Constitution Study Guide
Name______________________________
What is the government of the United States
based on?
A written constitution
What is the Supreme Law of the Land?
The U.S. Constitution
What are the 3 branches of government?
The Executive, the Legislative, and the Judicial
What is popular sovereignty?
Government based on the will of the people
What type of legislature was set up by the Articles
of Confederation?
A Unicameral Legislature
Membership to the House of Representatives is
determined by what?
The population of each state
Under the GA Constitution of 1777, what type of
legislature was created?
A unicameral legislature
What was the problem with the government
created by the Articles of Confederation?
It was too weak.
What is the Preamble to the Constitution?
The Introduction
What does the Executive branch do?
Carries out and enforces laws
What were the supporters of the Constitution
called?
Membership to the Senate is determined by
what?
Federalists
It is a flat number- 2 per state
Where did the Constitutional Convention take
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
place?
Why did the Constitutional Convention take place? To write the Constitution
Was the Governor powerful under the GA
Constitution of 1777?
Under the Constitution of 1777, which branch had
the most power?
No
Under the Constitution of 1777, what power did
the legislative branch have?
To appoint the governor and state judges.
What does the Judicial Branch do?
Interpret the laws
What does the Legislative Branch do?
Make the laws
What were supporters of the Constitution called?
Federalists
The Legislative
Under the _________, the states were strong and Articles of Confederation
the national government was weak.
What were the first 10 amendments called?
The Bill of Rights
What do we call the power of each branch of Checks and Balances
government to change some acts of the other
branches?
Who is considered to be the “Father of the James Madison
Constitution”?
What is a unicameral legislature?
It only has one house
When did Georgia first write a state constitution?
1777
What are the names of the two men from Georgia Abraham Baldwin and William Few
who signed the Constitution?
How long is a term for US Senators?
6 years
How long is a term for a Representative in the US
House of Representatives?
How long is a term for the President and Vice
President of the United States?
How many terms can a President serve?
2 years
How long is the term for a Justice on the Supreme
Court?
What do we call the idea that the three branches
of government are independent and no branch
has more power than the other branches?
Who runs the Executive Branch of the Federal
Government?
Who runs the Executive Branch of state
governments?
What is an amendment?
Life
What building does the US Legislature operate
from in Washington, DC?
What building does the President operate from in
Washington, DC?
What are the 3 qualifications to be President?
The US Capitol Building
Both the Georgia Constitution of 1777 and the US
Articles of Confederation set up Unicameral
Legislatures. Was this a strength or a weakness?
How many Justices are on the Supreme Court
(including the Chief Justice)?
How many US Senators are there?
4 years
2 terms
Separation of Powers
The President
The governor
A change to the Constitution
The White House
Natural born citizen, at least 35 years old, and 14
years in the US.
Weakness
9
100
How many US Representatives are there?
435
What is the name of the President?
Barack Obama
What is the name of the Vice President?
Joe Biden
What is the name of the Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court?
What are the names of the 2 Senators from
Georgia?
The Legislature is divided into the Senate and the
House of Representatives. What kind of
Legislature is this?
John Roberts
Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson
A Bicameral Legislature