What is the name of the introduction of the Constitution?
What is the preamble
100
Which branch did the framers see as the central branch of government? Why?
What is Congress; because it represents the people most directly.
100
It takes a two-thirds vote of which house of Congress to convict an impeached person?
What is the Senate.
100
Which terms means to declare null and void; to set aside?
What is override
100
What is the term for a draft of a proposed law?
What is a bill
200
What is the term for the power of the president to reject a bill passed by the Congress and prevents it from becoming a law?
What is veto
200
Where can a bill be introduced and considered for approval?
What is the House of Representatives or the Senate
200
What is the term for independence; a nation that governs itself independently of foreign powers?
What is sovereign
200
The Constitution is divided and subdivided into different sections. In the sequence 1.8.18, which part of the Constitution does each number refer to?
What is 1 refers to the Article, 8 refers to the Section, and 18 refers to the Clause.
200
As a result of the Seventeenth Amendment, members of which house of Congress are no longer chosen by state legislatures?
What are Senators.
300
The list below comes from which part of the Constitution?
• to improve the structure of the government,
• to create justice and peace within the nation,
• to keep citizens and their descendants free.
What is the preamble
300
Which section of Article One tells what powers the federal government does not have? What do clauses 2 and 3 say the government cannot take away from citizens?
What is section 9; and the right to a fair trial.
300
1.8 lists "specific" powers of Congress. What is the term for these "specific" powers?
What is enumerated powers
300
Article One, section 10 explains which powers are denied to what level of government?
What are the states.
300
What is the term for the judicial procedure whereby a government official is accused of wrongdoing and brought to trial before a legislative body?
What is impeachment
400
Define the vocabulary word imply.
What is to suggest (something) without saying or showing it plainly
400
Article 1, section 7 explains that all bills for raising money—such as taxes—must begin in which house of Congress?
Why?
What is the House of Representatives; because it is most directly responsive to the people, and members could be replaced every two years.
400
Define the vocabulary word coup.
What is a sudden overthrow of a government by a small group in positions of authority, often military leaders.
400
Clauses 11–16 in section 8 make sure that the civilians control what? What is this designed to prevent?
What is the military; a coup.
400
According 1.8.18, what can Congress expand when it is "necessary and proper"? Because of this, what is the name given to 1.8.18?
What is Congress can expand its power; the "elastic clause"
500
What are three examples of the enumerated powers granted to Congress?
What are the power to tax, power to borrow money, and power to set up courts.
500
From 1.10, what are two powers that the Constitution specifically denies the states?
What are the states cannot make treaties with foreign countries, and the states cannot declare war.
500
Define implied powers
What are powers not specifically stated in the Constitution
500
How many years do members of the House and the Senate serve?
What is members of the House of Representatives serve for (2) two years, and members of the Senate serve for (6) six years.
500
What is the significance of the phrase, "We the people of the United States do ordain and establish this Constitution"?
What is it shows that the people of the U.S. were given the power to make, or not make the new government. The people chose to agree to accept the Constitution.