Constitution Test Questions and Correct Answers

Constitution Test Questions and Correct Answers Three parts of the Constitution: - Answer-Preamble, Articles, Amendments 6 goals outlined in the Preamble of the Constitution: - Answer-To form a more perfect union, to establish justice, to ensure public tranquility, to provide for the common defense, to promote the general welfare, and to ensure the blessings of liberty. To establish justice: - Answer-people are treated fairly and equally under the law To form a more perfect union: - Answer-the country works together in unity To ensure public tranquility: - Answer-the responsibility to ensure peace and order To provide for the common defense: - Answer-protect citizens from foreign/domestic attacks To promote the general welfare: - Answer-promote the well-being of the country's citizens To ensure the blessings of liberty: - Answer-value and protect the rights of citizens Popular sovereignty: - Answer-The idea that U.S. citizens are the source of the government's power Republic: - Answer-A government system in which U.S. citizens elect leaders to represent them (representative government) Federalism: - Answer-Power is divided between national, state, and local governments What is the most important job of the Legislative branch? - Answer-To make laws How many representatives are in the House of Representatives? - Answer-435 representatives How many representatives are in the Senate? - Answer-100 senators What are the qualifications to be in the House of Representatives? - Answer-25 years old, U.S. citizen for 7 years, lives in the state elected in What are the qualifications to be a member of the Senate? - Answer-30 years old, a US citizen for 9 years, and live in the state you represent What is reapportionment, and how is a Census involved in the process of reapportionment? - Answer-The process of re-distributing the number of representatives of the house for each state. The Census count the number of people in each state, and the population changes, allowing the number of seats in the House of Representatives to be reapportioned. Which positions in the US government our first and second in line to become president? - Answer-First is the vice president, and the second is the Speaker of the House What clause does Congress get its implied powers from? - Answer-The elastic clause What are expressed powers? - Answer-powers that are clearly stated in the Constitution What are implied powers? - Answer-Powers given to Congress that aren't in the constitution. Gives Congress the power to do whatever is 'necessary & proper' to carry out expressed powers