The Constitution Review
The Constitution Review
The text of the Constitution begins on page 162 of the text book.
Article I Section 2
______1. How often are members of the House of Representatives elected to office?
______2. What are the 3 qualifications needed to become a representative?
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______3. On what is the number of representatives for each state based?
______4. How many representatives is each state guaranteed?
______5. What occurs every 10 years to count population?
______6. How are vacancies filled in the House?
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______7. Who is the leader of the House?
______8. What special power does the House have?
Article I Section 3
______9. How many senators does each state have?
______10. How were they ORIGINALLY chosen?
______11. How did the 17th Amendment change the way senators are selected?
______12. What are the 3 qualifications needed to become a senator?
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______13. What other position does the President of the Senate hold?
______14. Who is in charge if the President of the Senate is absent?
______15. What sole power does the Senate have? (explained in #6 of Section 3)
______16. Who presides over impeachment trials?
______17. How many senators must vote to convict the president?
Article I Section 7
______18. All revenue or tax laws must originate in which body of Congress?
______19. A bill may become law only by passing ______houses of Congress and being signed by President.
______20. The President may veto a bill, but Congress can override his veto with what?
Article I Section 8
List the power delegated (also referred to as enumerated) to Congress in each of the following clauses:
______21. Clause 1
______22. Clause 3
______23. Clause 11
______24. Clause 16
Article I Section 9
List the power denied to Congress from each of the following clauses:
______25. Clause 3
______26. Clause 5
______27. Clause 6
Article I Section 10
______28. The states are prevented from entering Treaties or Alliances with whom?
Article II Section 1
______29. How long is the President’s term of office?
______30. The President and Vice President are NOT directly elected by the people. Who elects them?
______31. Each state’s number of presidential electors is equal to their number of what?
______32. What are the 3 qualifications needed to become the President?
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______33. Who takes over if the President dies, resigns, or is disabled?
Article II Section 2
______34. What rank does the President hold in the military?
______35. What power does the President have in dealing with persons convicted of a federal crime?
______36. The President makes treaties with other nations, but what role does the Senate have?
______37. The President can appoint judges, ambassadors, members of the executive branch - what is the Senate’s role?
Article III
______38 The judicial power of the US is vested in a Supreme Court and inferior courts created by whom?
______39. The Supreme Court has Original Jurisdiction over cases dealing with what?
______40. How many witnesses are needed to convict someone of treason?
Article IV
______41. What is extradition?
______42. Who admits new states into the union and sets up the guidelines for admission?
______43. What does the Constitution mean when it says the US shall guarantee every state a Republican form
of government?
Article V
______44. What are the two ways in which Constitutional Amendments may be proposed?
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______45. What are the two ways in which Constitutional Amendments may be ratified?
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______46. Proposal by 2/3 of both houses of Congress and ratification by ¾ of the state legislatures is the method that
has been used to amend the Constitution except for which amendment?
Article VI TRUE OR FALSE
______47. A treaty made by the US would be superior to a state law.
______48. The Constitution made all the states pay off their debts before they entered the union.
______49. If a state law and a federal law conflict, then the Supreme Court decides which law is superior.
______50. No religious test can be used as a qualification in an elected office.
______51. The Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
Article VII
______52. Out of the 13 original states, how many were needed for the Constitution to be ratified?
______53. In what year was The Constitution ratified?
Amendments
______54. What are the first 10 amendments called and when were they ratified?
______55. What 5 freedoms does the 1st Amendment protect?
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______56. What unreasonable actions does the 4th Amendment prevent?
______57. The 5th Amendment protects accused people from being deprived of life, liberty, and property
without what?
______58. This Amendment abolished slavery.
______59. This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
______60. This Amendment lowered the voting age in the federal election to 18.
______61. This Amendment banned cruel and unusual punishment.
______62. This Amendment abolished the poll tax.
______63. The 21st Amendment is the first Amendment that repeals another Amendment. Which one?
______64. What did the 22nd Amendment limit?
______65. What did the 16th Amendment create?
______66. Which Amendment outlines the rights of citizens, such as equal protection under the law.
______67. According to the 25th Amendment, how is a vacancy in the office of VP filled?
True or False
______68. The 15th Amendment gave African Americans the right to vote.
______69. The President can be temporarily replaced by the Vice President if the Vice President and a majority
of the members of the Cabinet agree he/she is unable to carry out the job’s duties. (25th)
______70. An increase in pay given to Congress by Congress will not go into effect until the next session (27th).
______71. The 14th Amendment initially prevented anyone who was a leader in the Confederacy during the
Civil War from holding any state or federal office.
______72. There are 32 Amendments to the Constitution.