Nature of the US constitution

Question 1

what does article 1 establish

Answer 1

legislative branch

Question 2

what does article 2 establish

Answer 2

executive branch

Question 3

what does article 3 establish

Answer 3

judicial branch

Question 4

what does article 4 establish

Answer 4

federalism

Question 5

what does article 5 establish

Answer 5

how to amend the constitution

Question 6

what does article 6 establishh

Answer 6

constitution as supreme law of the land (sovereign)

Question 7

what does article 7 establish

Answer 7

how to ratify the document (how it is established by the states)

Question 8

The legislature (US) is made up of

Answer 8

House of Representatives (435) and senate (100)

Question 9

The judiciary is made up of

Answer 9

Supreme Court 9 justices

Question 10

the executive is made up of

Answer 10

president and Vice President

Question 11

what is an enumerated power

Answer 11

a formal written power

Question 12

Article 4- the states sets out

Answer 12

individual states power of governance and law making
explains how states interact
conditions for states to follow

Question 13

Article one sets out the guidelines of legislature in

Answer 13

qualification (eg age), size, who they represent, special duties and role in lawmaking

Question 14

The bill of rights is

Answer 14

the first ten amendments of the US constitution

Question 15

the bill of rights helped to

Answer 15

reduce state concerns regarding the power of a new central government

Question 16

what is the 16th ammendment

Answer 16

congress should have the power to lay and collect taxes on income from whatever source derived

Question 17

what is the 19th amendment

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sex should not determine whether someone has the ability to vote

Question 18

what is the 25th amendment

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in the event of the death or removal of president the Vice President should take his place

Question 19

what are amendments 13 -15

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these try to provide solutions issues over race and slavery

Question 20

what are the 18th and 21st amendment

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18th is prohibition of alcohol
21st repeal the prior ban on alcohol

Question 21

what is the 22nd amendment

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a president can not do more than two terms

Question 22

the nature of the US constitution is

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codified
entrenched
vague and specific

Question 23

as the US constitution is codified and has been through the process that is

Answer 23

Authoritative (higher than standard law)
entrenched (difficult to change or abolish)
judicable (used as standard to determine whether laws are constitutional>

Question 24

what article means the US constitution is not fully entrenched

Answer 24

Article 5 lays out the amendment process

Question 25

the US constitution is entrenched which means

Answer 25

the amendment process is incredibly different

Question 26

the US constitution is vague and specific which means

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there are implied powers not stated eg the power to draft people into the armed forces is implied from congress power t raise army and navy

Question 27

what is the necessary and proper clause

Answer 27

the elastic clause powers can be bent and stretched where necessary allowing the constitution to adapt

Question 28

McCulloch v Maryland

Answer 28

SCOTUS ruled government had right to create national bank which state of Maryland couldn’t tax as a business.

because congress has the enumerated power to collect tax making national bank necessary and prope.

Question 29

Gibbons v Ogden

Answer 29

New York allow monopoly over its waters to one business a competitor took them to court and as business and commerce is federal their law supersedes state law.

Question 30

what are reserved powers

Answer 30

these are powers that limit federal gov and are reserved to the states or the people

Question 31

Article 4 the supremacy clause established

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national law is supreme