Constitution Review
The number of representatives a state is entitled to in the House is determined by?
What is its population
To remove a government official from office for serious misbehavior is known as
What is Impeachment
The President is officially elected by
What is the Electoral College
The President's advisers are called
What is the Cabinet
The capital of Illinois is?
What is Springfield
The Legislative (law-making) branch of our government is called
What is Congress
According to the Constitution, a Senator must be at least what age?
What is thirty (30) years old
War may be declared only by the
What is Congress
Powers not given to the United States by the Constitution and not forbidden are reserved to
What is the states and the people
The Illinois Legislative branch is called?
What is the General Assembly
The Population of a state is determined by a census which is held when
What is ten (10) years
The presiding officer of the House of representatives is who?
What is the Speaker of the House
Questions about interpreting the Constitution are settled by
What is the Supreme Court
The Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy is
What is the President
The IL state executive who presides over the state senate and succeeds to the governor's position should it be vacated is
What is the Lieutenant Governor
Before a person is tried for a major crime, he must be indicted by
What is a Grand Jury
The concept of "double jeopardy" says
What is you can't be tried twice for the same crime
The Bill of Rights is
What is the first ten Amendments
The President shows his disapproval of a bill by
What is Vetoing it
The Governor of the state of Illinois is
What is J.B. Pritzker
The number of Senators would change for a state if
What is a New State added to Union
"Prohibition" is the term for
What is forbidding the sale manufacture of liquor
An amendment becomes part of the Constitution when it is ratified by
What is three-fourths of the state legislature
In the United States, presidential elections always occur in what month?
What is November
In the United States, the age at which one can legally vote is
What is Eighteen (18)