Constitution Test Study Guide
********* This is what will be on the Constitution Exam***********
Three Branches of Government - Legislative, Executive, Judicial
How is power divided between the branches?
Legislative: Congress….1) Senate 2) House of Representatives
Qualifications to be a Senator, Representative, President
Terms of Office: Senator, Representative, President
How are number of Senators and Representatives determined?
Who are our Senators and Congressperson?
Constitution divided into three sections: Introduction, Body, Changes (you
need to know the official names for these sections and what they do)
How does a bill become a law? Who can propose a bill? Conference committees?
What are Amendments? How is an amendment to the Constitution made? What is
special about the 1st ten Amendments?
Impeachment: Who brings up charges and who holds the impeachment trial?
Where can you find the report of ALL legislative branch activities?
Presidential line of succession, Commander in Chief, Electoral College
Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, President Pro Tempore
Supreme Court Justices: How many? How do they get to be justices? Term of
service?
Due Process / eminent domain / reprieves and pardons / apportionment /
petition
Deport / naturalization / representative democracy / veto / elastic powers /
cabinet
Delegated Powers / Retained (reserved) Powers / Shared (Concurrent) Powers
Who has the power to do the following:
Coin money / regulate trade within states / borrow money / regulate
education / enforcing laws / regulating trade / establishing local
governments / provide for citizens welfare / taxing / declaring war /
conducting diplomacy / run the postal service / conduct elections / provide
for national defense
We will review in class on Wednesday and Thursday .... Test will be on Friday
and Monday November 6th and 9th
