United States Constitution

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What year was the Constitution written

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1789

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The oldest document on representative government in English history is

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Magna Carta

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Law making body of England

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Parliament

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First representative assembly in America

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House of Burgesses

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First written constitution in America

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Person who did most of the work on the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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Ideas that our government should be based on

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People have equal rights

Individual rights must be protected

Governments should be run by the people

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Plan of government used before the constitution

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Articles of Confederation

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The government of the United States under the Articles of confederation was organized around the

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States

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Major successes of the Articles of Confederation

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Kept the states together

Managed western land

Won the revolutionary war

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The constitution was written at a convention held in

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Philadelphia

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The convention was called to

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Revise the Articles of Confederation

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President of the constitutional convention

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George Washington

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Plan of government that favored large states

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Virginia Plan

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Plan of government that favored small states

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The New Jersey Plan

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Decision to have two houses of congress

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The great comprise

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To be made the government for the United States, the constitution had to be ratified by

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Nine states

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The United States government is divided into

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Three branches

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The idea that the powers of government should be defined between and given to different branches is called

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separation of powers

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When the power of one branch of government is blocked by the power of another branch of government this is the concept of

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Checks and balances

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the system of government in which the power is divided between the federal and state governments is called

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Federalism

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Congress is the

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Legislative branch

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The president is the head of the

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Executive branch

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The Supreme Court is part of

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Judicial branch

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According to the Constitution Representatives must be at least

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25 years old and a citizen for 7 years

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According to the Constitution Senators must be at least

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30 years old and a citizen for 9 years

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A United States Senator is elected for a term of

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6 years

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United States Representative is elected for a term of

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2 years

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The presiding officer in the House of Representatives is

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The speaker

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The president of the Senate is

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Vice president

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When the presiding officer of the Senate is away the person who presides is

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President pro tempore

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Unless otherwise specified in the Constitution the officers and the Senate and the house are

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Elected by the members of each house

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To accuse an official of the executive or judicial branches of some wrongdoing or misuse of power is

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To impeach

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The responsibility for impeaching someone lies within

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The House of Representatives

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The responsibility for trying an impeached official lies with

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The Senate

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In the original system for counting the population each slave was counted as

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Three-fifths of a person

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The Constitution requires that a census be taken

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Every 10 years

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Originally Senators were chosen by

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The state legislators

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To convict an official who has been impeached vote must be

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Two thirds

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All bills to raise money must be proposed first by the

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House of Representatives

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Congress can override the president's veto by

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a two-thirds vote in both the houses of Congress

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The president shows disapproval of a bill by

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Vetoing it

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The elastic clause

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Allows Congress to make laws that are necessary and carrying out its expressed powers

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The District of Columbia is governed by

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The Senate

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With the consent of Congress the states can do all of the following except

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Grant letters of Marque and reprisal

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According to the Constitution the president must be at least

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35 years old and a natural born citizen

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The president is elected for a term of

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4 years

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the job the president feels that is not described in the constitution is

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Political party leader

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The president is elected by

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The electoral college

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The head of the country's armed forces

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The president

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The power to make treaties is held by

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The president

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Justices of the Supreme Court are appointed by

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The president

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According to the Constitution the Chief Justice must be at least

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No age requirement

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The Chief Justice is appointed for a term of

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Life

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The right of the Supreme Court to hear cases being appealed from a lower court

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Judicial review

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Cases involving ambassadors are tried in

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The Supreme Court

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The only crime defined in the constitution is

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Treason

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If the governor of one state asks another state to return a person accused of committing a crime the process is called

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Extradition

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The power to decide how territories are governed belongs to

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Congress

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What way can an amendment to the Constitution be proposed

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By two-thirds vote of state legislatures

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Which Way can a proposed amendment be ratified

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by special conventions in 3/4 of states

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No law or Amendment ending the slave trade could be passed before

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1808

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Article 6

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Makes the Constitution the supreme law of the land

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Several States refused to ratify the Constitution unless

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A list of Rights protecting Liberties was added

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The Bill of Rights includes

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The first 10 amendments

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The people are guaranteed the right to petition the government to make changes in policy according to the

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First Amendment

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A person has the right to criticize the federal government according to the

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First Amendment

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People have the right not to be forced to quarter soldiers in their homes according to the

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Third Amendment

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A person's property usually cannot be searched without a

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search warrant

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A search warrant must state

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What is being looked for and where the search will take place

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The group that decides whether a person is guilty or not

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petit jury

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The group that decides whether there is enough evidence for a case to be tried

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Grand Jury

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Double Jeopardy is

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being tried twice for the same crime

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Amendment 5 guarantees all of the following except

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that excessive bail will not be required

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Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the

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First Amendment

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The sixth amendment guarantees all of the following except

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Right to a grand jury hearing

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Trial by jury is assured by the

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7th Amendment

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Americans have unnamed rights guaranteed by the

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9th Amendment

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The 11th Amendment states the citizens of one state

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cannot sue another state in federal court

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The president and vice president must

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meet the same qualifications

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The states are assured some rights by the

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10th Amendment

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The Electoral College selects

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the vice president

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The vice president must be

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35 years old and a natural born citizen

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Slavery in the United States was abolished by the

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13th Amendment