2. The Senate Amendments Constitution Court Cases The House 10 20 30 40 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10 50 40 30 20 10

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

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

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

6. 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

7. 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)

8. 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

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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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

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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

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

20. 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

21. 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)

22. 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

23. 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

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

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

26. 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.

27. 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)