Constitution Study Guide V

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1. Why did the colonies want their independence from Britain?

2. What was the name of our first government?

3. What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention? What happened instead?

4. Where did the Constitutional Convention take place?

5. What was the New Jersey Plan?

6. What was the Virginia Plan?

7. What was the Great Compromise?

8. Did federalists favor or oppose ratifying the Constitution?

9. What was the reason why some people opposed ratifying the Constitution?

10. What is the Preamble?

11. How many articles are in the Constitution?

12. How many amendments have been added to the Constitution?

13. What is the Bill of Rights? 14. What is the voting age in the United States? Which amendment established this?

15. The people have the ultimate power in the United States and choose their representatives. What is this called?

16. The federal government is divided into how many branches? What is this called?

17. What is federalism?

18. What is the name for the system where the power of one branch may be blocked by the power of another branch?

19. Which Article discusses the Legislative Branch?

20. What is the main duty of the Legislative Branch?

21. What is the name for a Congress with two houses?

22. What are the names of the two houses of Congress?

23. How many representatives are in the HOR? How many does Illinois have?

24. Is the HOR an example of equal representation or representation by population?

25. How do we determine the population of each state? How often? 26. How long is the term of office for the HOR?

27. What are the qualifications to be a member of the HOR?

28.Who is the leader of the HOR?

29. How is a vacancy in the HOR filled?

30. How many members are in the Senate?

31. Is the Senate equal representation or representation by population?

32. How long is the term of office for the Senate?

33. What are the qualifications to be Senator?

34. What is a bill?

35. What is the name for a law that declares something illegal after it has been committed?

36. What is the name for the writ that allows you to go before a judge to find out why you have been arrested?

37. What is the name for a bill that allows a person to be punished without due process of law? 38. Who can declare war?

39. What part of the Constitution gives Congress the ability to make new laws to meet changing times?

40. What does it mean to impeach a Federal official?

41. Which house has the sole power of impeachment?

42. Which house acts as the jury in impeachment cases?

43. Which article discusses the Executive Branch?

44. What is the main duty of the Executive Branch?

45. How long is a President’s term? How many terms? How many years?

46. What are the qualifications to be President/VP?

47. Who are the first four people in the line of succession?

48. What is the name for the process by which the President is elected?

49. How are the number of electors of each state determined? 50. What is the State of the Union Address?

51. Which Article discusses the Judicial Branch?

52. What is the main duty of the Judicial Branch?

53. What are the qualifications to be a Federal Judge?

54. What is the Supreme Law of the Land?

55. What is Supreme Jurisdiction?

56. What is Eminent Domain?

57. What is Due Process?

58. How justices on the Supreme Court?

59. What is the name for the process by which the Supreme Court decides whether or not laws are constitutional?

60. What is the name for an example or ruling that is used to decide future court cases?

61. What is the process by which the governor of one state asks another state to return a person accused of committing a crime?

62. Which article is about the amendment process?

63. What fraction of congress or states must propose an amendment?

64. What fraction of the states must ratify an amendment?