1. Constitution Review

2. Question 1
The Constitution is the highest law in the land, this is know as what?

3. Answer 1
Federal Supremacy

4. Question 2
Who wrote the Constitution?

5. Answer 2
James Madison

6. Question 3
Who makes up the Electoral College?

7. Answer 3
Average citizens

8. Question 4
What type of representation is the New Jersey Plan?

9. Answer 4
Equal Representation

10. Question 5
Which Amendments are the “Civil War Amendments”?

11. Answer 5
Amendments 13 , 14 and 15

12. Question 6
What is “slander”?

13. Answer 6 It is talking smack about someone.
Verbally maligning a person’s character

14. Question 7
What is the term length of office for a Supreme Court justice?

15. Answer 7
For life but generally termed “good behavior”

16. Question 8
Who were the Federalists?

17. Answer 8
A group of our Founding Fathers (led by James Madison and George Washington) who felt that the Constitution was adequate enough as written and did not need a Bill of Right as those rights were implied.

18. Question 9
How many Amendments are there?

19. Answer 9 27

20. Question 10
How many Articles are there?

21. Answer 10 7

22. Question 11
Who breaks a tie in the Senate?

23. Answer 11
The Vice President

24. Question 12
What is the Presidential line of succession?

25. Answer 12 President Vice President Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore
Secretary of State

26. Question 13
How does the President get elected?

27. Answer 13
The people vote on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November.
The Electoral College votes on the 1st Wednesday after the 2nd Monday in the Month of December.
The candidate who receives 270 electoral vote wins
If there is no clear winner in the Electoral College, then the House of Representatives chooses the President

28. Question 14
What is the address of the White House?

29. Answer 14
1600 Pennsylvania Ave

30. Question 15
What is the term length of office for a member of the House?

31. Answer 15
2 years

32. Question 16
Which amendment is a result of the Vietnam War?

33. Answer 16
Amendment 26

34. Question 17
How many Supreme Court judges are there?

35. Answer 17
Currently the number of justices on the Supreme Court is set at 9

36. Question 18
What is the term length of office for a member of the Senate?

37. Answer 18 6

38. Question 19
Which Amendments deal with a person’s right to vote?

39. Answer 19
Amendments 14, 15, 19 and 26
You could include Amendment 17 – the direct election of Senators

40. Question 20
What are your Basic Freedoms according to the 1st Amendment?

41. Answer 20
Speech
Religion
Press
Assembly
Petition

42. Question 21
Who is in charge of the House of Representatives?

43. Answer 21
The Speaker of the House

44. Question 22
What is the role of the Cabinet?

45. Answer 22
To advise the President

46. Question 23
Which amendment required the President to sign a letter before going in for surgery?

47. Answer 23
The 25th

48. Question 24
Name a power of Congress that you could find in I:8.

49. Answer 24 Borrow money Establish federal courts
Print and coin currency
Establish post offices
Maintain the Armed Forces
Declare war………

50. Question 25
Why was the Constitution written?

51. Answer 25
The states had too much power under the Articles of Confederation.
The Federal government was too weak to do anything.
We had a Congress and a figurehead in the President (he had not Executive Branch) but no national court system.

52. Question 26
Who set the precedent that presidents only serve two terms?

53. Answer 26
George Washington

54. Question 27
What is the term for a two house legislature?

55. Answer 27
Bicameral

56. Question 28
How many members are there in the Senate?

57. Answer 28
100 – two from each state

58. Question 29
What is the subject of the 2nd Amendment?

59. Answer 29
The right to bear arms

60. Question 30
What is “due process”?

61. Answer 30
The legal steps that must be taken before a person can be deprived of life, liberty or property.

62. Question 31
How many voting members are there in Congress?

63. Answer 31
535 – 100 in the Senate and 435 in the House

64. Question 32
What do the Mayflower Compact, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution have in common?

65. Answer 32
The are all legal documents on how a government should govern,

66. Question 33
Who was the first Supreme Court Chief Justice?

67. Answer 33
John Jay

68. Question 34
What is “double jeopardy”?

69. Answer 34
Being tried for the same crime twice

70. Question 35
What is the term length of office for the President?

71. Answer 35
4 years

72. Question 36
What is the subject of the 15th Amendment?

73. Answer 36
Voting rights

74. Question 37
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

75. Answer 37
Thomas Jefferson

76. Question 38
What are the three requirements to become President?

77. Answer 38 You must be at least 35 years old
Have been living in the US for the past 14 years
You must be a natural born citizen

78. Question 39
What is a pocket veto?

79. Answer 39
A pocket veto is when the 10 day window a President gets to act on legislation does not exist, the bill automatically dies.

