Reasons for the Constitution
$100: Name one of the six reasons for writing the Constitution.
Form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty
$100: What is the topic of Article I?
Legislative Branch.
$100: What is the main function of Congress?
Make laws
$100: What is the main function of the Executive Branch?
Enforce laws
$100: What is the main function of the Judicial Branch?
Interpret laws / decide if they are constitutional.
$100: What do we call the first ten amendments?
Bill of Rights
$200: Which reason ensures fairness under the law?
Establish justice.
$200: Which article establishes the Judicial Branch?
Article III.
$200: What does bicameral mean?
Two-house system
$200: What is the President’s role as Commander-in-Chief?
To command the armed forces
$200: How many justices are on the Supreme Court?
9
$200: What does habeas corpus mean?
“Produce the body”; protects against unjust legal punishment
$300: Which reason aims to keep peace within the U.S.?
Ensure domestic tranquility.
$300: Which article covers amending the Constitution?
Article V
$300: How many U.S. Representatives are there?
435
$300: What is the President’s term of office or length of service (cite all examples)?
4 years; can serve 2 terms or up to 10 years
$300: Which clause gives Congress flexibility to carry out its duties?
Elastic Clause (Necessary and Proper Clause)
$300: When are federal elections held?
First Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year.
$400: Which reason means defending the nation against enemies?
Provide for the common defense.
$400: Which article establishes national supremacy?
$400: What is the term of office for a Senator?
6 years
$400: What is the name of the President’s advisers?
Cabinet
$400: Congress alone has the power to do this.
Declare war
$400: How many votes are in the Electoral College?
538
$500: Which reason is about protecting freedoms for future generations?
Secure the blessings of liberty.
$500: Which article explains the process for ratifying the Constitution?
Article VII
$500: Only the House of Representatives has this power.
Impeach
$500: Who are the first three people in the line of succession after the President?
Vice President, Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate
$500: What does ex post facto mean?
A law that takes effect retroactively (not allowed).
$500: In the Electoral College, what happens to a state’s electoral votes when a candidate wins the popular vote there?
The winner gets all the electoral votes.