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History 12 test prep
test prep
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Qualifications for senator | 30yrs age 9 yrs citizen resident of elected state |
| qualifications for president | 35 yrs age 14 yrs resident native borne |
| qualifications for reps | 25 yrs age citizen for 7yrs resident of intended state |
| senators and house is in what branch | legislative branch |
| who can propose a bill to congress | both senate and house |
| 13th amendment | slavory is no longer allowed in US 1865 |
| length of terms for president | 4yr terms |
| length of terms for senate | 6 yr terms |
| length of terms for house | 2 yr terms |
| main idea of preamble | introduces the constitution |
| how membership of house is determined | apportioned |
| how many senators per state? | 2 per state |
| 3 branches of gov | legislative, executive, Judicil |
| who has the right to impeach | house of reps |
| who has authority to try for impeachment trials | senate |
| when president refuses to sign a bill | veto |
| what is congresses job | propose laws, declare war... |
| alternate term for implied powers | elastic clause |
| who is in the executive branch | president, VP, cabinet |
| who elects the president | electors |
| who takes over after VP | speaker of the house |
| Legislative branch is which article | article one |
| executive branch is which article | article two |
| Judicial branch is which article | article three |
| how many supreme court justices are there? | 9 SCJ |
| how long does the supreme court justices serve? | for life |
| to grant a new state to the union must have? | 2/3 of state legislatures |
| Amendment 1 | freedom of speech, religion, assembly, peticion, press |
| what year did the constitution become law of the land | 1788 |
| who procides over the house | speaker of the house |
| who procides over the senate if VP is not there | president protempor |
| if bill passed twice goes to ? | confrence committe |
| what does the title chief mean for the president | commander in chief of the military |
| what power does the president not have | declare war, illigalize elections.. |
| what is the embassador if in a court case? | origonal jurisdiction |
| why is the constitution still used today? | elaborate |
| Am 8 | cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bail |
| Am 2 | right to bear arms |
| Am 3 | no quartering of soldiers |
| Am 4 | limits searches and sizures |
| Am 5 | right to due process, duble jepordy, self inrimination |
| Am 6 | fair trial by jury |
| Am 7 | trial by jury for $20 |
| Am 9 | citizens right not listed in constitution |
| Am 10 | state right reserved for the public |
| Am 26 | legal voting age to 18 (1971) |
| Am 19 | women get right to vote (1920) |
| Am 16 | graduated income tax (1913) |
| Am 18 | Prohibition (1919) |
| Am 20 | president takes office in Jan, congress starts new session on Jan 3rd, (lame duck) 1933 |
| Am 21 | cancells 18th Am (1933) |
| Am 22 | president can only serve 2 full terms (1951) |
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