Constitution

Elected Officials

100

What are the two houses in Congress?

The House of Representatives and the Senate

200

What is the minimum age to run for President or Vice President?

35

300

How many Representatives are in the House?

435, 680, 2, or 13

435

400

How many Senators are there?

0, 300000000, 52, or 100?

100

500

Every ____ years we vote on a new Senate member?

A) What is the Senate?!

B) 2 years

C) 4 years

D) 6 years

D) 6 years

Branches of Gov

100

What are the three branches of government?

Legislative, Judicial, and Executive

200

What does the Legislative Branch do?

Makes the laws

300

What does the Judicial Branch do?

Makes sure the laws are constitutional. 

400

What does the Executive Branch do? 

Enforces the laws.

500

What is it called when Congress adjourns within ten days and the president does not sign or veto? 

A) Lame Duck

B) Lamer Duck

C) Pocket Veto

D) Dress Veto

C) Pocket Veto

Constitution

100

What comes First?

A) Preamble

B) Article I

C) The chicken or the egg

A) the Preamble

200

What article created the Judicial Branch?

A) The Preamble

B) Article 3

C) Article 53

B) Article 3

300

What article talks about Amending the Constitution? 

A) 3

B) 6

C) 5

C) 5

400

What article talks about the relationships between the states?

A) 1

B) 4

C) 6

B) 4

500

What article talks about ratifying the constitution?

A) The Preamble

B) 3

C) 6

C) 6

Amendments

100

What is the 1st Amendment?

A)Right to Bear Arms

B) Suits against States

C) Freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion and petition

C) Freedom of speech, press, assembly, religion and petition

200

What is the 2nd Amendment?

A) Right to Bear Arms

B) The Right to Disneyland

C) Black Suffrage

A) Right to Bear Arms

300

What is the 13th Amendment? 

A) Rights of the States

B) Lame Duck Period

C) Abolition of Slavery

C) Abolition of Slavery

400

This Amendment gives 18 year olds the right to vote:

A) 26

B) 188888

C) 32

D) That never happened

A) 26

500

What Amendment decided the presidential term of office for one president?

A) 2

B) 5

C) 6

D) 22

D) 22

Terms

100

What was the the plan that proposed the number of representatives per state be based on population number?

A) Virginia Plan

B) New Jersey Plan

C) Founding Farter Plan

A) Virginia Plan

200

What is the separation of powers?

The three branches separate themselves. 

300

The _________ established the Legislative Body based on population size. 

A) Missouri Compromise

B) Donald Duck Compromise

C) The Great Compromise

C) The Great Compromise

400

What did Congress establish?

A) Nothing

B) The right to vote

C) The Post Office

D) A movie theatre

C) The Post Office

500

What is Habeas Corpus?

A) The right to be seen and heard in a courtroom by a judge.

B) The right to own tracks of land 

C) The rights of dead people

A) The right to be seen and heard in a courtroom by a judge.