Civics 1
What came first The declaration of Independence or The Constitution?
The Declaration of Independence
The political symbol for the republican party.
What is a elephant?
How many supreme court judges are there?
9
What is the limit to freedom of speech?
What is cannot cause immediate danger to others or threaten someone?
List 3 powers that Congress has.
make laws, collect taxes, coin or print money, declare war, approve presidential appointments
Who in our Government Appoints justices to the Supreme Court?
Who is the President?
What is Popular sovereignty defined as?
The principle that the authority of a government is derived from the consent of the people, meaning they are the ultimate source of power and legitimacy -
We The People
What is the document that declared American Independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Branch of government that interprets and applies the laws.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The President has the primary power to enforce the Constitution of the United States. What is this power called?
What is "Executive Powers"?
How many Supreme Court justices are there?
What is 9?
The president initiates a treaty but who has to approve it?
What is the Senate or congress?
Which amendment defines "unreasonable search and seizure"
4th
Which amendment grants women the right to vote?
19th
How long is a Presidential Term?
What is Due Process?
Right to fair trials, jury, innocent until proven guilty etc...
This Branch of Government Creates the Laws...
What is the Legislative Branch?
Which amendment makes slavery illegal?
13th
Name the two Houses of Congress
What are the Senate, and House of Representatives?
What are the 7 principals of the US Constitution?
Popular sovereignty, individual rights, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances and Federalism
How do you amend the US Constitution?
A 2/3 Vote within Both houses of Congress?
How does a bill become a law?
Signed by both Houses of Congress by no less than 2/3rds then accepted by the President?
How is a president or supreme court justice removed from office?
Impeached in house, trial in senate
True or False: Both the House of Representatives and Senators have to be voted in by people from their state.
True
When and where was the constitution written?
1787 at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia