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Constitution Study Guide (This is the Big One)
1. If there is a state law that goes against a national law, which one wins?
2. What is the one sentence beginning of the Constitution called?
3. What is one power that the Executive Branch has over the other two Branches?
4. What is the principle that state and national governments share power called?
5. What house of congress does a bill have to start in?
6. How many house of congress are there?
7. What is one power that the national government has that the state governments do have?
8. What is a continuous body?
9. Which branch of government can veto bills?
10. What is the only branch of government that declares things unconstitutional?
11. Where are citizens rights found in the Constitution?
12. What do we call a change to the Constitution?
13. What does full faith and credit between the states mean?
14. What is one power that the Legislative Branch has over the other two Branches?
15. What two kinds of jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have?
16. What is one power given only to the legislative branch?
17. Who takes over if the President can’t take finish his term?
18. What branch of government is set up by Article One of the Constitution?
19. What is one example of establish justice of the Preamble?
20. How many amendments are there in the Constitution?
21. How many articles are there in the Constitution?
22. What is one power that the Judicial Branch has over the other two Branches?
23. Could President Bush have run for office again? Why or why not?
24. In the Senate, the majority leader name is…
25. Who elects the President and how many years can he serve?
26. In the Senate, each state has _____ Senators
27. A Judge on the Supreme Court must be __ years old.
28. How many articles are there in the constitution?
29. How many terms may a president serve?
30. Explain how a bill becomes a law.
31. What concurrent principle of the Constitution gives both Federal and State governments the
power to tax?
32. Explain what the job of the Legislative Branch is.
33. Explain what the job of the Executive Branch is.
34. Explain what the job of the Judicial Branch is.
35. How many Senators are there in the Senate?
36. How many Representatives are there in the House of Representatives?
37. Congress is the _______________ branch of Government
38. The U.S. Congress is ____cameral
39. Congress meets is the _______________ building
40. In the House of Representatives, Representation is…
41. In the House of Representatives, there are _____ Representatives
42. In the House of Representatives, Missouri has _____ Representatives
43. In the House of Representatives, elected for _____ years
44. In the House of Representatives, they are elected every _____ years
45. In the House of Representatives, the leader is called…
46. His name is…
47. In the House of Representatives, Representatives must be _____ years old
48. In the House of Representatives, Representatives must be citizen of that state for_____ years.
49. In the House of Representatives, the Representative from Affton, South City and South County
is…
50. In the Senate, Representation is…
51. In the Senate, there are _____ Senators
52. How many years are in the President’s term?
53. In the Senate, elected for _____ years
54. In the Senate, they are elected every _____ year
55. The original plan for electing the president did not work. It changed so that both the president
and vice president were elected together. What was it before?
56. In the Senate, the president of the Senate is…
57. In the Senate, Senators must be _____ years old
58. In the Senate, Senators must be citizen of that state for_____ years.
59. Missouri’s Senators are…
60. The president and vice president are in the _____________ branch.
61. The President must be _______ years old.
62. He must be born a
63. The President can be elected how many times?
64. He will serve ____ years each term (time).
65. The President may serve up to ___ years.
66. The President is elected by the
67. It is possible to get fewer votes from the voters and still win in Electoral votes. That has
happened four times. The last time was __________
68. To get rid of the President, Congress can _______ him. That means that they accuse him of
something. Then he would be put on trial in the Senate. If 67 of the Senators vote that he is guilty
then he would be kicked out.
69. Who are two Presidents that have been impeached?
70. The President and Vice President _____ _________. They can not be from the same state.
They used to let the person with the second highest amount of votes become the Vice President.
That means that right now the President and Vice President would be _____ and _______
71. There has been one President who was elected four times.
72. There has been one President from the state of Missouri:
73. _______________ was the first president to resign
74. ________________ was the first un-elected President
75. The Supreme Court The _______ Branch
76. There are __ members on the Supreme Court.
77. The Leader of the Supreme Court is called the ____ ______
78. The 1st African American Man on the Supreme Court was_________ __________
79. The 1st Woman on the Supreme Court was_________ __________
80. Judges on the Supreme Court serve for ______.
81. How many principles are there in the Constitution?
82. List all of the Principles of the Constitution.
83. What are the implied powers of the Constitution?
84. What are expressed powers?
85. What system keeps on branch of government from getting to powerful?
86. What Branch is described in Article 1 of the Constitution?
87. What Branch is described in Article 2 of the Constitution?
88. What Branch is described in Article 3 of the Constitution?
89. Who is the 1st Latino put on the Supreme Court?
90. How many principle are there in the Constitution?