Constitution Test Study Guide/Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Checks and Balances | Allows each branch of government to watch over each other |
| Separation of Powers | Keeps any one branch of government from becoming too powerful |
| Anti-Federalists | This group was opposed to the Constitution |
| Impeachment | When an official is brought to trial for misconduct in office |
| Federalist | They argued in favor of the Constitution |
| Electoral College | The people who vote for the President and the Vice-President |
| Supreme court | The highest court in the land is the ... |
| Federalism | The sharing of powers between central government and its subdivisions |
| Founding Fathers | The delegates of the Constitution were the... |
| Compromise | Achieving a balance is a... |
| John Boehner | The current speaker of the House of Representatives is... |
| Joseph Biden | The current Vice-President of the United States is.... |
| Daniel Inouye | The current President pro-tempore of the U.S. Senate is... |
| Due Process | The right to fair treatment under the law is called... |
| 27 | The number of amendments to the Constitution is... |
| Cabinet | The President's formal group of advisers is called his... |
| 435 | The number of members in the House of Representatives is... |
| Hillary Clinton | The current Secretary of State is... |
| 100 | The number of members in the United States Senate is... |
| Virginia Plan | The plan that favored the larger states and also called for a bicameral legislature was the... |
| Veto | The Executive Branch uses the power of this to check on the Legislative Branch |
| Civil Rights | The Bill of Rights helps protect people's... |
| The Three Fifths Compromise | A way to be able to count slaves for the purpose of representation was... |
| Federal Government | The ... maintains the military and can declare war |
| State Government | The ... establishes schools |
| Federal and State Government | The ... both can regulate banks, borrow money, and establish courts |
| Executive | Enforces the laws |
| Legislative | Makes the laws |
| Judicial | Interprets the laws |
| The Two Houses of Congress | House of Representatives and the Senate |
| The Three Requirements for Becoming the President | 1. Must be a natural born citizen 2. Must be 35 years old 3. Must have been a resident of the United States for at least 14 years |
| First Amendment | The amendment prohibits the making of any law respecting an establishment of religion, impeding the free exercise of religion, abridging the freedom of speech, infringing on the freedom of the press, interfering with the right to peaceably assemble or prohibiting the petitioning for a governmental redress of grievances. |
| Fifth Amendment | Protects against abuse of government authority in a legal procedure. |
| Due Process | Legal requirement that the state must respect all of the legal rights that are owed to a person. |
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