80. Question 40
Who was the first woman on the Supreme Court?

81. Answer 40
Sandra Day O’Connor

82. Question 41
What was the New Jersey Plan?

83. Answer 41 Called for a unicameral legislature
Every state would get the same number of representatives regardless of population
Favored the smaller populated states

84. Question 42
What are the goals of the Preamble?

85. Answer 42 To form a more perfect union Establish justice
Ensure domestic tranquility
Provide for the common defense
Promote the general welfare
Secure the blessings of liberty

86. Question 43
Who declares war?

87. Answer 43
Congress

88. Question 44
Where do all revenue bills begin?

89. Answer 44
In the House of Representatives

90. Question 45
What is “Judicial Review”?

91. Answer 45
The process of the Supreme Court reviewing laws or executive actions to determine if the violate the Constitution

92. Question 46
Who is in charge of the Senate when the President of the Senate is not there?

93. Answer 46
The President pro Tempore

94. Question 47
Which five amendments deal with an individual’s rights when it comes to due process?

95. Answer 47
Amendments 4 - 8

96. Question 48
Who is the head of the Executive Branch of government?

97. Answer 48
The President

98. Question 49
What type of representation is the Virginia Plan?

99. Answer 49
Proportional – representation based on population

100. Question 50
What does the 19th Amendment allow?

101. Answer 50
Women’s suffrage (women get the right to vote)

102. Question 51
What is a “democracy”?

103. Answer 51
A democracy is where everyone (all citizens) are involved in the decision making process
Example – Ancient Greece

104. Question 52
What was the first document that ruled/governed the United States called?

105. Answer 52
The Articles of Confederation

106. Question 53
What is the Elastic Clause?

107. Answer 53 Santa’s cousin – just kidding
The Elastic Clause allows Congress to stretch its power to pass laws on things the Founding Fathers did not conceive of – like internet bullying
I:8 (18)

108. Question 54
What are the requirements to become a member of the House of Representatives?

109. Answer 54 At least 25 years of age
Having lived in the US the last 7 years
Naturalized or natural born citizen
Live in the district you represent

110. Question 55
What is a “republic”?

111. Answer 55
A republic is where you have elected officials make the decisions for you
The US is a republic!
Republic - representative

112. Question 56
How many voting members are there in the House of Representatives?

113. Answer 56
435

114. Question 57
Which amendment is the only amendment to repealed?

115. Answer 57 18

116. Question 58
The first 10 Amendments are also know as what?

117. Answer 58
The Bill of Rights

118. Question 59
Who were the Antifederalist?

119. Answer 59
A group of Founding Fathers who felt that the Constitution did not quite go far enough to protect that rights of the individuals.
Wanted to include the Bill of Rights.

120. Question 60
What are the requirements to be a member of the Senate?

121. Answer 60 At least 30 years of age 9 year residency
Live in the district you represent
Natural born citizen or naturalized citizen

122. Question 61
How many branches make up the Federal Government?

123. Answer 61 3

124. Question 62
What is the Virginia Plan?

125. Answer 62 Representation is based on population (proportional)
Favored the larger populated states

126. Question 63
It takes a _____ vote of the Senate to approve an appointment made by the President.

127. Answer 63
2/3

128. Question 64
What was the Great Compromise?

129. Answer 64 Also known as the Connecticut Compromise
Called for a bicameral legislature
The upper house (Senate) would be based on equal representation
The lower house (House of Representatives) would be based on proportional representation

130. Question 65
Revenue bills deal with what?

131. Answer 65
Money

132. Question 66
What is a “capital” crime?

133. Answer 66
A crime punishable by death.

134. Question 67
Who was the first African American to be seated on the Supreme Court

135. Answer 67
Thurgood Marshall

136. Question 69
I have the Freedom of Speech, so I can say anything I want right?

137. Answer 69
No. My Freedom of Speech ends when it is a case of slander/libel or when my words cause harm to others.
Example – You cannot yell “Bomb!” on an airplane because people will panic and the sudden shift in balance in the plane can cause it to crash.

138. Question 70
If the entire government structure was wiped out and the military was gone, who would take over as President??

139. Answer 70
Ms. Jensen and her first Executive Order would be that everyone should take an afternoon nap and upon waking get warm cookies and a beverage of their choice. 