MONSTER REVIEW
1. What makes up the Legislative Branch?
A. President
B. House of Representatives
C. Senate
Senate & House of Representatives
2. Bicameral means two houses.
A. True
B. False
True
3. Which branch of government makes laws?
A. Executive
B. Legislative
C. Judicial
The Legislative Branch
4. The Legislative Branch
(Congress)
A. Enforces Laws
B. Interprets Laws
C. Makes Laws
Makes Laws
5. The Judicial Branch
(Courts)
A. Enforces Laws
B. Interprets Laws
C. Makes Laws
Interprets Laws
6. The Executive Branch
(President &V.P.)
A. Enforces Laws
B. Interprets Laws
C. Makes Laws
Enforces Laws
7. Qualifications of a Representative:
1. AGE:
2. CITIZENSHIP:
3. RESIDENCY:
- At least 25 years old
- U.S. Citizen for 7 years
- Resident of state represented
8. Qualifications of a Senator:
1. AGE:
2. CITIZENSHIP:
3. RESIDENCY:
- At least 30 years old
- U.S. citizen for 9 years
- Resident of state represented
9. Qualifications of President:
1. AGE:
2. CITIZENSHIP:
3. RESIDENCY:
- At least 35 years old
- Native born U.S. citizen (not naturalized)
- Resident of U.S. for 14 years
10. Qualifications of Supreme Court Justice:
NONE
11. Term of Representative
2 Years
12. Term of Senator
6 Years
13. Term of President
4 Years (Limited to 2 Terms)
14. Term of Supreme Court Justice
For Life or Until Impeached
15. Elected by voters in congressional district?
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither House nor Senate
E. Executive Branch
16. Elected by voters in state represented?
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither House nor Senate
E. Executive Branch
17. How is the number of representatives for
each state determined?
18. The presiding officer of the House of
Representatives is elected by its members
A. True
B. False
House of Representatives
Senate
Population determines # of Congressional
Districts (# Districts = # of Representatives)
TRUE
19. Presiding Leader of the House of
Representatives
Speaker of the House
20. How many in the House of Representatives?
435
21. What is it called when population of people
are counted every ten years?
Census
22. An emergency election is held to fill a vacancy in:
A. House
House of Representatives
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
23. A Vacancy in House if filled by?
Emergency Election
24. Who is elected by voters throughout his/her
state?
Senators only (Reps are elected by their own
25. How many senators does each state have?
2
district)
26. Total number of senators in total Senate?
100
27. How many members in senate?
100
28. Impeachment proceeding start in
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
29. Impeachment trials are held in the
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
30. A vote to end debate on a bill
31. All bills concerning money ($)
must start in
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
32. Who can be re-elected for an unlimited
number of terms?
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
33. Who must live in the state they represent?
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
House of Representatives
Senate
Cloture
House of Representatives
Both Senators & Representatives
Both Houses of Congress
Senators & Representatives
34. What is the minimum number of
representatives a state can have?
1 (one)
35. A Vacancy in Senate is filled by?
Governor chooses until next election
36. A Vacancy in here is filled by Governor
until next election.
A. House
B. Senate
C. Both Houses of Congress
D. Neither Houses of Congress
E. Executive Branch
Senate
37. Presiding Leader of the Senate
Vice President then President Pro Tempore
38. Congress can declare tax.
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
39. Congress can borrow money
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
40. Congress can print and coin money.
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
41. Congress can regulate foreign and interstate
trade
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
42. Congress can establish post offices and roads
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
43. Congress can declare war and make peace
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
44. Congress can raise an army and a navy
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
45. Congress can establish a court system
A. Yes
B. No
Yes (Given Power)
46. Congress can govern the District of Columbia
A. Yes
B. No
Yes
47. Congress can admit new states
A. Yes
B. No
48. Congress can make rules and regulations
Yes
Yes
about immigration and naturalization.
