US CONSTITUTION TEST REVIEW

The Supreme Law of the Land

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

Who is the President of the Senate?

What is the term length of a member of the House?

What is the term length for the President?

What is the term length of a Supreme Court Justice?

What is the term length of a senator?

Who is the substitute for the President of the Senate when he is not present?

What are 4 things that can happen to a bill once it reaches the President?

Lowered the voting age to 18

Abolished Slavery

Right to vote for all races

Equal Protection under the law Everyone born in the U.S. is a citizen

Takes over if the President dies or is unable to work

Takes over if the President AND VP die or are unable to work, presides over the house

Takes over if the President, VP, and Speaker die or are unable to work

Takes over if the President, VP, Speaker, and President Pro Temp die or are unable to work

states that federal law is superior to state law

Job of the Legislative Branch

Job of the Executive Branch

Job of the Judicial Branch

How many people are in the House?

How many people are in the Senate?

How is representation decided in the House?

How is representation decided in the senate?

What was the purpose of adding the first 10 amendments to the Constitution?

What executive branch power would be violated if Congress forbid the President from making a military appointment?

What principle of the Constitution exists to ensure no 1 branch becomes too powerful?

What part of the great compromise benefits states with small populations?

What shows the Constitution is a living document?

What are 3 exclusive powers that are denied to states?

What is an example of popular sovereignty?

How old do you have to be to be in the Senate?

How old do you have to be to be in the House?

How old do you have to be to be the President?

Allows the court to determine the constitutionality of laws

clause that gives congress the right to make all laws "necessary and proper" to carry out its powers

Statement in Article VI stating that the Constitution shall be the Supreme Law of the Land

5th Amendment Principle stating that government must follow procedures in trials

Outlawed Slavery

Women's Suffrage

Limited the President to 2 terms or 10 years in office

Right to keep and bear arms

All races can vote

Protects from unreasonable searches and seizures

Protects the people from cruel and unusual punishment

Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, and Petition

Presidential Succession

Protection from Self-Inrimination

The year the Constitution took effect

The number of articles there are int he constitution

the number of amendments in the constitution

the max amount of years a president may serve due to succession/vacancy

The first 10 amendments

Head of the Executive Branch

the process for choosing a the US President

population count taken every 10yrs

1. veto it 2. sign it 3. ignore it 4. pocket veto it

stretched to fit the needs of the changing constitution. Not directly in the constitution

are directly stated in the constitution

made up of both houses and their purpose is to reach a compromise on a bill in order to help it become a law

single legislature

2 house legislature

permeant working groups in both the house and the Senate that work to help a bill to become a law

time an official serves in office

each member of the house and senate answers "yes or No" to a vote

established Judicial Review

Separate but equal is justifiable

reversed Plessy v Ferguson , separate but equal is not justifiable

Slaves are property, once a slave always a slave,

established due process of ones rights

Supremacy Clause