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Bill of Rights
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Question 1 - 10
• What are the two houses of Congress and how many representatives are in each?
Answer 1 – 10
• House of Representatives (435) and the Senate (100)
Question 1 - 20
• What is the minimum age for a Representative and a Senator?
Answer 1 – 20
• 30 for the Senate, 25 for the House
Question 1 - 30
• What is the job of the Legislative Branch?
Answer 1 – 30
• Make/Write Laws
Question 1 - 40
• List two powers of Congress
Answer 1 – 40 • Create rules on how to become a citizen • Collect taxes, pay debts, and borrow money • Regulate commerce (trade) between the states and with
other countries • Coin money and punish counterfeiters • Punish pirates • Establish post offices, protect patents and copyrights • Create lower federal courts
• Declare war, raise and support an Army and Navy • Make any other laws that are “necessary and proper” to carry
our the powers in this list
Question 1 - 50
• The legislative branch checks over the ____________ branch by…?
Answer 1 – 50
Executive:•Override presidential veto's•Impeach or convict the president
Judicial:•Confirm or refuse Justices•Impeach or convict Justices
Question 2 - 10
• What are the names of the President and Vice President?
Answer 2 – 10
• Barack Obama and Joe Biden
Question 2 - 20
• What is the job of the executive branch?
Answer 2 – 20
• Execute/enforce laws
Question 2 - 30
• What is the presidential “cabinet” and how many departments are there?
Answer 2 – 30
• Advise and lead different departments of the executive branch, 15 departments
Question 2 - 40
• List two powers of the president
Answer 2 – 40 • Power to carry out the laws • Must live by the Constitution • Commander in Chief of the military • Ask his advisors, who lead parts of the government, for their opinion
on different issues • Can pardon someone for a crime, which gets them out of jail or stops
the death penalty • Can make treaties with other countries (with Senate approval) • Can choose new Supreme Court justices (with Senate approval) • Make recommendations to Congress about what bills to work on • Update Congress on how things are going in the country • Sign (approve) or veto a bill from Congress
Question 2 - 50
• The executive branch checks over the ________________ branch by…?
Answer 2 – 50
Legislative: •Proposing legislation•Preparing an annual budget for Congress to Approve•Call a special session of Congress•Veto a billJudicial:•Appoint a Supreme Court Justice
Question 3 - 10
• How many Supreme Court justices are there? And what is the requirement to become a Supreme Court Justice?
Answer 3 – 10
• 9, No formal requirement
Question 3 - 20
• Which Court system was created by the Constitution and deals with disputes about laws that apply to the United States?
Answer 3 – 20
• Federal Court System
Question 3 - 30
• What is the job of the judicial branch?
Answer 3 – 30
• Interpret/judge if laws are constitutional
Question 3 - 40
• What does the term “judicial review” mean?
Answer 3 – 40
• The courts/judicial branch have the power to say whether a law is constitutional or not
Question 3 - 50
• The judicial branch checks over the _________________ branch by…..?
Answer 3 – 50
Legislative Branch:•Declare laws/acts of congress unconstitutional
Executive Branch•Declare executive actions/orders to be unconstitutional
Question 4 - 10
• Freedom of religion, speech, press and assembly
Answer 4 – 10
• 1st Amendment
Question 4 - 20
• Right to bear arms
Answer 4 – 20
• 2nd Amendment
Question 4 - 30
• Prohibits unreasonable search and seizure
Answer 4 – 30
• 4th Amendment
Question 4 - 40
• Right to a trial by jury of peers, cannot be retried for the same offense once acquitted, protects witnesses from incriminating themselves, and prevents individuals from being deprived of due process.
Answer 4 – 40
• 5th Amendment
Question 4 - 50
• Right to a speedy trial with an impartial jury and counsel (lawyer)
Answer 4 – 50
• 6th Amendment
Question 5 - 10
• This amendment abolished slavery
Answer 5 – 10
• 13th Amendment
Question 5 - 20
• Gave any U.S. citizen over the age of 18 the right to vote
Answer 5 – 20
• 26th Amendment
Question 5 - 30
• Gave all males the right to vote despite “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.”
Answer 5 – 30
• 15th Amendment
Question 5 - 40
• Gave women the right to vote
Answer 5 – 40
• 19th Amendment
Question 5 - 50
• Granted citizenship to all “persons born or naturalized in the United States.”
Answer 5 – 50
• 14th Amendment