Article 1-Legislative Branch
What is the age requirement and term length for both houses of congress.
House of Rep- 25/2
Senate- 30/6
What are the three requirements to be the President and how long is his/her term?
What is 35 years old, natural born citizen, and must have resided in the United States for 14 years. The term is four years.
The term for a Supreme Court Justice is ________.
What is life
Section 1 states that the states must give ____ _____ and _______ to the acts of other states.
Hint: Clause
What is full faith , credit
In the 1950s Parker Brothers took a French game called "Conquest of the World" & turned it into this
What is Risk?
List 3 powers given to Congress
-declare war, make peace, make
treaties, naturalization and
citizenship, immigration, printing
currency, regulate interstate
commerce
According to section one, who elects the President? A. people B. the Electoral College C. majority rules D. Congress
What is B. The Electoral College-12th Amendment changed the way the E.C. operates. The Electoral College is made up of each states representatives and each states two Senators.
This is the only law defined in the constitution
What is treason
Section 2 says that if a person commits a crime in one state and escapes to another, they must be ___________ back to the state in which they committed the crime.
What is extradited
In 1271 he left Venice for the Far East with his father & uncle; 24 years later, he finally made it back home
Who is Marco Polo
Who approves all presidential appointments?
Senate
What are the 3 powers of the President, according to section 2? There are 5.
What is 1. Commander and Chief of the armed forces 2. Power to oversee the Executive Department 3. Power to grant pardons, except in cases of impeachment. 4. Power to make treaties with foreign governments with 2/3 Senate approval. 5. Power to nominate ambassadors, Supreme Court Justices and heads of the Executive Departments.
The supreme court's check on the legislative branch.
What is Judicial Review/ The ability to say a law is unconstitutional
In section 3, who has the power to admit new states? A. President B. Congress C. Supreme Court D. none of the above
What is Congress
In 73 B.C. this Thracian gladiator began a 2-year slave revolt against Roman rule
Who is Spartacus?
what is necessary and proper clause/ elastic clause
What are the four amendments that affected the Presidency of the U.S.
12, 20, 22, and 25
This person appoints all federal judges
who is the president
In Article 5, to propose an amendment you need ____vote by both Houses of Congress or state legislatures. And to ratify you need ______ vote of the state legislatures, or a special convention in ______ of the states. ___________ chooses which method of ratification is used.
What is 2/3, 3/4, 3/4, Congress
After he became Aussie P.M. in 2007, Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology to this group for the policies of past governments
Who are the Aboriginals?
Who appointed state senators prior to the 17th amendment?
Each state's legislature
How many electoral votes are needed for a candidate to win the presidency?
270!
In article III of the constitution, who is given the power to create the lower federal courts?
Congress
There are two ways to ratify an amendment to the constitution. During the ratification of the _________amendment, state conventions were held to ratify. This is the only time in history this ratification process was ever used.
What is 21st amendment.
This Spanish conquistador credited God & horses for his conquest of the Aztecs
Who is Hernan Cortez