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Branches of Government
Changing the Constitution
Sovereignty of the States
Our Form of Government
Powers of the Federal Government
100
The branches of our government
What are the Legislative Branch, The Exectutive Branch, and The Judicial Branch?
100
When dealing with the Constitution, a change or alteration.
What is an amendment?
100
This amendment deals with the sovereignty of the States.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
100
Government system in which citizens vote directly on issues.
What is Democracy?
100
It may raise and support armies.
What is the Federal Government?
200
The two bodies of national legislation.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
200
There are two different ways.
How many different ways to amend the Constitution are there?
200
Freedom from external control.
What is sovereignty?
200
Government system in which citizens elect representatives to vote on issues.
What is a Republic?
200
Both can impose sales and income taxes.
What are the sate and federal legislatures.
300
The branch headed by the President and the Vice President
What is the Executive Branch?
300
There are twenty-seven of them now. The twenty-seventh involves Congressmen salary changes.
How many amendments does the Constituion have?
300
A "shield" to protect the States against unlimited Federal power.
What is the Constitution?
300
Those who ultimately hold the power in a republican government.
Who are the citizens?
300
These where used to help fix the Constitution.
What are amendments?
400
The body of government that has the power to try all cases of impeachment.
What is The Senate?
400
The final step of the amendment process. Requires a 3/4 majority to pass.
What is ratification?
400
The article that declares the Constitution to be "the supreme law of the land."
What is Article VI?
400
Is voting a duty or a right?
Both.
400
What can mint money in the US?
The feds.
500
The four years that the canidate for President that had the popular vote lost in the electoral college.
What is 1824, 1876, 1888, and 2000?
500
There are six. The most recent dealed with Washington D.C. having representatives. However it failed to ever recieve a 3/4 vote.
How many amendments have been proposed but never ratified?
500
The last state to ratify the Constitution?
What is Rhode Island?
500
The original republic.
What is Rome?
500
Who regulates intrastate commerse?
The States.