Federal Constitution Review 1
The president takes the oath of office on…. 2
January 20 th 3
The stars on the U.S. flag represent… 4
The 50 states 5
How many U.S. senators come from each state? 6
2 7
The president of the senate is… 8
The Vice President of the U.S. 9
How many amendments have been added to the Constitution? 10
27 total (17 added from Bill of Rights) 11
Who has the power to veto new bills? 12
The president 13
The number of terms a president may serve is… 14
2 15
How many years are in the president’s term in office? 16
4 17
The amendment that explains the amount of years a president can serve is… 18
22 nd 19
The age requirement of a president is… 20
35 21
Each state receives at least this many representatives in the U.S House of Representatives 22
1 23
What rights are unalienable? 24
Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness 25
The Declaration of Independence was largely written by… 26
Thomas Jefferson 27
The U.S budget is represented by… 28
The president 29
How many branches are in the government and what are they? 30
3. Executive, Legislative, Judicial 31
After a bill is passed through both houses of Congress it is sent to… 32
The president 33
In our first amendment the freedoms are… 34
Of press, of speech, of religion, of petition, and to peaceably assemble 35
The vote of what group really decides who will be the president? 36
The Electoral College 37
What is an elastic clause? 38
The part of the Constitution that gives Congress broad powers to write laws about situations that are new and unexpected (i.e. Internet, air travel) 39
__________ has the power to raise, borrow, and coin money 40
Congress 41
Please explain Habeas Corpus 42
A prisoner cannot be detained without a trial 43
Which branch…. 44
Has 2 houses? 45
Legislative 46
Is the court system of the country? 47
Judicial 48
Interprets the laws and administers justice? 49
Judicial 50
Enforces laws? 51
Executive 52
Makes the country’s laws? 53
Legislative 54
House vs. Senate 55
Serve six year terms… 56
Senate 57
Meets in Capital Building… 58
Both 59
Elected every two years… 60
House of Representatives 61
Has the vice president as presiding officer… 62
Senate 63
Has 435 members… 64
House of Representatives 65
Approves or rejects treaties… 66
Senate 67
Members appointed by the Supreme Court… 68
Neither 69
Name the Cabinet position… 70
In charge of foreign affairs… 71
Secretary of State 72
Responsible for coining and printing of money 73
Secretary of the Treasury 74
In charge of natural resources of the nation, scenic and historical regions and National Parks 75
Secretary of the Interior 76
Conducts educational and research plans aimed at aiding agriculture 77
Secretary of Agriculture 78
Chief legal officer- conducts investigations 79
Attorney General 80
Enforces labor standards and laws, runs employment offices, mediates strikes and looks after worker safety 81
Secretary of Labor 82
Promotes commerce, industry, and businesses 83
Secretary of Commerce 84
All provisions for the defense, operation of the armed forces 85
Secretary of Defense 86
Seeks solutions to many problems of urban life 87
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 88
Manages transportation 89
Secretary of transportation 90
Establishing energy policies for US and encourages conservation of fuel and electricity 91
Secretary of Energy 92
Manages federal education programs 93
Secretary of education 94
Oversees health matters, FDA, Social Security, Public Health Service 95
Secretary of Health and Human Services 96
Responsible for problems faced by veterans from the country’s wars and conflicts $83 billion 97
Secretary of Veterans Affairs 98
100 questions 50 true/false 2 fill in the blank 23 matching 25 multiple choice 99