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American Government Constitution TestStudy Guide Exam Q’s and A’s
What are the three components of the US Constitution? - -Preamble, Articles,
and the Amendment
-What is the purpose of the preamble? - -Lists the nation's six goals
-Why is the Constitution considered a "living" document? - -Because it can
be amended
-What is popular sovereignty? - -The idea that the power of government is
in the hands/control of the people
-What are the key differences in the way power is distributed in the Articles
of Confederation and the Constitution of 1787? - -The Constitution created a
strong national government; the Articles have strong state governments
-Define Checks and Balances - -The system in which each branch of
government can monitor and control the other 2 so that no one branch gets
too powerful or oppressive.
-List the ways in which the executive branch can check the power of the
legislative and judicial branches. - -Executive branch can veto bills passed
by the legislature and can call congress into session
Executive branch appoints the justices on the Supreme Court
-List the way the legislative branch can check the judicial and executive
branches. - -Legislative branch can impeach the president, can refuse to
confirm presidential appointments or treaties, and can override a
presidential veto
Legislative branch can impeach a Supreme Court justice and can propose
constitutional amendments to get around an unfavorable Supreme Court
decision.
-List the ways the judicial branch can check the executive and legislative
branches. - -Supreme Court can declare presidential actions or laws
unconstitutional. (The power of judicial review is NOT specifically mentioned
in the Constitution)
-What was the Great Compromise? (what were its elements) - -Resolved the
conflict between big and small states at the Constitutional Convention. It
, created a bicameral (two house) legislature wherein representation in one
house was based on population and where all the states had equal
representation in the other.
-What are the functions of the legislative branch? - -Declaring war, drafting
and passing laws
-What is bicameralism? - -A legislative body with 2 houses which provide
checks and balances on policymaking
-What is the term of office for a member of the House of Representatives? -
-2 years
-What is the elastic clause? - -Allows Congress to make laws which are
"necessary and proper" to carry out its expressed powers.
-What is the process for impeachment of a governmental official? - -House
of Representatives brings the charges and the Senate holds the trial.
-what is the minimum age to be elected a United States Senator? - -30
-What is a similar requirement for the service in both the House and the
Senate? - -Have to be a resident of the state from which he or she is elected
-What are the steps in which a bill becomes a law? - --
-What is a conference committee and what happens there? - -Where
differences between house and senate versions of a bill are resolves and a
common bill is produced.
-How do the procedures for debate differ in the House of Representatives
and the Senate? - -Rules are more relaxed and less formal in the Senate.
Filibusters can occur in the Senate because there is unlimited debate in the
Senate. In the House there are rules for the time and number of debates.
-What is the minimum age to be elected a member of the House of
Representatives? - -25
-In which house of Congress must bills of revenue start? - -House of
Representatives
-How is debate different in the United States House of Representatives as
compared to the US Senate - -Rules are more relaxed and less formal in the
Senate. Filibusters can occur in the Senate because there is unlimited debate
in the Senate. In the House there are rules for the time and number of
debates. (See #20)
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