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US Constitution Study Guide

  1. How many Articles does the US Constitution have 7

  2. Article 1 is about which branch of government Legislative Branch

  3. How many Sections does Article I have 10

  4. What is Legislative Power The power to create laws

  5. Which branch of the federal government has legislative power Congress

  6. How many chambers does the legislative branch have 2 chambers

  7. What is the minimum age that a member of the house of representative must be 25

  8. How long is the term of a US Representative 2 years

  9. What is the leader of the House of representative called Speaker of the House

  10. Who currently has that office Nancy Pelosi

  11. How many members of the US House are there 435

  12. How is the amount of representation in the US house determined based on the population of each state

  13. How many representative does Missouri have 8

  14. Who represents Missouri’s 1st district Cori Bush

  15. Who represents Missouri’s 2nd district Ann Wagner

  16. Who represents Missouri’s 3rd district Blaine Luetkemeyer

  17. Who represents Missouri’s 4th district Mark Alford

  18. Who represents Missouri’s 5th district Emannuel Cleaver

  19. Who represents Missouri’s 6th district Same Graves

  20. Who represents Missouri’s 7th district Eric Burleson

  21. Who represents Missouri’s 8th district Jason Smith

  22. What is the power of the purse The power of the House of Reps to control the Federal Budget

  23. How many senators are there from each state 2

  24. How many US Senators are there 100

  25. What is the minimum age a person must be to become a senator 30

  26. How long is the term for Senators 6 years

  27. What is the Leader of the Senate called Majority Leader

  28. Who currently has that office Chuck Schumer

  29. Who is the Senior Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley

  30. Who is the Junior Senator from Missouri Eric Schmidt

  31. What is a filibuster Someone talking too long it creates a bill from passing

  32. What portion of both houses of congress is needed to override the president’s veto two-thirds

  33. Article 2 of the constitution is about which branch of government Executive Branch

  34. What is Executive Power The power to enforce laws

  35. Which part of the federal government has executive power the President

  36. How long is the term of the President 4 years

  37. What is the minimum age requirement for the president 35 years

  38. What is the minimum time a candidate needs to have lived in the US to be president 14 years

  39. How long does the president need to have been a citizen of the US their entire life

  40. How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win the presidency 270

  41. Who is the Current President Joe Biden

  42. From what state was he elected Delaware

  43. Who is the Current Vice President Kamala Harris

  44. From what state were they elected California

  45. Who is the current President Pro Tempore of the Senate Patty Murry

  46. Who is the Secretary of State Antony Blinken

  47. Who is the Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen

  48. Who is the Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin

  49. Who is the Attorney General Merrick Garland

  50. Article 3 is about which branch of government Judicial Branch

  51. What is Judicial Power power to interpret laws

  52. Which branch of the federal government has Judicial power the Supreme Court

  53. Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Roberts

  54. Who is the Senior most Justice on the supreme court Clarence Thomas

  55. How many Justices are there on the Supreme court 9

  56. What is Judicial Review the power of the Supreme Court to declare things that are unconstitutional

  57. Who described life in the State of Nature as “Nasty, Brutish, and Short” Thomas Hobbes and John Locke

  58. Who was the King of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution George III

  59. What document ran the US government prior to the Constitution The Articles of Confederation

  60. What were the alternate names for the Constitutional Convention The Philadelphia Convention, the Grand Convention, the Federal Convention

  61. Where did the Constitutional convention take place Philadelphia, PA

  62. What were the major issues discussed at the Constitutional convention Representation, State v Federal Power, Slavery

  63. What is the only crime defined in the constitution Treason

  64. Which branch of government has the power to admit new states to the Union Congress

  65. What fraction of each house of congress must vote in favor for a new amendment to be added to the US constitution two-thirds

  66. How many Amendments are in the Bill of Rights 10

  67. How many amendments does the US constitution have 27

  68. What are the Freedoms in the 1st Amendment Freedom of Speech, Assembly, Press, Religion, and Petition

  69. Which Amendment provides for the private ownership of firearms 2nd

  70. Which amendment prevents the quartering of troops in private homes 3rd

  71. According to the 4th Amendment, what must police have in order to obtain a search warrant Probable Cause

  72. How many amendments in the bill of rights have to do with your rights when you are in court, or have been accused of a crime? 5 (4,5,6,7,8)

  73. What are two protections granted to you in the 5th Amendment Protected from Double Jeopardy, Self Incrimination, must be indited by a grand jury, right to due process of law, government has to pay for the land you own.

  74. What are three rights protected by the 6th Amendment Right to a Fair and Speedy trial, right to an Impartial Jury to your people, right to confront your accuser, legal council, have witnesses to appear in trial, have to be told what crime your being charged with

  75. Is the 7th Amendment about Criminal Cases or Civil Cases Civil Cases

  76. What are two things banned by the 8th Amendment Cruel and Unusual Punishment and Excessive Bail

  77. Which Amendment implies that there are rights not mentioned in the Bill or Rights 9th

  78. What does the 10th Amendment do Reserves powers not granted to the Federal Gov to the states, then the people

  79. What is the term for the protection given to states in the 11th Amendment Civil Immunity

  80. Describe what the 12th Amendment does reworks the way that President and VP are elected to avoid confusion and ties

  81. What practice does the 13th Amendment ban Slavery

  82. Name three things that the 14th Amendment does Every kid born in the US is a citizen, repeals the ⅗’s compromise, bans former confederates from office, refuses the debts of the confederacy

  83. What are the two clauses of the 14th Amendment that are referenced the most often in Supreme court Cases The Equal protection and Due process clause, especially the due process clause

  84. Who is granted the right to vote by the 15th Amendment Black Men

  85. What power is given to the Federal Government by the 16th Amendment the power to tax income

  86. What Office is most impacted by the 17th Amendment Senators 

  87. What is banned by the 18th Amendment The production, sale, or consumption of alcoholic beverages

  88. Which Amendment grants Women the right to vote 19th

  89. What does the 20th Amendment do changes the days on which congress and the presidency began their sessions

  90. What Amendment is repealed by the 21st Amendment 18th

  91. What limits were set by the 22nd Amendment Presidents are limited to 2 terms in office

  92. What locale began participating in Presidential elections after the passage of the 23rd amendment Washington DC

  93. What is banned by the 24th Amendment Poll taxes

  94. What office is most impacted by the 25th Amendment The Presidency

  95. What Amendment lowers the minimum voting age 26th

  96. What was the minimum voting age prior to that amendment 21

  97. What is the minimum voting age now 18

  98. Which branch of government is most impacted by the 27th Amendment Congress

  99. When was the 27th Amendment added to the constitution 1990’s

  100. When was the 27th Amendment first proposed 1790’s