American Government Constitution Test Study Guide
Prepare for your American Government Constitution test with this study guide flashcards quiz. Explore key concepts including the components of the Constitution, the purpose of the preamble, and the significance of popular sovereignty. Boost your understanding of this foundational document.
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- Question 1
- Preamble, Articles, and the Amendment
- Question 2
- Lists the nation's six goals
- Question 3
- Because it can be amended
- Question 4
- The idea that the power of government is in the hands/control of the people
- Question 5
- The Constitution created a strong national government; the Articles have strong state governments
- Question 6
- 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.
- Question 7
- Executive branch can veto bills passed by the legislature and can call Congress into session. Executive branch appoints the justices on the Supreme Court.
- Question 8
- 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.
- Question 9
- Supreme Court can declare presidential actions or laws unconstitutional.
- Question 10
- Resolved the conflict between big and small states at the Constitutional Convention. It created a bicameral legislature wherein representation in one house was based on population and where all states had equal representation in the other.
- Question 11
- Declaring war, drafting and passing laws
- Question 12
- A legislative body with 2 houses which provide checks and balances on policymaking
- Question 13
- 2 years
- Question 14
- Allows Congress to make laws which are 'necessary and proper' to carry out its expressed powers.
- Question 15
- House of Representatives brings the charges and the Senate holds the trial.
- Question 16
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- Question 17
- Have to be a resident of the state from which he or she is elected
- Question 18
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- Question 19
- Where differences between House and Senate versions of a bill are resolved and a common bill is produced.
- Question 20
- Rules are more relaxed and less formal in the Senate. Filibusters can occur in the Senate because there is unlimited debate. In the House, there are rules for the time and number of debates.
- Question 21
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- Question 22
- House of Representatives
- Question 23
- Rules are more relaxed and less formal in the Senate. Filibusters can occur in the Senate because there is unlimited debate. In the House, there are rules for the time and number of debates.
- Question 24
- 35 years old, natural born citizen, 14 years a resident in the US
- Question 25
- Being a naturalized citizen, being un...