<p>Name______Date______8C-______</p><p>Constitution Study Guide V</p><p>1. Why did the colonies want their independence from Britain? </p><p>2. What was the name of our first government? </p><p>3. What was the purpose of the Constitutional Convention? What happened instead? </p><p>4. Where did the Constitutional Convention take place? </p><p>5. What was the New Jersey Plan? </p><p>6. What was the Virginia Plan? </p><p>7. What was the Great Compromise? </p><p>8. Did federalists favor or oppose ratifying the Constitution? </p><p>9. What was the reason why some people opposed ratifying the Constitution? </p><p>10. What is the Preamble? </p><p>11. How many articles are in the Constitution? </p><p>12. How many amendments have been added to the Constitution? </p><p>13. What is the Bill of Rights? 14. What is the voting age in the United States? Which amendment established this? </p><p>15. The people have the ultimate power in the United States and choose their representatives. What is this called? </p><p>16. The federal government is divided into how many branches? What is this called? </p><p>17. What is federalism? </p><p>18. What is the name for the system where the power of one branch may be blocked by the power of another branch? </p><p>19. Which Article discusses the Legislative Branch? </p><p>20. What is the main duty of the Legislative Branch? </p><p>21. What is the name for a Congress with two houses? </p><p>22. What are the names of the two houses of Congress? </p><p>23. How many representatives are in the HOR? How many does Illinois have?</p><p>24. Is the HOR an example of equal representation or representation by population? </p><p>25. How do we determine the population of each state? How often? 26. How long is the term of office for the HOR? </p><p>27. What are the qualifications to be a member of the HOR? </p><p>28.Who is the leader of the HOR? </p><p>29. How is a vacancy in the HOR filled? </p><p>30. How many members are in the Senate? </p><p>31. Is the Senate equal representation or representation by population? </p><p>32. How long is the term of office for the Senate? </p><p>33. What are the qualifications to be Senator? </p><p>34. What is a bill? </p><p>35. What is the name for a law that declares something illegal after it has been committed? </p><p>36. What is the name for the writ that allows you to go before a judge to find out why you have been arrested? </p><p>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? </p><p>39. What part of the Constitution gives Congress the ability to make new laws to meet changing times? </p><p>40. What does it mean to impeach a Federal official? </p><p>41. Which house has the sole power of impeachment? </p><p>42. Which house acts as the jury in impeachment cases? </p><p>43. Which article discusses the Executive Branch? </p><p>44. What is the main duty of the Executive Branch? </p><p>45. How long is a President’s term? How many terms? How many years? </p><p>46. What are the qualifications to be President/VP? </p><p>47. Who are the first four people in the line of succession? </p><p>48. What is the name for the process by which the President is elected? </p><p>49. How are the number of electors of each state determined? 50. What is the State of the Union Address? </p><p>51. Which Article discusses the Judicial Branch? </p><p>52. What is the main duty of the Judicial Branch? </p><p>53. What are the qualifications to be a Federal Judge? </p><p>54. What is the Supreme Law of the Land? </p><p>55. What is Supreme Jurisdiction? </p><p>56. What is Eminent Domain? </p><p>57. What is Due Process? </p><p>58. How justices on the Supreme Court? </p><p>59. What is the name for the process by which the Supreme Court decides whether or not laws are constitutional? </p><p>60. What is the name for an example or ruling that is used to decide future court cases? </p><p>61. What is the process by which the governor of one state asks another state to return a person accused of committing a crime? </p><p>62. Which article is about the amendment process? </p><p>63. What fraction of congress or states must propose an amendment?</p><p>64. What fraction of the states must ratify an amendment? </p>