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What is the first step of a bill becoming a law?
A bill begins as an idea that someone submits to a congressperson or that a congressperson comes up with.
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The president is the head of the military, but his more official title is ___________________.
Commander-in-Chief
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How many amendments are in the bill or rights?
Ten
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Congress is a part of which branch of government?
The legislative branch
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What makes up the judicial branch of government?
The Supreme Court and all of the lower courts
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What happens to a bill before it can be voted on by a full House of Representatives?
It must be presented in committee and pass with a majority of votes?
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In order for a bill to become a law, the president must do what?
The president must sign a bill into law.
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What is the Preamble?
The introduction to the constitution
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What are the two chambers of congress?
The House of Representatives and the Senate.
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How many Supreme Court justices are there?. Why?
9. So there are no ties.
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What happens to most bills?
They die in committee.
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What is it called when the president rejects a bill?
Veto
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What is the 4th amendment?
Police need a warrant and probable cause in order to search or seize one's possession.
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How many members are there in the House of Representatives? What determines how many Representatives there are per state?
435. Population.
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What do you call it when one branch of the government overrules another branch? For example, when the president vetoes a piece of legislation.
Checks and Balances
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What happens once a bill is passed in the House of Representatives?
It goes to the Senate for a vote on the full floor.
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Must answer both questions: How many total years is a president allowed to serve? Why did the framers of the constitution limit how long the president could serve?
Two terms of four years each, so eight years total. They limited the terms of the president to avoid another dictator like King George III.
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Which amendment guarantees the right to a speedy trial and a jury of one's peers?
The 6th amendment
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How many years can you serve in the House of Representatives? How many years in the Senate?
2 and 6.
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What are the first three words of the constitution?
"We the people"
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True or False: The House of Representatives and the Senate must pass the exact same version of a bill in order for it to go on for approval to become a law.
True. If the House of Representatives changes a bill that was already passed in the Senate, the new version of the bill must return to the House for a new vote.
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True or False: A president's veto is final.
False: The bill can return to congress and be made into law with a two-thirds majority of the vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate.
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How many amendments are there currently?
33 amendments have been approved by Congress, but only 27 have been ratified/approved by 3/4 of the states.
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What is the age requirement to be a Senator? What is the age requirement to be a Representative?
30 and 25.
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What document came before the US constitution when the United States first began?
The Articles of Confederation