7th Social Studies US CONSTITUTION Study Guide 20 17 Part 1 (# your notecards)

1)  A bill must first pass through the 2 houses of ___?
2)  It is then sent to the ____.
3)  How long is the President’s term?
4)  How many terms (maximum) may the President serve? Which amendment limits the number of terms?
5)  How many amendments to the Constitution are there?
6)  How many members in House of Representatives?
7)  Each state must get at least ___ Representatives
8)  How many members in the Senate?
9)  How many Senators from each state?
10)  Name the 2 Senators from Illinois.
11)  Name the 3 branches of government (spelling counts!).
12)  What are the qualifications for President of the US?
13)  What do the stars of the flag stand for?
14) What do the stripes of the flag stand for?
15)  Which amendments are called the Bill of Rights?
16) Who has veto power?
17)  Who is President of the US?
18) Who is vice-president?
19) Who was President of the Constitutional convention?
20) How many Justices in Supreme Court?
21)  President is head of which Branch?
CHOICES for 22-29
Attorney General
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of State
Secretary of Treasury
22)  Who establishes US Energy policy?
23)  Who is Chief Legal Officer?
24) Who is responsible for carrying out war?
25)  Who is responsible for Foreign Affairs?
26) Who is responsible for settling a strike?
27)  Who is responsible for the Farm Program?
28) Who is responsible for the Secret Service?
29) Who is responsible of Social Security?
CHOICES FOR 30-72: TRUE or FALSE
30)  An ex post facto law is a law that makes an act illegal after the act has been committed.
31)  Both state and federal governments can establish courts.
32)  Capital of the US is Washington, DC
33)  Coining and printing money are the responsibility of the Treasury Department.
34) Congress cannot tax goods being exported from a state, even if the goods are going to a foreign country.
35)  Constitutional Convention was held in Philadelphia in 1776.
36) Daily record of Congressional proceedings is called The Congressional Record.
37)  Declaration of Independence was written in Washington, DC
38) George Washington was 1st president.
39) No President has even been impeached.
40) Patrick Henry said, “Give me liberty, or give me death.”
41) Term limitation refers to the idea that political leaders can run for office as many times as they want.
42) The Balanced Budget Amendment was passed in 1995.
43) The Constitution must be amended to provide for prayer in public schools.
44) US Supreme Court judges are appointed by Congress?
45) US Senators must be men.
46) US Senators may be re-elected an unlimited number of terms.
47) US Representatives receive larger salaries than US Senators.
48) US Representatives have nothing to do with impeachment.
49) US Flag should be in the rear of a procession and centered?
50)  Under certain conditions, the House of Representatives selects the President of the US.
51)  There are times when members of Congress cannot be arrested.
52)  There are 10 Federal Cabinet positions.
53)  The original Constitution outlawed slavery.
54) States can not make treaties.
55)  President can call both houses of Congress into special session.
56) Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson looked after the interest of the common man at the Constitutional Convention.
57)  Only federal officials can have titles of nobility.
58) Nixon was the only President to resign?
59) Judicial Branch has no check on the other branches?
60) Jefferson supported the idea of a Bill of Rights.
61) Executive Branch enforces our nations laws?
62) Each state must treat the citizens of their states the same way it treats its own citizens.
63) Declaration of Independence was signed in 1987?
64) Declaration of Independence came before the Constitution?
65) Congress meets in the Capital Building in Washington, DC
66) Congress can veto laws.
67) Building in which the constitutional Convention met is now called Independence Hall.
68) Boston Tea Party was held by the British to make friends with the colonists.
69) Bill of Rights does not give a person the right to criticize a governmental official.
70)  After 10 days, a bill passed by Congress automatically becomes a law if the President doesn’t act, and Congress is still in session.
71)  16th Amendment changed the way we select a senator.
72)  ¾ vote is necessary for Congress to pass a law over the President’s veto.

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