A. Yes
B. No
49. Congress can make all laws
“necessary and proper”
A. Yes
B. No
Yes
(Implied Power-called “Elastic Clause)
50. Congress can make laws that promote
“general welfare” of U.S.
A. Yes
B. No
Yes
51. Congress can pass “ex post facto” laws
(after the fact/crime)
A. Yes
B. No
No
52. Congress can pass “bills of attainder”
No
(prevents person from being jailed without having a trial)
A. Yes
B. No
53. Congress can suspend “write of habeas corpus” No (a document that forces evidence to be
A. Yes
presented in order to indict a crime.)
B. No
54. Congress can tax state exports.
A. Yes
B. No
No
55. Congress can pass laws that violate
The Bill of Rights.
A. Yes
B. No
No
56. Congress can favor
(the trade of one state over another)
A. Yes
B. No
No
57. Congress can grate titles of Nobility
A. Yes
B. No
No
58. Congress can withdraw money from
the treasury without a law.
A. Yes
B. No
No
59. Can the House of Representatives vote
to expel one of its representatives?
Yes with 2/3 vote
60. Check and Balance Congress can override
a presidential veto by __?__ vote.
2/3 (two-thirds)
Check on Executive Branch
61. Succession if President dies
1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the House
3. President Pro Tempore
4. Cabinet Members
62. Number of Supreme Court Justices
9
63. Who can veto a bill?
The President
64. For whom are powers not given to Congress
& not forbidden to the states reserved for?
The states & the people
65. What document is required to search a
person’s house or property?
A search warrant
66. How often is the national census taken?
Every 10 years
67. A bill becomes law automatically not
signed by the President within ___ AND
Congress is still in session
10 Days
68. A bill dies if not signed by the President
within AND Congress is NOT in session
any longer
True (Called a “pocket veto”, a way to
69. Which branch of the government
enforces laws?
The Executive Branch
70. The __________ Branch enforces laws
Executive Branch (President)
71. The Head of the Executive Branch
President
72. Qualifications for President
AGE
35 Years old
kill a bill without attracting public attention)
**QUALIFICATIONS**
73. Who must be a citizen by birth (native born)
in order to be elected?
President
74. President – Citizenship
Must be a citizen by birth (native born)
75. President – Residency
Must have lived in the U.S. for 14 years
76. Length of a Term of President?
4 years
77. Number (#) of terms a President can be
elected?
no more than 2 terms
78. Who is the Commander-in-Chief of the
Armed Forces?
President
79. Who can the President appoint with the
“advice & consent” of the Senate?
Ambassadors & Consuls, Supreme Court
Justices, and Cabinet members
80. Checks and Balances
Declare laws unconstitutional
The Supreme Court
Check on Legislative Branch
81. Qualifications for Supreme Court Justices
None
82. Who determines whether a law is
constitutional or not?
The Supreme Court
83. Is there an age requirement for Justices of
the Supreme Court?
No
84. Head of Judicial Branch
Supreme Court
85. Head of Supreme Court
Chief Justice
86. Appoints Supreme Court Justices?
Executive Branch (the President)
87. What part of the Constitution states the
reason for writing the constitution?
The Preamble
88. The first Ten Amendments
The Bill of Rights
89. Highest Law of the United States
The Constitution
90. The 23rd Amendment allows who/where
to vote in presidential election?
People who live in the District of Columbia
(D.C.) 3 electoral votes for D.C.
91. 24th Amendment eliminated
Poll Taxes
92. Which groups of people were granted the
right to vote by Constitutional amendments?
