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Study Guide – The Constitution - Chapters 3, 4, 6, 7, & 8
TEST on Monday, December 5th, 2011
Remember this is only a GUIDE (Not all the questions). Please review the required readings and the notes.
1. How does a bill become a law?
32. What type of session is the State of the Union
2. What are the 4 basic principles of the Constitution?
address?
Where can they be found in the Constitution? Why is
33. What is jurisdiction?
each one important?
34. What is judicial review? What case established it?
3. List the Articles of the Constitution and what is
35. What is original jurisdiction?
addressed in each one.
36. What is appellate jurisdiction?
4. What is the order of succession for the presidency?
37. Who is Thurgood Marshall?
5. Draw a diagram showing how the checks and
38. What is exclusive jurisdiction?
balances work.
39. What is concurrent jurisdiction?
6. Describe how each branch of the government
40. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
checks the others.
41. What principle did Plessy v Ferguson establish?
7. What is gerrymandering? Why is it wrong? What is
42. What was the landmark decision of Brown v
appropriation?
Board of Education?
8. Why do we have a system of checks and balances?
43. What is the purpose of Congressional
9. Who is commander of the armed forces?
Committees?
10. What is popular sovereignty and where can it be
44. Which House in Congress introduces
found as a principle in our documents?
appropriations bills?
11. What is the main job of each of the 3 branches of
45. Which House in Congress is based on equal
government?
representation of the states?
12. What was the Great Compromise?
46. What are select committees?
13. What is federalism?
47. What is franking privilege?
14. What is the difference between anti-Federalists
48. Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?
and Federalists?
49. Who is the official leader of the Senate?
15. What is the supremacy clause?
50. Who is the day to day leader of the Senate?
16. What is the necessary & proper clause? Who does
51. What is a standing committee?
it pertain to? What else is it called?
52. What is a joint committee?
17. What is separation of powers and who developed
53. What are implied powers? Where do they come
it?
from?
18. What are reserved powers?
54. How many representatives are in the House and
19. What are concurrent powers?
how many in the Senate?
20. What are Enumerated powers?
55. What are the non-legislative powers of Congress?
21. What strict & loose construction (interpretation)?
56. What are the different roles of the president?
22. When was the Constitution signed?
57. What are the roles of a Congressman?
23. Give an example of a government corporation.
58. What is meant by a living document when we talk
24. What is an executive order?
about the Constitution?
25. What is the War Powers Act?
59. Why was the court case Marbury v. Madison so
26. What is a reprieve, pardon and amnesty?
important in American history?
27. List the amendments and their purposes.
60. Know all the amendments of the Constitution. Plus
28. What is the CIA?
the key court cases in US History.
29. What is a filibuster?
61. What events led up to the formation of the
30. What is cloture?
Constitution? Where did it take place? Who was
31. What are the different sessions of Congress and
known as the Father of the Const.?
their purpose?
62. Must know all key compromises of the
Constitutional Convention.
1. Idea – anyone. Introduction – either a representative and senator. Committee – next step
in process. Vote – majority passes the law. Next house then approved by the President. (Look
at the sheet)
2. Popular sovereignty, limited government – rule of law, federalism, separation of powers,
checks and balances
3. I. Legislative Branch, II. Executive Branch, III. Judicial Branch, IV. Relations among
states, V. Amending process, VI. National Supremacy, VII. Ratification process
4. President, VP, Speaker, President pro tempore, secretary of state, secretary of treasury,
secretary of defense, Attorney General… (pg. 211)
5. pg. 88
6. pg. 88
7. Drawing representative districts to fit certain demographics that favor one party over
another. Who ever is in power during the time of the census can determine these districts
which give an unfair advantage to one party. Unequal representation.
8. So one branch does not get too powerful and we have equal branches of government.
9. President
10. Rule of the people. In the Preamble, the statement “We the People”
11. Legislative = law making branch, Executive = carry out the laws, Judicial = interpret the
laws
12. Great Compromise was an agreement for an upper house that is equal (Senate) and a
lower house based on population (House).
13. Sharing of power between states and the national government.
14. Federalists supported the Constitution and the Anti-Federalists did not because it did
not have a Bill of Rights.
15. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. No other laws get be above it.
16. Located in Article I, it says that Congress has the power to create laws that are
necessary and proper to conduct business in the government. Elastic clause and it focuses on
implied powers.
17. Montesquieu, a French philosopher, believed that separation of powers was the best form
of government
18. Powers reserved to the state.
19. Powers shared between the states and national government.
20. Powers reserved to the national government.
21. Strict – only what is stated in the Constitution. Loose – Implied powers, not all of the
powers of the government are stated in the Constitution.
22. September 17, 1787
23. US Postal Service.
24. Order given by a President that doesn’t require Congress’s approval
25. Limits the power the President has when sending troops into battle.
26. Reprieve – delay of punishment- Pardon – forgiveness of a crime by the President –
Amnesty – pardon to a group of people
28. Central Intelligence Agency – security for U.S. that gathers info on other countries.
29. Minority Senatorial group will try to kill the bill by talking it to death.
30. 3/5ths vote to end a filibuster.
31. Regular, special, joint
32. Regular
33. The ability to here a case.
34. The ability to determine if a law is constitutional. Marbury v. Madison
35. Authority to hear the case for the first time.
36. Hear cases that have been appealed from district or lower courts.
37. First African-American Justice.
38. Cases that can only be heard in the federal courts.
39. Cases that can be heard both in federal and lower courts.
40. 9
41. Separate but equal
42. Overruled Plessy and said that separate but equal violated the 14th amendment
43. Standing Committees – permanent committees specializing in certain areas then divided
into subcommittees. Select Committees – Temporary Committees formed to complete a task.
Joint Committees – Members of both houses meet together. Conference Committees – both
houses meet together to discuss different versions of a bill
44. House
45. Senate
46. Temporary committees to complete a task
47. Ability to mail work related items for free
48. Speaker of the House – Nancy Pelosi
49. VP – Dick Cheney
50. President Pro Tempore – Robert Byrd
51. Permanent committees specializing in certain areas then divided into subcommittees.
52. Committees where both members of house meet together.
53. Powers not directly stated in the Constitution. Comes from “Necessary and
Proper”/Elastic Clause
54. 435 – House. 100 - Senate
55. Powers that make the government run efficiently. Checks & Balances powers. MORE
56. Chief of Executive, Chief Diplomat, Commander in Chief, Chief of State, Legislative
Leader, Judicial Leader, Chief Economist
57. Make Laws, Represent the People (Trustee – people trust their judgment, Delegate –
Agent of the people, Partisan – Agent of the party, Politicos – combination of all 3),
Committee Work, Servant of the people (Pork Barrel Spending, Casework)
58. We can change the Constitution with amendments that can reflect the changes and
growth in our country over time. Along with amendments, the interpretation of the implied
powers can limit or expand the power of the legislative branch.
59. Established Judicial Review