The Senate Amendments Constitution Court Cases The House

QUESTION: This amendment protects your right to privacy ANSWER: (type answer here)4 th amendment ( protects against illegal searches & seizures)

QUESTION: Name the amendment that lowered the voting age to 18 ANSWER: 26 th amendment

QUESTION: This amendment outlines presidential succession (says who comes next if the offices President and VP are both vacant) ANSWER: 25 th amendment

QUESTION: This amendment gives Washington, D.C. electoral votes. (they get to have delegates vote in the electoral college for President) ANSWER: The 23 rd amendment

QUESTION: Name two amendments that expanded suffrage (the right to vote) ANSWER: 15 th, 19 th, 26 th (also 24 th but not as obvious)

QUESTION: Which part of the Constitution talks about the legislative branch? (if you wanted to know about Congress, where would you look?) ANSWER: Article I

QUESTION: What word do we use to describe the way our Congress is set up (has two parts)? ANSWER: Bicameral

QUESTION: This plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention favored keeping the legislature set up the same way as under the Articles of Confederation, which was where every state had 1 vote in Congress. (small states liked it this way) ANSWER: The New Jersey Plan

QUESTION: Name for the group that would not agree to ratify the Constitution unless it had a Bill of Rights added ANSWER: The Anti-Federalists

QUESTION: Explain how we add a new amendment to the Constitution. ANSWER: A proposal has to be passed in Congress & pass both House & Senate by a 2/3 vote. Then the proposal goes to the states and ¾ have to vote to ratify the new amendment before it takes effect.

QUESTION: This court case is important because it established the power of the courts to exercise judicial review (be the final authority in saying what the laws mean) ANSWER: Marbury v. Madison

QUESTION: This case established the legal concept of “separate but equal”, which was used to defend segregation ANSWER: Plessy v. Ferguson

QUESTION: This case struck down segregation and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson by declaring that “separate but equal” was “inherently unequal” ANSWER: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas

QUESTION: This case created the doctrine of “implied powers” by finding that it was constitutional for Congress to create a bank even though it’s not a power listed in Article I, section 8 ANSWER: McCulloch v. Maryland

QUESTION: This case upheld the power of Congress, not the states, to regulate trade between the states. (interstate commerce). Involved steamboats crossing the Hudson river ANSWER: Gibbons v. Ogden

QUESTION: How long is a House member’s term? (how long until they run for re-election?) ANSWER: Two years/up for re-election every 2 years

QUESTION: How many members are there in the House of Representatives? ANSWER: 435

QUESTION: Who is the most powerful person in the House? (name of the most powerful leadership position; 3 rd in line to the presidency in the order of succession) ANSWER: Speaker of the House

QUESTION: Name of the leadership position that is responsible for counting the votes and reporting to the minority and majority leaders about the status of support for bills. ANSWER: Whip or whips (there are 2—majority & minority party both have one)

QUESTION: What is one reason why the same people keep getting re- elected to the House over and over again? (AKA what’s one advantage of being the incumbent?) ANSWER: Name recognition, automatic media coverage, easier to raise money, casework

QUESTION: The Senate used to be elected by members of the state legislatures, not the voters directly. Which amendment changed this? ANSWER: 17 th amendment

QUESTION: How long is a Senator’s term? ANSWER: 6 years

QUESTION: Name one of Alabama’s current Senators ANSWER: Jeff Sessions or Richard Shelby

QUESTION: If the president wants to add someone to his/her cabinet, what role does the Senate play in that process? ANSWER: The president nominates someone to the cabinet and the Senate has to confirm (approve) the president’s appointment.

QUESTION: The president has just announced a new treaty with Russia. What does the Senate now have to do? Be specific! ANSWER: The Senate has to vote to approve it by a 2/3 majority. (a simple majority is not enough)