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Constitution Questions
Period:
1. What document was our first constitution?
2. Give three reasons why it failed?
3. What was the Great Compromise?
4. What was the 3/5th Compromise?
5. What was the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?
6. Who were the anti-federalists?
7. Who were the federalists?
8. Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
9. Where was the Constitutional Conventional held?
10. What are the three branches of government and what is the function of each?
11. What are the requirements to become president?
12. What is the term of office for President?
13. What are the requirements to be a senator?
14. What is the term of office for senator?
15. What are the requirements to be a representative?
16. What is the term of office for representative?
17. How many terms can the president serve?
18. What is the Electoral College?
19. What is the term of a Supreme Court Justice?
20. What is a writ of habeas corpus?
21. What is a Bill of Attainder?
22. What is an ex post facto law?
23. What is meant by “Due Process?”
24. Who is Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces?
25. Who has the right to declare war?
26. What is an “Expressed Power?”
27. What is an “Inherent Power?
28. What are “Reserved Powers?”
29. What are “Delegated Powers?”
30. What are “Concurrent Powers?”
31. What is the “Elastic Clause?”
32. What is meant by “Checks and Balances?”
33. How is Constitution changed?
34. What is impeachment?
35. What crimes are listed in the Constitution?
36. Which members of the Cabinet are listed in the Constitution?
37. What is the Bill of Rights?
38. What amendment was passed then later repealed?
39. Where is your freedom of speech guaranteed?
40. What is the Supreme Law of the Land?