Constitution Test Prep Flashcards
How often are people in the House of Representatives elected?
2 years
How old must you be to be elected in the House of Representatives?
25 Years Old
How long must you be a citizen for if you want to join the House of Representatives?
7 years
What is the number of representatives based on?
Population
How often is the senate elected?
6 years
How old must you be before joining the Senate?
30 Years Old
How long must you be a citizen for in the before joining the senate?
9 Years
All bills for raising what start in the House of Representatives?
Revenue
The House of Representatives has the power to do what to the president?
Impeach
Who ratifies treaties and presidential appointees?
The Senate
What trials does the senate try?
Impeachment trials
What makes up the House of Representatives and the Senate?
Congress
What does the congress have the power to do?
Tax, regulate trade, and borrow and coin money.
What does congress establish?
post office
What does congress declare?
War
What does congress raise and support?
Military
Who makes laws for Washington DC and other federally controlled areas?
Congress
What is Elastic Clause?
“necessary and proper” clause. Allowing Congress to make laws not specifically mentioned in the Constitution.
Congress forbids to suspend what in times of rebellion or invasion?
Habeus Corpus
Congress is forbidden to pass bills of what?
Attainder or ex post facto laws
Congress is forbidden to give titles of what?
nobility
Congress is forbidden to accept what?
forbidden gifts
How often is the president and Vice President chosen?
4 years
How old must the president and Vice President at least be?
35 years old
What kind of citizen must the president and Vice President be?
Natural born citizen
How long must the president and Vice President be a resident of the United States for?
14 years
President and Vice President are command and chief of what?
army and navy of the U.S.
What do the President and Vice President negotiate.
treaties
Who do the President and Vice President appoint?
Ambassadors and Supreme Court judges pending senate approval.
The President and Vice President can do what to bills passed by both houses?
Veto
President and Vice President can be overridden with a what vote by congress.
2/3
What is a pocket veto?
Congress adjourns and president refuses to sign, bill does not go back to congress for a vote.
Amendments can be proposed by how much of congress?
2/3
Amendments can be proposed by how much of state legislatures?
2/3
Amendments can be ratified by how much of state legislatures, conventions, or some other methods proposed by congress?
3/4
