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The three main parts of the Constitution are the Preamble, _____ (#) Articles and 27 _____________. 

What is 7; Amendments

100
To win the Presidency, a candidate need _____ of 538 Electoral College votes

What is 270?

100

The ability of the President to veto legislation is a check on which branch?

What is CONGRESS?
100
The right to BEAR ARMS

What is the 2nd AMENDMENT?

100

Which branch's membership is 100

The SENATE

100
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution are called 

The BILL of RIGHTS

200

The power of the national government to a) coin money, b) regulate commerce between the states, c) make alliances with foreign countries and d) settle disputes between states:

Which ONE of these was actually a power under BOTH the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution?

What is the power to MAKE ALLIANCES WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES

200

Which amendment formally establishes that the vice president becomes president if the presidency is vacant, and the Vice President can become the ACTING PRESIDENT if the president is temporarily or permanently disabled?  The 22nd or 25th Amendment?

The  25TH AMENDMENT

200
The ability to confirm judicial appointments is a check of __________ on the power of _____________

CONGRESS (the Senate) ;  the PRESIDENT

200
Ended slavery in the U.S.

13th AMENDMENT

200

Which branch of Congress's members must be US. citizens: House, Senate or Both

BOTH

200
Popular sovereignty is represented by this phrase in the Preamble of the Constitution

What is WE THE PEOPLE?

300

This document was written in 1787.

What is the CONSTITUTION

300

The president can keep secret from Congress the deployment of military troops for how long?

What is 48 HOURS

300
The President can check the power of the judicial branch by granting ____________ to those convicted of federal crimes.

What is PARDONS

300

Prohibits the use of torture or other cruel and unusual punishment; has been used as the basis for arguments to outlaw the death penalty

8TH AMENDMENT

300

Which branch of Congress can introduce tax bills, 

House, Senate or BOTH

HOUSE

300

In our system of federalism, the power of the issue (levy) taxes is a ______________ power

CONCURRENT

400

The primary way that the Constitution has been modified over time

What is CHANGING INTERPRETATIONS

400

The power of the Supreme Court to determine the whether a law or action of the President is constitutional is called 

What is JUDICIAL REVIEW?

400
If it hasn't declared war, CONGRESS has to authorize use of military force within how many days of their deployment?

What is 60 DAYS?

400

Limits a president to two terms

22ND AMENDMENT

400
Which branch of Congress is the MINIMUM age 30, 

the House, Senate or BOTH?

SENATE

400

If the President vetoes a bill on raising taxes on corporations, the President playing his or her role of Chief _______________.

What is LEGISLATOR

500

The 3 main COMPROMISES at the Constitutional Convention were the 1) 3/5 Compromise, 2) Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise and 3) Great Compromise to have a BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE (both a ____________ of Representatives and a _______________).

What is HOUSE; SENATE?

500

Which cases held that all people must be given an attorney if they cannot afford one

What is GIDEON V. WAINWRIGHT?

500

By controlling the appropriation of money, the HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES can deprive ________________ departments of funding

What is CABINET?

500
Regardless of whether an amendment to the Constitution is proposed by 2/3 of Congress in each House or by a national convention called by Congress, amendments must be ratified in the states by what fraction

3/4

500

California's senators are ____________ and ___________

Kamala Harris; Dianne Feinstein

500

A large number of the DELEGATED POWERS of the federal government are found in which article and section of the Constitution? 

ARTICLE _____, Section _____

ARTICLE I, SECTION 8