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Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the capitol of America? | Washington D.C. |
| Who was Washington D.C. named after? | George Washington and Christopher Columbus |
| It is America's _____ planned city. | First |
| It was designed by who? | Pierre L. Enfant |
| Which two cities were also capitol? | New York and Philadelphia |
| What year did Washington D.C. become the official capitol? | 1800 |
| What is our motto? | "In God We Trust." |
| What is our largest state? | Alaska |
| What is our smallest state? | Rhode Island |
| What is our national bird? | Bald Eagle |
| What is the national flower? | Rose |
| What is the national anthem? | The Star Spangled Banner |
| When is our national day of Independence? | July 4, 1776 |
| What were the Articles of Confederation? | The first constitution of the U.S |
| When where and when were the A.O.C submitted? | The 2nd Continental Congress on July 2, 1776 |
| Over ___ years ago our Founding Fathers wrote the ____. | 200/Constitution |
| What is the Constitution? | A basic design for how our government should work |
| The Constitution divides our government into___ branches. | 3 |
| The three branches of government are _____,____, and_____. | Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
| Article 1 of the Constitution does what? | Defines legislative branch and vests power to legislate in the U.S Congress. |
| Article 2 of the Constitution does what? | Defines executive powers of the President |
| Article 3 does what? | Places Judicial power into the hands of one Supreme Court and inferior courts as sees necessary to establish separation of powers. |
| What is the most distinctive feature of the U.S government? | Each branch operates independently of the others, each has its own responsibilities, and at the same time they work together to make the country run smoothly. |
| To keep any one branch from gaining too much power the Framers established a system of what? | Checks and Balances |
| The what and what must pass a what for it to become a law? | House and Senate/ bill |
| The President can check congress by ___ a bill | Vetoing |
| Congress can check the President by? | Overriding the veto |
| To overwrite a veto how much of the members from what must vote for the bill? | two-thirds/ both houses of congress |
| The president appoints who and who must agree with those apointments? | Supreme Court Justices/the Senate |
| Congress can also impeach who? | The president. and Federal court judges and justices |
| The Supreme Court can declare a law enacted by Congress or an action by the President_____. | Unconstitutional |
| Article 4 does what? | Describes the relation between the states to one another and and relation between the states and Federal Government. |
| Article 5 does what? | Describes how amendments are proposed and approved |
| How are amendments proposed? | By 2/3 of each house of congress or 2/3 of the states |
| How are amendments added? | By 3/4 of the state legislatures or 3/4 of state representatives in a national convention |
| Article 6 does what? | It contains the Supremacy clause which states the U.S constitution is the highest law in the land. All laws passed by the states, towns, and the cities must agree with it. |
| Article 7 does what? | It declares how 9 out of 13 states were sufficient to establish the Constitution and end government under the Articles of Confederation. |
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