the responsibility of protecting the Constitution? (making sure no new laws or actions by the government conflict with the Constitution) |
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| Which branch of government has the power to create lower courts (district and appellate courts) to meet the nation's needs. |
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| The Supreme Court's power to decide whether laws or actions by the legislative or executive branches conflict with the Constitution. |
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| What is the Supreme Law of the Land? |
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| What is the system of Checks and Balances? |
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| Each of the three branches of goverment has the power to block the actions of another, and each has some role in the actions of the others, which keeps one branch of government from becoming too strong. |
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| A change to the constitution. |
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| How many constitutional amendments are there currently? |
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| What are the first 10 amendments called? |
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| What are your First Amendment Rights? |
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| The Right to Free Speech, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of the Press and of Assembly, and the right to petition the government. |
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| What is your Second Amendment Right? |
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| The Right to Bear Arms (own weapons) |
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| The Third Amendment: Quartering Troops in Homes, means what? |
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| Americans do not have to let soldiers live in their homes if they do not want them to. In other words, the government and the armed forces must respect the privacy of people's homes. |
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| The Fourth Amendment: Searches and Seizures |
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| This amendment protects people and their belongings from being searched taken from them without a warrant from a judge. |
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| The Fifth Amendment: Legal Rights |
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| This amendment (the longest) gives people five important rights in the justice system, including the right to a trial by jury, protection against self-incrimination (ie. "the right to remain silent"), and due process. |
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| The Sixth Amendment: Criminal Trial Rights |
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| This amendment ensures that everyone accused of a crime has a right to a fair trial. |
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| The Seventh Amendment: Civil Trial Rights |
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| Civil Trials involve disputes between people or businesses, and usually involve money, property or family matters. Everyone has a right to a trial by a jury of their peers, and no judge can overrule a jury's decision. |
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| The Eight Amendment: Bail and Punishments |
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| This Amendment states the the punishment must be appropriate for the crime. In other words, you won't be sentenced to 50 years in prison for stealing a candy bar. Fines cannot be excessive, and punishments cannot be cruel or unusual. |
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| The Ninth Amendment: Rights Retained by the People |
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| This Amendment states the people have other rights that are not listed in the Constitution, and those rights are not taken away just because they are not in the Constitution. Example: The right to privacy. |
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| The Tenth Amendment: Powers Reserved to the States |
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| This amendment protects the States from excessive Federal power. However, when state and national power conflict, national power is supreme. |
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| The system that divides power between the national and state governments. |
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| What is the Preamble to the Constitution? |
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| It's the introduction to the Constitution, and the list of goals and objectives. It starts with "We the People..." |
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| What do Articles I,II, and III of the Constitution explain? |
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I. The Legislative Branch
II. The Executive Branch
III. The Judicial Branch
(the three branches of government) |
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Article IV (4) - The States
What are some of the rules in Article IV? |
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States must respect all other state's laws.
States must follow U.S. laws.
Citizens cannot escape justice by fleeing to another state.
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Article V (5) of the Constitution describes how changes (Amendments) can be made to the Constitution.
An amendment must be proposed by _________ vote of BOTH houses of Congress, or a national convention called by __________ of the State Legistlatures. |
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two-thirds
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| After an Amendment is proposed by two-thirds vote of each house of Congress, or two-thirds of the state legislatures at a national convention, it must be ratified by ____________ of the state legislatures or state conventions. |
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| Article VI explains National Supremacy. What does this mean? |
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National Laws come before State Laws.
State officials are required to uphold federal laws.
All federal and state officials must uphold the Constitution.
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| What year was the Constitution created? |
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| How many of the original 13 states needed to approve, or ratify, the constitution? |
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