African-Americans: 15th Amendment
Women: 19th Amendment
18 year olds: 26th Amendment
93. What is needed to add an amendment
to the constitution
2/3 vote of members of both houses OR
National convention (2/3 of states must request a
national convention; it has never been called)
94. What is needed to ratify/approve an
amendment to the constitution
¾ vote of the states
2 methods:
1. vote in each state legislature
2. Calling special state conventions (21st
Amendment was the only amendment ratified by state convention)
95. An amendment can be cancelled (repealed)
True
96. Elects President if there is no majority
House of Representatives
97. Elects Vice-President if there is no majority
The Senate
98. Approves/Ratifies presidential treaties
The Senate (Check on Executive Branch)
99. Appoints Ambassadors, Cabinet Members
and Supreme Court Justices
Executive Branch (President is Chief
Diplomat)
100. Great Compromise
Legislative Branch has 2 Houses
(House & Senate) – satisfied large and small
states about representation
101. 12th Amendment
Allowed Electoral College to vote for
separate Vice President and President
102. 22nd Amendment
Limits Presidential terms to 2 terms
(22=2 terms)
103. Number of Electoral College Votes
538
104. Number of Electoral College votes a state
is allowed and how determined
State Electoral College Votes = # of
Congressional districts plus # senators
(# Reps + 2)
105. Powers not given to U.S. congress by
Constitution and not forbidden to states
are reserved for…
The state and the people
106. U.S. Constitution was created in
1787
107. The Illinois Constitution was created in
1970
108. Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press,
Assembly & Petition
1st Amendment
109. Right for states to keep militia
(Right to bear arms)
2nd Amendment
110. No Quartering Soldiers
3rd Amendment
111. Searches and Seizures
4th Amendment
112. Rights of Accused Persons
5th Amendment
113. Right to Speedy, Fair Trial
6th Amendment
114. Civil Suits
7th Amendment
115. Bail and Punishment
8th Amendment
116. Powers Reserved to the People
9th Amendment
117. Powers Reserved to the States
10th Amendment
118. Suits Against the States
11th Amendment
119. Election of Prsident and Vice President
12th Amendment
120. Abolition of Slavery
13th Amendment
121. Rights of Citizens
14th Amendment
122. The Right to Vote For African American
Males
15th Amendment
123. Income Tax
16th Amendment
124. Direct Election of Senators
17th Amendment
125. Prohibition of Alcoholic Beverages
18th Amendment
126. Right to Vote for Women
19th Amendment
127. Lame-Duck Amendment
Inauguration Day – Jan 20
Session of Congress – Jan 3
20th Amendment
128. Cancellation/Repeal of Prohibition
Amendment
21st Amendment
129. Limit on Presidential Term (2 terms)
22nd Amendment
130. Presidential Vote for District of Columbia
23rd Amendment (3 electoral votes)
131. Elimination of Poll Taxes
24th Amendment
132. Presidential Succession
25th Amendment
133. Eighteen-Year old Right to Vote
26th Amendment
134. Restraint on Congressional Salaries
27th Amendment
135. Stripes on flag represent
13 original colonies
136. A flag should be placed on which side
of a speaker
to the right
137. Describe how a bill becomes a law
1. Representative writes a bill
2. Bill sent to House committee to study
3. Bill passes House
4. Bill passes Senate
5. President –Signs or Vetoes
138. A man accused of a crime has a right to:
1. Trial in state where crime was committed
2. A fair and prompt trial
3. Hear witnesses against them
139. Fraction of the Senate elected every 2 years
1/3
140. Vetoes laws
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
Executive Branch on Legislative Branch
141. *Appoints federal judges
*Grants, pardons and reprieves
Checks and Balances
Executive Branch on judicial branch
143. *Charge and Possibly impeach judges
*Rejects judicial appointments
Checks and Balances
Legislative Branch on Judicial Branch
144.* Override President’s veto
Checks and Balances
* Rejects presidential appointments
Legislative Branch on Executive Branch
* Charge and impeach the President
* Controls budget appropriation (money bills)
145. Decides if executive actions are constitutional Checks and Balances
Judicial Branch on Executive Branch
146. Decides if congressional actions are
constitutional (if law is unconstitutional or violates
Checks and Balances
Judicial Branch on Legislative Branch
Bill of Rights)
147. Separation of Powers
What are “Checks and Balances”
1. Limits any one branch from abusing power
2. Powers were divided & limited
3. Each branch was given ability to check the
other branches