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U.S. Constitution Study Guide
Articles of Confederation
-What were the Articles of Confederation?
-What was the overall problem with the Articles of Confederation?
Constitutional Convention
-Where was the convention?
-What was the intent (purpose) of the convention?
-Who was President of the Convention?
-Who is known as “Father of the Constitution?”
Great Compromise
-What were the two key plans presented and who presented them?
-What was the compromise that solved the dispute?
-What is the Great Compromise also known as?
Three-Fifths Compromise
-What dispute led to the Three-Fifths Compromise?
-Explain the compromise
Ratification
-What was required to ratify the Constitution?
-Who were the Federalists?
-Who were the Anti-Federalists?
-What were the Federalist Papers?
-What convinced the Anti-Federalists to approve the Constitution?
Structure of the Constitution
-What are the three parts of the Constitution?
-What is the purpose of the Preamble?
-What are the seven Articles?
Article1 – Legislative Branch
-What is the duty of the Legislative Branch?
-What is the main body of the Legislative Branch?
-How many members are in the Senate?
-How many members are in the House?
-How many total members are in Congress?
-Who are the two Senators from Illinois?
-What is the term for the Senate?
-What is the term for the House?
-What are the requirements for the Senate?
-What are the requirements for the House?
-Who presides over the Senate? (title and name)
-Who presides over the House? (title and name)
-What are the joint duties of Congress?
-What are the special duties of the Senate?
-What are the special duties of the House?
-What are the forbidden powers of Congress?
-What is the number of Congress?
-What is the Congressional Record?
Article 2 – Executive Branch
-What is the duty of the Executive Branch?
-Who are the main officers of the Executive Branch? (name them)
-What is the term for the officers of the Executive Branch?
-What are the requirements to be President?
-What is the order of succession to the office of the Presidency?
-What is the Cabinet?
-What is the Electoral College?
-How do you determine how many electoral votes a state gets?
-How many total electoral votes are there?
-How many electoral votes are needed to win the Presidency?
Article 3 – Judicial Branch
-What is the duty of the Judicial Branch?
-What are the main courts of the Judicial Branch?
-What is the term for a judge / justice?
-What are the requirements?
-What is the duty of the District Courts?
-What is the duty of the Appellate Courts?
-How many Supreme Court Justices total are there?
-Who is Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
-What is Judicial Review?
Article 4 - States and Union
-What is Federalism?
-What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
Article 5 - Amending the Constitution
-How is an Amendment proposed?
-How is an Amendment usually ratified?
Article 6 - National Supremacy
-What is the "Supremacy Clause?"
Article 7 - Ratification
-What was required to ratify the Constitution?
Amendments
-Amendment 1?
-Amendment 2?
-Amendment 3?
-Amendment 4?
-Amendment 5?
-Amendment 6?
-Amendment 7?
-Amendment 8?
-Amendment 9?
-Amendment 10?
-Amendment 11?
-Amendment 12?
-Amendment 13?
-Amendment 14?
-Amendment 15?
-Amendment 16?
-Amendment 17?
-Amendment 18?
-Amendment 19?
-Amendment 20?
-Amendment 21?
-Amendment 22?
-Amendment 23?
-Amendment 24?
-Amendment 25?
-Amendment 26?
-Amendment 27?
Vocabulary
Amend
Bail
Bicameral
Bill of Attainder
Capital Punishment
Convict / Convicted / Conviction
Double Jeopardy
Due Process
Ex Post Facto Law
Habeas Corpus
Impeach
Indict / Indicted / Indictment
Jurisdiction
Ratify
Revenue
Sovereignty
Suffrage
Verdict
Veto