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Question 0

To add an amendment to the Constitution, what are the two ratification options?

Answer 0

Three-fourths of the 50 states legislatures or three- fourths of special constitutional conventions called by the 50 states

Question 1

To add a new amendment to the Constitution, what are the two proposal options?

Answer 1

A two thirds vote of both houses of Congress; or a Constitutional convention called by Congress on petition of two thirds of the 50 states

Question 2

What are the five major principles of the government?

Answer 2

Popular sovereignty; limited government and rule of law; separation of powers; checks and balances; federalism

Question 3

Limits the power of government– power is divided between the national government and the states. Some powers are also shared.

Answer 3

Federalism

Question 4

Each branch can limit the power of the other two branches

Answer 4

Checks and balances

Question 5

Divides the government into three branches

Answer 5

Separation of power

Question 6

The idea that the government can only do with the people allow it to do; the law applies to everyone

Answer 6

Limited government and rule of law

Question 7

The idea that the government comes from the people

Answer 7

Popular Sovereignty

Question 8

What are the three main parts of the Constitution

Answer 8

The preamble, articles, amendments

Question 9

What does the preamble state?

Answer 9

It states the purposes of the Constitution

Question 10

What are the six purposes of the preamble?

Answer 10

To unite the states, to make sure people are treated equally, to keep peace and order and protect the citizens, to defend the country from attack, to help the people live healthy and happy lives, to guarantee people’s basic rights

Question 11

What are articles, how many are there, and what do they describe?

Answer 11

Articles are sections; there are seven articles; they describe how the government is to be set up

Question 12

What is Article l?

Answer 12

Article l describes the legislative branch, or Congress

Question 13

What is Article ll?

Answer 13

Article ll describes the executive branch.

Question 14

What is Article lll?

Answer 14

Article lll describes the judicial branch

Question 15

This branch has the power to make laws, the lawmaking branch of government

Answer 15

Legislative branch

Question 16

This branch carries out the laws and makes sure laws are obeyed

Answer 16

Executive branch

Question 17

Branch of government that interprets laws and sees that they are fairly applied. This branch is made up of the Supreme Court and lower courts

Answer 17

Judicial Branch

Question 18

What is the main purpose of The Constitution?

Answer 18

To provide a plan of government

Question 19

The head of the judicial branch

Answer 19

Supreme Court

Question 20

Decide what laws mean, and make sure laws are enforced fairly

Answer 20

Interpret

Question 21

Article lll Also describes

Answer 21

Cases the courts may hear

Question 22

The rest of the articles state what?

Answer 22

Explain the relationship between the states and the federal government and they also tell how the constitution can be changed

Question 23

Changes that have been added over time

Answer 23

Amendments

Question 24

How many amendments are there?

Answer 24

27

Question 25

The first 10 amendments are the

Answer 25

Bill of Rights

Question 26

The writers of the Constitution new that changing the Constitution would have a major effect on the government. However they wanted to make sure it could be changed when people demanded it. What are the two steps of the process of amending, or changing the Constitution?

Answer 26

First, an amendment must be proposed, and then it must be ratified

Question 27

Amendments that are in the constitution are called

Answer 27

“Formal” amendments

Question 28

Who assumed, or excepted, the powers of the president as authorized by the Constitution after William Henry Harrison died?

Answer 28

John Tyler

Question 29

John Tyler took the presidential oath which meant he was president, not just acting president. His action became an

Answer 29

Informal amendment

Question 30

In 1967 the ____ amendment was ratified. It made Tyler’s action a formal part of the Constitution.

Answer 30

25th

Question 31

What is the amendment process?

Answer 31

Two thirds of Congress votes to propose an amendment and then lawmakers and citizens debate the amendment then three fourths of states vote to approve the amendment

Question 32

The Constitution gives Congress the power to make all laws that are

Answer 32

“Necessary and proper”

Question 33

The Constitution allows Congress to use

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Powers that are not directly used in the Constitution.

Question 34

Powers that are not directly used in the Constitution.

Answer 34

Implied powers

Question 35

Regulating, or controlling, air pollution is an example of an

Answer 35

Implied power

Question 36

Basic beliefs that guide people’s lives

Answer 36

Principles

Question 37

The Constitution ensures, or guarantees, _______________by giving citizens the right to vote

Answer 37

Popular sovereignty

Question 38

All elected officials have to answer to

Answer 38

The people who put them in positions of power

Question 39

The writers of the Constitution did not

Answer 39

Want the government to have to much power

Question 40

The Constitution states what the _______________ and ______________ may and may not do

Answer 40

Federal government; the states

Question 41

What is the reason the writers of the Constitution put checks and balances into the Constitution?

Answer 41

The writers of the Constitution feared that one branch could still control the other after separation of powers

Question 42

What are ways that each branch can limit the power of the other two branches?

Answer 42

Different tasks are assigned to different branches of government

Question 43

A Bill passed by Congress must be signed by the president but they can veto, or refuse, to sign the bill. This veto is a check on ___________ power. How can Congress override the veto? What is the check on then?

Answer 43

Legislative; if two-thirds of Congress vote to override it. This is a check on executive power.