Principles/Articles
This article addresses the power of the Executive Branch.
What is Article II?
The ability to create laws that are necessary and proper to carry out the functions of government is also known as this.
What is the elastic clause?
This amendment created the current method for electing our current President and Vice President.
What is the 12th amendment?
Establishing the Post Office system is considered to be this type of power.
What is an expressed power of government?
How long is the waiting period for a resident alien prior to applying for citizenship?
What is 5 years?
Each November the citizens of the United States can select representatives to carry out their expectations for how the government runs. This is an example of this principle of government.
What is Republicanism?
This branch of government is responsible for determining if a law is unconstitutional.
What is the Judicial Branch?
Amendments to the constitution can be repealed. This is demonstrated by what amendment.
What is the 21st amendment which repealed Prohibition?
This another name for the expressed powers of the US government.
What are implied powers?
A naturalized citizen enjoys all of the rights and responsibilities of a natural born citizen except these two things.
These three founding principles of the Constitution can easily be seen in how the branches of government operate.
What are separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government?
Examining federal receipts and spending is a way that this branch of government keeps an eye on the purse strings of the United States.
What is the legislative branch?
During a trial the defendant was accused of possession of an illegal substance and asked to explain his affairs on the night in question. His lawyer could appeal this case based on which amendment.
What is the 5th Amendment? Rights of the accused.
Powers that belong to the states, or reserved powers, are protected under this Amendment.
What is the 10th Amendment?
These are three ways a person can become an official United States' citizen.
What are be born in the United States, be a naturalized citizen (completed the legal process), and be under 18 years old when parents were naturalized?
Three fourths of the state legislatures must vote to agree on a proposed change to the Constitution for it to pass. This is an example of this principle of the Constituion.
What is Popular Sovereignty?
What is the Legislative Branch? The House investigates the inquiry and must pass the formal allegations by a simple majority. The Senate tries the accused.
These four amendments share a common bond in that they are all connected to voting rights for specific groups in our country.
What are the 15th, 19th, 23rd, and 26th
These are four examples of expressed powers of the national government.
What are establishing weights and measures, creating the US Postal Service, making copyright laws, declaring war, creating and maintaining the armed forces, coining money, admitting new states, regulating interstate and foreign trade, establishing foreign policy? (Any of the above 4)
These 4 items describe key values of a US Citizen.
What are Patriotism, Respect, Responsibility, and Courage?
The sections of the Constitution found in Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7.
These five responsibilities are functions of the Executive Branch of government.
What are executing or carrying out the laws passed by Congress, appointing justices to the Supreme Court, presiding over the US Senate, making treaties and establishing foreign policy with other nations, and commanding and leading the armed forces?
While conducting a search for classified documents, authorities found possession of unregistered weapons. The defendant was charged with possession of illegal firearms. This could be appealed on what grounds.
What is illegal search and seizure? (Amendment 4)
These are five concurrent powers of the Federalism system.
What are borrowing money, collecting taxes, providing for the public welfare, establishing courts, and keeping the peace?
What are five ways that a person can demonstrate their responsibilities/duties as a good citizen?
What are: Paying Taxes, Obeying the Laws, Voting Responsibly, Respecting the Ideas of Others, Defending the Nation, Serving on Juries, Participating in the Community, and Staying Informed on Public Issues?