8th Grade Constitution Test
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| where was a convention held? | show 🗑
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| show | 1787
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| show | George Washington
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| why are the powers of government separated into three branches of government? | show 🗑
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| show | executive, legislative, judicial
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| show | powers each branch has over other branches to protect against abuses of power. Designed to balance the powers of government
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| show | a system dividing powers between a central authority and smaller state and local governments
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| who is known as the father of the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| what part of the Constitution list the six goals for purposes of the Constitution? List the six. | show 🗑
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| show | preamble, we the people
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| who has the power to make laws? | show 🗑
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| show | House of Representatives, Senate
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| who presides over the Senate? | show 🗑
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| show | Senate
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| show | House of Representatives
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| who has the power to raise or lower taxes? | show 🗑
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| show | Congress
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| show | the executive branch, the president
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| show | Pres.
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| show | VP
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| who is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces? | show 🗑
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| show | the president
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| show | Supreme Court
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| show | Supreme Court
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| how are new states added to the union? | show 🗑
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| show | Bill of Rights, 1791
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| show | the president
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| how many amendments have there been to the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | Congress
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| show | 9/13
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| who has the power to make treaties and appointments? | show 🗑
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| show | cabinet
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| show | Constitution
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| who has the power to coin money, borrow money, and regulate the Postal Service? | show 🗑
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| show | the president
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| show | seven
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| which branch of government interprets or judges the laws? | show 🗑
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| list two ways amendments to the Constitution can be proposed | show 🗑
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| show | two, none
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| show | for the sole and express purpose to revising the articles of Confederation
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| show | speaker of the house
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| how many members must be present in the House of Representatives or Senate to hold a vote? | show 🗑
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| show | house of Representatives
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| how can Congress override a presidential veto? | show 🗑
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| show | president appoints and Congress approves
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| show | speaker of the house
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| show | interpret laws and uphold the Constitution
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| show | Bill of Rights
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| How do citizens know what goes on each day in Congress? | show 🗑
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| how does somebody get to be on the president's cabinet? | show 🗑
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| show | Congress
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| show | VP
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| show | 1. Secretary of State
2. Defense
3. Education
4. Treasury
5. Atty. Gen.
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| show | appoints judges
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| name two ways the legislative branch checks the executive branch | show 🗑
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| show | passed both houses of Congress by majority vote, then signed by Pres.
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| list 18 powers reserved to Congress | show 🗑
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| show | A bicameral, to house, legislature with one house based on population and one house based on equal representation
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| what is a quorum? | show 🗑
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| what do patents and copyrights protect? | show 🗑
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| show | Congress can stretch its powers as the needs of the country change. Necessary laws. Clause 18.
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| show | electoral college
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| how long a term of office to Justices serve on the Supreme Court? | show 🗑
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| show | appointed by the president, approved by Senate
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| show | a simple majority, five out of the nine justices
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| show | death, impeach and remove, or resign
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| show | three fourths of the state legislatures or three fourths a special state conventions
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| show | a report or speech given by the president to Congress and the public concerning the status of the nation and suggestions for the up coming year
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| does state law or federal law have the final power? | show 🗑
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| show | Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison. To support the ratification of the Constitution
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| what is a veto? Who has the authority to veto a bill passed by Congress? | show 🗑
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| show | can declare laws unconstitutional
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| show | Pres. can veto bills or sign them into law
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| show | impeach and remove judges or approve judges appointed by the president
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| describe how a bill can become a law with a presidential veto | show 🗑
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| how long of a term does a member of the House of Representatives serve? | show 🗑
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| show | age 25, citizen for seven years, officially live in the state
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| how many representatives are there in the House of Representatives? | show 🗑
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| show | six years
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| show | age 30, citizen for nine years, officially live in the state
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| show | two from each state, 100 total senators
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| what is naturalization? Who determines what must be done in order to be naturalized? | show 🗑
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| what are the three requirements to be president? | show 🗑
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| show | 4 years
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| how many terms can president serve? when was this added to the Constitution? | show 🗑
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| show | 18 years old, amendment 26, 1971
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| when is election day? | show 🗑
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| what does the third amendment guarantee? | show 🗑
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| show | No one can be forced to say anything that would help convict him or herself of a crime. Rights of the accused.
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| show | Trial by jury in civil cases involving $20 or more
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| what amendment abolished slavery? When was it passed? | show 🗑
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| what amendment prohibits discrimination concerning the right to vote? When was it passed? | show 🗑
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| which amendment gave American women the right to vote? When was it passed? | show 🗑
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| what is prohibition? When was it repealed? How long did that. The prohibition last | show 🗑
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| which amendment gives a person the right to call reluctant witnesses and to question or cross-examine, witnesses who testified against them? | show 🗑
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| show | freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition
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| show | Second Amendment, right to bear arms
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| which amendment gives you the right to remain silent if questioned by authorities? | show 🗑
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| which amendment guarantees that a warrant is required to search your house or property if you don't give consent? | show 🗑
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| show | Being tried twice for the same crime. Fifth Amendment.
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| Which amendment gives citizens the right to a lawyer even if they can't afford one? | show 🗑
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| what is bail? | show 🗑
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| show | Eighth amendment, no cruel or unusual punishment
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| show | 10th amendments, rights reserved to the states
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| show | Ninth amendment, rights reserved to the people
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| show | Fourth amendment, right against unreasonable search and seizure
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| show | First Amendment
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| Which plan favored small states? | show 🗑
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| show | Virginia Plan
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| show | charge a person in jail with a particular crime or let the person go within 72 hours. Can be suspended in the cases of rebellion or invasion. Article 1 section 9, clause 2, Powers denied to Congress
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| show | a law that make something illegal that was not illegal at the time it was done. Article 1, section 9, clause 3, Powers denied to Congress
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| show | where a crime is defined as carrying on war against the US or helping enemies of the US
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| show | poll tax 1964
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| show | income tax 1913
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| show | pay a tax to register to vote. Illegal in 1964
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