Exam 1: Composition of the US Constitution

Question 1

What is the Composition of the U.S. Constitution?

Answer 1

Contains:
* 7 articles & 1 Preamble

Question 2

How many years of citizenship must you have to become a member of the house?

Answer 2

CITIZENSHIP: 7 yrs. +

Question 3

What is a preamble?

Answer 3

A introduction paragraph

ex: “We the people”

Question 4

Which Article outline congresses eligibility?

Answer 4

Article I, Section 1-7

Question 5

Article I, Section 1-7 outlines

Answer 5

congresses eligibility

Question 6

John is 20 yrs old and has been a citizen for 10 yrs, Is John able to become a member of the house?

Answer 6

NO, john must be at least 25 yrs. old

Question 7

How long are house members terms?

Answer 7

2 years

Question 8

What is a similarity shared between house and senate members?

Answer 8

They both have NO TERM LIMIT

Question 9

How old must you be to become a member of the house?

Answer 9

AGE: 25 yrs. +

Question 10

The # of seats in the house is based on

Answer 10

Population Representation

Question 11

How old must you be to become a member of the senate?

Answer 11

AGE: 30 yrs. +

Question 12

How many years of citizenship must you have to become a member of the senate?

Answer 12

CITIZENSHIP: 9 yrs. +

Question 13

The # of seats in the senate is based on

Answer 13

EQUAL POPULATION

2 seats per state = 100 total seats

Question 14

Which article outline the executive branch?

Answer 14

Article II

Question 15

Which article outline the judicial branch?

Answer 15

Article III

Question 16

Article IV outlines

Answer 16

STATE RELATIONSHIPS

Question 17

What was created as a result of Article IV of the U.S constitution?

Answer 17

2 different clauses

1. Full faith & credit clause
2. Privilege and Immunities clause

Question 18

Which Article within the constitution created the full faith & credit clause and the privilege & immunities clause

Answer 18

Article IV (4)

Question 19

What was stated in the Full Faith and Credit Clause?

Answer 19

Required states to honor public acts, legal contracts, and court decisions of other states.

(“if one state decides something on a citizen, other states must also recognize it”)

Question 20

What are some examples of the full faith and credit clause?

Answer 20

1. marriage & divorce
2. Drivers License
3. any type of court ruling/ decision: “your criminal/ legal record follows you to other states”

Question 21

Sally is able to use her Texas Drivers license to rent and Drive a car in Hawaii, what clause & article in the U.S constitution allows her to do this?

Answer 21

The Full Faith & Credit Clause in Article IV of the constitution

Question 22

What was stated in the Privileges and Immunities Clause?

Answer 22

A state cannot discriminate against another states citizen

Question 23

The privileges and immunities clause can also be called

Answer 23

anti-discrimination laws/ clause

Question 24

What are some examples of the privileges and immunities clause?

Answer 24

1. A state cannot deny another states citizen property
2. a state cannot deny another states citizen access to a court

Question 25

T/F: Governor Abbot wants to stop all Californians from purchasing property in Texas, under the privileges and immunities clause Governor Abbot CAN prevent Californians from buying property.

Answer 25

FALSE

The privileges and immunities clause allows other states citizens to buy property in different states

Question 26

Which clause played a major role in the civil war?

Answer 26

the privileges and immunities clause

Question 27

Which article outline how to amend/ change the constitution?

Answer 27

Article V (5)

Question 28

Article V outlines

Answer 28

how to change/ admen the constitution

Question 29

Article VI established

Answer 29

SUPREMACY CLAUSE

Question 30

what is supremacy clause?

Answer 30

The US constitution is the law of the land

Question 31

Which article in the constitution is not really used today?

Answer 31

Article VII (7)

Question 32

When was the constitution ratified?

Answer 32

1788

Question 33

Article VII stated that in order to get the constitution ratified

Answer 33

9 out of the 13 state governments must approve the constitution in order for it to become our new governing document

Question 34

Article VII outlines

Answer 34

How to get the constitution approved

Question 35

T/F: if there is ever conflict between the US constitution and a states constitution, the US constitution is always going to win.

Answer 35

TRUE, bc of the supremacy clause

Question 36

Which clause prevents a states governor from enforcing a religion on all of its residents?

Answer 36

The Supremacy Clause

• under the constitution every citizen has a right to freedom of religion

Question 37

T/F: under the supremacy clause Texas Governor can build a border wall.

Answer 37

FALSE
Texas cannot build a border wall, because the constitution states that it’s the federal govt. job to regulate immigration