Congress in Action
Revenue legislation and articles of impeachment both begin with action by this chamber.
What is the House of Representatives?
If the President dies, resigns, or becomes unable to perform the office, this official is next in line according to the constitutional succession material you studied.
Who is the Vice President?
Someone commits a crime in one state and flees to another. Under Article IV, what can happen?
They can be returned to the state where they are accused / extradited.
The minimum qualifications of 25 years old, seven years a U.S. citizen, and an inhabitant of the state represented belong to members of this chamber.
Every state received this many votes in the Confederation Congress.
What is One Vote
The Vice President holds this constitutional position in the legislative branch.
What is President of the Senate?
The President holds this constitutional role over the armed forces.
This clause requires one state to recognize valid public acts, records, and court judgments from another state.
What is the Full Faith and Credit Clause?
The minimum qualifications of 30 years old, nine years a U.S. citizen, and an inhabitant of the state represented belong to members of this chamber.
What is the Senate?
Bonus: As of the acceptance of the constitution, how are Senators chosen?
This Massachusetts uprising became evidence for critics who believed the Confederation government was too weak to respond effectively to domestic instability.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This chamber both conducts impeachment trials and votes on whether to approve treaties negotiated by the President.
What is the Senate?
The President can nominate judges and other major federal officers, but appointments require the consent of this body.
What is the Senate?
When a valid federal law conflicts with a state law, this constitutional principle gives the federal law priority.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
Being 35 years old, a natural-born citizen, and a U.S. resident for at least 14 years are qualifications for this office.
What is the President of the United States?
Madison proposed giving Congress the authority to veto state legislation. This proposed power was known by this name.
What is the Federal Negative?
The House accuses a federal official of misconduct. Which chamber then has the sole authority to conduct the trial?
What is the Senate?
The Constitution defines this crime as levying war against the United States or adhering to its enemies and giving them aid and comfort.
What is treason?
Full Faith and Credit, the return of accused criminals who flee across state lines, and the admission of new states are all addressed in this article of the Constitution.
What is Article IV?
There are two broad ways a person may be considered a natural-born U.S. citizen for purposes of presidential eligibility. Name both.
Being born on US Soil (including military bases, embassies, etc) and having a parent with US Citizenship
By the early 1780s, huge amounts of Continental currency were needed to buy the same amount of specie (gold and silver). This had happened to the currency.
What is depreciation?
Your homework asked you to find powers Congress has and powers it does not have. Give two constitutional powers Congress has that demonstrate how much stronger the national legislature is than Congress under the Articles.
Answers will vary...
The President can grant reprieves and pardons for federal offenses, except in cases involving this constitutional process.
What is impeachment?
With 50 states in the Union, this is the minimum number of states needed to ratify a constitutional amendment.
What is 38 states?
Bonus: How many states was needed to ratify the constitution?
List all of the constitutional age, citizenship, and residency requirements a person must meet before they can be nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court.
What is none?
the Constitution sets no age, citizenship, or residency qualifications for Supreme Court justices
A proposal to strengthen Congress could be supported by twelve out of thirteen states but still fail because...