Constitution Review

Question 0

Ex Post Facto

Answer 0

No person can be charged for a crime if the crime becomes illegal after it was committed

Question 1

Electoral College

Answer 1

People are not actually for president but for electors that will vote for a certain candidate in the electoral college

Question 2

Delegates Powers

Answer 2

Specific powers granted to congress in the constitution

Question 3

Judicial Branch

Answer 3

Law interpreting branch of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts

Question 4

Executive Branch

Answer 4

Law executing, law-enforcing, law administrating branch of the president

Question 5

Concurrent Powers

Answer 5

Powers held by both the federal and state governments

Question 6

Bill of Rights

Answer 6

First 10 amendments to the constitution

Question 7

Elastic Clause

Answer 7

Article 1, section 8, clause 18 and congress can pass all laws that are necessary and proper

Question 8

Libel

Answer 8

Written untruth

Question 9

Writ of Habeas Corpus

Answer 9

Can’t hold a person in jail without charges except in time of rebellion

Question 10

Federalism

Answer 10

Strong central government with the powers divided between the federal government and the states

Question 11

Poll Tax

Answer 11

Tax that had been used by some states to keep African American from voting

Question 12

Slander

Answer 12

Spoken untruth

Question 13

Vice-President

Answer 13

President of the U.S Senate

Question 14

Treason

Answer 14

Only crime defined in the constitution

Question 15

Legislative Branch

Answer 15

Lawmaking branch

Question 16

Nail

Answer 16

Money or property used to secure from jail before trail

Question 17

Speaker of the House

Answer 17

Presiding officer

Question 18

Veto

Answer 18

President refuses to agree with a bill passed by congress

Question 19

Judicial Review

Answer 19

Power to decide if the laws or actions of the government are constitution or unconstitutional

Question 20

Interstate Trade

Answer 20

Congress

Question 21

Veto Bills

Answer 21

President

Question 22

Declares laws unconstitutional

Answer 22

Supreme Court

Question 23

Power to Tax

Answer 23

The States and Congress

Question 24

Declares War

Answer 24

Congress

Question 25

Power to Build Roads

Answer 25

Congress and The States

Question 26

No Double Jeopardy

Answer 26

5th

Question 27

Right to bear arms

Answer 27

2nd

Question 28

No excessive bail or cruel or unusual punishment

Answer 28

8th

Question 29

Powers reserved to the states

Answer 29

10th

Question 30

Prohibits unreasonable search and seizure

Answer 30

4th

Question 31

Minimum years old for House of Representatives

Answer 31

25

Question 32

Years of U.S. Citizenship for House of Representatives

Answer 32

7

Question 33

Length of one term in the U.S. House of Representatives

Answer 33

2 years

Question 34

Current Representative

Answer 34

Todd Rokita

Question 35

Current Speaker

Answer 35

John Boehner

Question 36

Minimum years old for U.S. Senate

Answer 36

30

Question 37

Years of U.S. Citizenship for Senate

Answer 37

9

Question 38

Length of one term in the senate

Answer 38

6

Question 39

Two Senators from Indiana

Answer 39

Joe Donelly | Dan Coats

Question 40

Minimum years old for President

Answer 40

35

Question 41

_____ _____citizen of the United States

Answer 41

Natural Born

Question 42

Length of one term for President

Answer 42

4

Question 43

Three branches

Answer 43

Legislative Executive Judicial

Question 44

Member in the House of Representatives

Answer 44

435

Question 45

Members in the Senate

Answer 45

100

Question 46

Proposed by

Answer 46

2/3 vote in both houses of congress

Question 47

Ratified by

Answer 47

The state legislatures of 3/4 of the states