1. Review Questions

2. Based on the idea of Federalism, can individual states tell the Federal Government what to do?

3. No

4. What is it called when Congress gets 2/3 of the vote to pass a bill passed a president’s veto?

5. Override

6. What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?

7. Bill of Rights

8. Who is the head of the Executive Branch?

9. The President

10. How many terms can a Senator serve?

11. Unlimited

12. What was the first governing document of the United States?

13. Articles of Confederation

14. What phrase means charge someone with a crime or release them?

15. Habeas Corpus

16. What phrase means determining the constitutionality of the law?

17. Judicial Review

18. What is the MINIMUM number of Electoral votes that the President needs to win an election?

19. 270

20. What is the lower house?

21. House of Representatives

22. What concept is highlighted by the Senates refusal to approve of a presidential appointment?

23. Checks and Balances

24. What is the minimum age for a member of the House of Representatives?

25. 25

26. Who elects the Speaker of the House? (Specifically for the role of Speaker)?

27. The members of the House of Representatives

28. The President is the leader of which branch?

29. Executive

30. Which branch has 535 members?

31. Legislative

32. Which branch is made up of 9 members?

33. Judicial

34. Which branch deals with the Constitutionality of laws?

35. Judicial

36. Which branch includes Congress?

37. Legislative

38. Which branch includes the Supreme Court?

39. Judicial

40. Who is the leader of the Senate (according to the Constitution)?

41. Vice-President

42. Who appoints Supreme Court Justices?

43. President

44. Who approves of the appointments of Supreme Court Justices?

45. Senate

46. Who impeaches the President?

47. House of Representatives

48. Who tries impeachments?

49. Senate

50. Who is the Leader of the House of Representatives?

51. Speaker of the House

52. What phrase means cannot be charged for the same crime twice?

53. Double Jeopardy

54. What phrase means cannot be charged with a crime after the fact?

55. Ex post facto

56. What phrase means to kill a bill?

57. Veto

58. What is a proposed law?

59. Bill

60. What is the phrase that means number of people needed to conduct business?

61. Quorum

62. What phrase means to approve?

63. Ratify

64. What phrase means to formally accuse?

65. Impeach

66. What phrase means to fix or change?

67. Amend

68. What phrase means to take away or deny?

69. Repeal

70. What word means minimally one more than one half?

71. Majority

72. What is the term length for Vice-President?

73. 4 years

74. How many terms can a person be elected President?

75. 2 terms

76. What is the number of years a person must be a citizen to run for the Senate?

77. 9 years

78. What is the maximum number of years a person can be President?

79. 10 years

80. What is the number of years a person must be a citizen to run for the House of Representatives?

81. 7 years

82. What is the number of Supreme Court Justices?

83. 9

84. What is the number of years a person must reside in the U.S. before running for President?

85. 14 years

86. How many Articles are in the U.S. Constitution?

87. 7 Articles

88. What phrase conveys the idea that a person has a right to be accused of a crime?

89. Habeas Corpus

90. How long do Supreme Court Justices serve?

91. Life, or until they retire.

92. What is a count of a country’s population?

93. Census.

94. What system allows each branch to restrain the powers of the other branches?

95. Checks and Balances.

96. Who has the power to expand and change the system of the lower level federal courts?

97. Congress

98. Who approves Presidential appointments?

99. The Senate

100. What is the highest court in the United States?

101. The Supreme Court

102. In Texas v. Johnson, what 1 st Amendment freedom was the basis for the right to burn the American flag?

103. Speech

104. What right is given by the 2 nd Amendment?

105. The Right to Bear Arms

106. The 22 nd Amendment limits the President to how many years in office?

107. 10 years

108. How many Amendments are in the Constitution?

109. 27 Amendments

110. What Amendment was later repealed?

111. 18 th Amendment

112. What word means to formally accuse?

113. Impeach

114. How long must a person wait to run for an office when they are a certain age? (For example, Mr. Beem’s brother is 20. How long must he wait to run for Vice-President?)

115. For that example, 15 years.

116. How old must someone be to run for House of Representatives, Senate, and President?

117. House of Reps. 25 Senate 30 Pres. 35

118. What are the qualifications of a Supreme Court Justice?

119. None Listed. Anyone who is appointed by the president and approved by the Senate can be a Supreme Court Justice.

120. What office could a person run for at age 25?

121. House of Representatives

122. Who approves the appointments of Supreme Court Justices?

123. The Senate

124. Who must be a resident from the state from which they are elected?

125. ALL Congressmen and women.

126. Who expels members of the House?

127. House of Representatives

128. In what body is a Majority needed to pass a bill?

129. Congress

130. Who can pass ex post facto laws?

131. No one.

132. How many members are in Congress?

133. 535.

134. Who can override a President’s veto with 2/3 vote?

135. Congress.

136. What are the phrases of the Preamble to the Constitution?

137. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

138. What do those phrases mean?

139. We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

140. What is the purpose of the Preamble?

141. To set the goals of the Constitution.

142. What protections are afforded by the 1 st Amendment ?

143. Religion, Assembly, Speech, press, and petition

144. What protections are afforded by the 2 nd Amendment ?

145. The Right to Bear Arms

146. What protections are afforded by the 3 rd Amendment ?

147. Right to turn away soldiers who want to stay in your house during peacetime

148. What protections are afforded by the 4 th Amendment ?

149. Protection from search and seizure

150. What protections are afforded by the 5 th Amendment ?

151. Person must be indicted to be held for capital crime. No Double Jeopardy A person cannot be compelled to be a witness against himself/herself in a trial. Cannot be deprived of life, liberty, property without due process. Eminent domain

152. What protections are afforded by the 6 th Amendment ?

153. Speedy and Public Trial Impartial Jury Informed of nature and cause of accusation Confronted with witnesses Compulsory process for obtaining witnesses Assistance of counsel for defense

154. What protections are afforded by the 7 th Amendment ?

155. Trial by Jury in a Civil Lawsuit.

156. What protections are afforded by the 8 th Amendment ?

157. Bail cannot be excessive. Fines cannot be excessive No cruel and unusual punishment

158. What Amendment gives the right to remain silent?

159. 5 th Amendment

160. Who is the President?

161. Barack Obama

162. Who is the Vice-President?

163. Joe Biden

164. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

165. John Roberts

166. Who is your Representative (the Representative for the 10 th District in Illinois) in the House of Representatives?

167. Brad Schneider

168. Who are your Senators?

169. Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin

170. Who is the Speaker of the House?

171. John Boehner

172. That is the test. Good luck tomorrow!