What is the name of the introduction of the Constitution?
What is the preamble
100
The framers saw the ____ as the central branch of government because it represents the people most directly.
What is Congress
100
Which of the different parts of the Constitution does the sequence 1.8.18 refer to?
What is 1 is the Article, 8 is the Section, and 18 is the Clause.
100
How many years do members of the House and the Senate serve?
What is 2 years for the members of the House, and 6 years for the Senate.
100
What is the term for a draft of a proposed law presented for approval to the legislature?
What is a bill
200
What is the term for the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature and prevent it from becoming a law?
What is veto
200
A ___ may be introduced in either the House or the Senate.
But it must be approved by a majority vote in both houses.
What is a bill
200
What is the term for independence; a nation that governs itself independently of foreign powers?
What is sovereign
200
It takes a two-thirds vote of the ___ to convict an impeached person.
What is Senate
200
As a result of the Seventeenth Amendment, members of the ____ are no longer chosen by state legislatures.
What is Senators.
300
The list below comes from which part of the Constitution?
• to improve the structure of the government,
• to create justice and peace within the nation,
• to keep citizens and their descendants free.
What is the preamble
300
Two-part question. Section 9 tells what powers the ____ government does not have. Clauses 2 and 3 say the government cannot take away a citizen’s right to what?
What is 1) the federal government, 2) a fair trial.
300
1.8 lists particular powers of the Congress. They are often called the federal government’s ___ powers. They include the power to tax, to borrow money, and to set up courts.
What is enumerated powers
300
Section 10 tells what powers the ___ do not have.
It emphasizes that they cannot make treaties or war.
Only a sovereign nation can do that.
What is states
300
What is the term for the judicial procedure whereby a government official is accused of wrongdoing and brought to trial before a legislative body?
What is impeachment
400
Define the vocabulary word imply.
What is to suggest (something) without saying or showing it plainly
400
Two-part question: 1.7 states that all bills for raising money—such as taxes—must begin in the ___. Why?
What is the House, because it is most responsive to the people.
400
Define the vocabulary word coup.
What is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group in positions of authority, such as military leaders.
400
Two-part question. Clauses 11–16 in Section 8 make sure that the civilians control what? This is designed to prevent what?
What is 1) the military, 2) a coup
400
Two part Question: 1.8.18 gives ____ the power to do what is “necessary and proper” to carry out its other powers. This is the basis of the ___ powers of the federal government.
What is 1) Congress, 2) implied
500
What is the two-part definition of the term legitimacy?
What is Authority; in accordance with accepted standards
500
Define enumerated powers
What are powers specifically granted in the Constitution
500
Define implied powers
What are powers not specifically stated in the Constitution
500
What is the elastic clause?
What is the clause in the Constitution that allows Congress to pass laws necessary to carry out its enumerated powers
500
Define override
What is which terms means to declare null and void; to set aside