11th Grade United States Constitution Study Guide In order to get ready for the quiz on Wednesday or Thursday please know the answers to the following questions. 1. Know the three Branches of Government: Who is in it (what groups)? What they do? What is their main function in the government according to the Constitution of the United States? What is their check on the other branches? A. Executive Branch ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ B. Legislative Branch ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ C. Judiciary Branch ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Know the difference between the ‘Federal’ and ‘State government system and what they control and what the State and Federal government share. Think of ‘powers’ they have and what ‘power’s’ they share. A. The Federal Government has the power to: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ B. The State Government has the power to: ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ C. The State and Federal Government both shared powers ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Know the definition of the following vocabulary words from the Constitution Veto Electoral College Suffrage Preamble Amendment ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Know your Bill of Rights: Study and memorize the Rights protected under the following Amendments 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________________