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Civics - Quiz #2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Separation of powers into three branches of goverment was intended to precent? | Tyranny |
| How many does the house of representatives have? And how many Senators are there? | 435 Reps in the House and 100 Senators for a total of 535 |
| What is are current Speaker of the House? | Mike Johnson |
| Due to the population ilinois currenty has how many members in the House of Reps | 17 Members |
| What is the purpose of the Preamble | It startes the 6 reasons for writing the constitution |
| The Order of the branches listed in the in the U.S. goverment | Legislative, Executive, Juditial |
| Arrange the founding documents in ordre they are written. (Oldest to the newest) | The decleration of Independance, Articels of Confederations, then the U.S Constitution |
| Enumerated/Exspressed | Necessary and Properable cause |
| Implied Powers | Make and other law needed to carry out the enumerated powers. |
| Concurrent Powers | Powers that are shared by both the federal and state goverment, they have power to tax, esablish Courts, and make/enforce laws |
| Impeachment | The Formal process when the house acusses a cival officer |
| Requirements for the US repressenatatives | 1) be at lest 25 - 2) Must be a US citizen for at least 7 years - 3) must live in the town you represent |
| Requirments for US Senators | 1) Must be at least 30 years old - 2) must be a citizen for 9 years - 3) must live in the state you represent |
| Term for a US Representatives versus the US senator | Sentate - 6 years Represenatives - 2 years |
| The five types of comities | Standing committee, Select Commitee, Subcomittee, Joint commitee, Conferance Commitee, House of rules Commitee. |
| Federal powers | Declaring war, regulating commerce, coining money, treaty making and establishing post officer |
| State powers | Conducting Elections, Issuing licences, Health and saftey for the local govermant and regulating intrastate commerce |