US Constitution Study Guide Exam
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Legislative Branch - ✔✔Makes the laws
Executive Branch - ✔✔Enforces the laws
Judicial Branch - ✔✔Interprets the laws
Impeachment - ✔✔Two step process to remove a federal official:
Impeachment by the House of Reps (did something wrong)
Trial to Remove by the Senate
Electoral College - ✔✔Group that chooses the President and Vice-
President
Amendment Process - ✔✔Two step process:
National Proposal by 2/3 vote (Congress or Constitutional Convention)
Ratification by 3/4 vote (state legislature or state ratifying convention)
(Article 5)
Checks and Balances - ✔✔One branch has the power to influence/limit the
power of another branch
Example: President (exec) vetoes a law passed by Congress (legislative)
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, Separation of Powers - ✔✔Guarantees no one branch becomes to
powerful by assigning specific roles to each branch of government
Reserved Powers - ✔✔Powers held back for state control by the 10th
Amendment (Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor
prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the
people)
Bill of Rights - ✔✔Amendments added to the Constitution to calm the fears
of Anti-Federalists that individual rights be protected from the stronger
national government
House of Representatives - ✔✔2 year term
Population determines # per state
25 years old; 7 year citizen; resident of state
Senate - ✔✔6 year term
2 per state
30 years old; 9 year citizen; resident of the state
Judicial Review - ✔✔Ability of the Supreme Court to determine the
constitutionality of a law or presidential action
Speaker of the House - ✔✔Leader of the House of Representatives
Vice President - ✔✔Leader of the Senate
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
Legislative Branch - ✔✔Makes the laws
Executive Branch - ✔✔Enforces the laws
Judicial Branch - ✔✔Interprets the laws
Impeachment - ✔✔Two step process to remove a federal official:
Impeachment by the House of Reps (did something wrong)
Trial to Remove by the Senate
Electoral College - ✔✔Group that chooses the President and Vice-
President
Amendment Process - ✔✔Two step process:
National Proposal by 2/3 vote (Congress or Constitutional Convention)
Ratification by 3/4 vote (state legislature or state ratifying convention)
(Article 5)
Checks and Balances - ✔✔One branch has the power to influence/limit the
power of another branch
Example: President (exec) vetoes a law passed by Congress (legislative)
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, Separation of Powers - ✔✔Guarantees no one branch becomes to
powerful by assigning specific roles to each branch of government
Reserved Powers - ✔✔Powers held back for state control by the 10th
Amendment (Powers not delegated to the US by the Constitution, nor
prohibited to the states, are reserved to the states respectively or to the
people)
Bill of Rights - ✔✔Amendments added to the Constitution to calm the fears
of Anti-Federalists that individual rights be protected from the stronger
national government
House of Representatives - ✔✔2 year term
Population determines # per state
25 years old; 7 year citizen; resident of state
Senate - ✔✔6 year term
2 per state
30 years old; 9 year citizen; resident of the state
Judicial Review - ✔✔Ability of the Supreme Court to determine the
constitutionality of a law or presidential action
Speaker of the House - ✔✔Leader of the House of Representatives
Vice President - ✔✔Leader of the Senate
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