Constitution Study Guide
1.
In
this form of government, citizens elect representatives to make laws. republicanism
2.
Democracy is the type of Government in which
citizens vote directly to make laws.
3.
This
system gives each branch of government some ability to limit the actions of the
other two branches. checks and balances
4.
These
are protected by the Bill of Rights. individual rights
5.
This
idea supports government by the people. popular sovereignty
6.
This
idea was the basis for dividing the government into three branches. separation
of powers
7.
Federalism
is the
system where powers between the national
government state governments.
8.
Congress
is made up of the Senate and
the House of Representatives.
9.
Members
of the House of Representatives are elected every two years.
10. The official power to declare war
belongs to the Congress.
11. If the president of the United States
is impeached, the Senate acts
as the jury in the trial.
12. Senators serve a term of Six years.
13. When Congress passes a bill, the
President can veto it, to
keep it from becoming a law.
14. If the president vetoes a bill, it can
still become law if two-thirds of
both houses of Congress vote to override the veto.
15. The head of the Executive Branch of
Government is the President.
16. The Executive Branch of Government enforces the Laws.
17. The Legislature Branch of Government makes the Laws.
18. The Judicial Branch of Government interprets the Laws.
19. The role of the Electoral College is
to choose the president of
the
20. According to the Constitution, the
president can make treaties and appoint ambassadors with the approval of the Senate.
21. Committing a high crime or misdemeanor
is grounds for impeachment of
the president.
22. To appoint Supreme Court justices is
the duty of the president.
23. Article 3 of the Constitution
guarantees a trial by jury to
all persons accused of crimes in federal court, except in cases of
impeachment.
24. The Supreme Court's authority to
decide whether or not a law violates the Constitution is called judicial review.
25. Unless they resign or are dismissed
for bad behavior, Supreme Court justices hold their offices for life.
26. The Supreme Court's power to review
the decisions of lower courts is called appellate
jurisdiction.
27. When citizens move from one state to
another state, under the Constitution their rights remain unchanged.
28. The Constitution can be amended if the
change is approved by two-thirds of both houses of Congress and three-fourths
of the states.
29. In the Constitution, the "supreme law of the land" is
defined as being the Constitution.
30. The process by which the Constitution
or amendments to it were approved is called ratification.
31. A person's home cannot be searched
without a warrant, or special
permission from a judge, because to do so would violate a person's right to
privacy.
32. No person can be found guilty of a
crime and punished without due
process of law, or fair treatment under the law.
33. The right to present a list of
complaints to the government and demand changes is part of freedom to petition.
34. Women finally gained the right to vote
with the passage of the
Nineteenth Amendment.
35. A person is allowed to hold the office
of president of the
36. The president has the power to make treaties with foreign
governments provided two-thirds of the Senate approve.
37. The power of the Supreme Court to
declare laws unconstitutional is an example of checks and balances.
38. The First President of the United
States was George Washington.
39. The Second President of the United
States was John Adams.
40. When was The Declaration of Independence
signed? 1776
41. 1st Amendment-Protects the people's right to practice religion, to speak freely, to assemble (meet), to address the government and of the press to publish.
42. 2nd Amendment-Protects the right to own guns.
43. 3rd
Amendment-Guarantees
that the army cannot force homeowners to give them room and board.
44. 4th
Amendment-Protects
the people from the government improperly taking property, papers, or people,
without a valid warrant based on probably cause (good reason).
45. 5th Amendment-Protects people from being held for committing a crime unless they are properly indicted, that they may not be tried twice for the same crime, and that you need not be forced to testify against yourself. It also guarantees due process.
46. 6th Amendment-Guarantees a speedy trial, an impartial jury, and that the accused can confront witnesses against them, and that the accused must be allowed to have a lawyer.
47. 7th Amendment-Guarantees a jury trial in federal civil court cases. This type of case is normally no longer heard in federal court.
48. 8th Amendment-Guarantees that punishments will be fair, and not cruel, and that extraordinarily large fines will not be set.
49. 9th Amendment-Simply a statement that other rights aside from those listed may exist, and just because they are not listed doesn't mean they can be violated.
50. 10th
Amendment-Says that
any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states.