The Constitution of The United States of America

1. What is a preamble?
   
   
   
   
   
2. Write the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Define domestic tranquility.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Define common defense.
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. Define general welfare.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Define posterity.
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Define ordain.
   
   
   
   
8. What seems to be the goals of this new constitution according to the Preamble of the Constitution of the United States of America?
   
   
   
   

1. Where is all legislative power of the United States?
   
   
   
   

2. All legislative powers are vested in the United States in 
   
   a ___________ and a ________  ____  _____________________.
   
   

3. How many houses are in the Congress of the United States?
   
   
   

4. What type legislature is the Congress of the United States?
   
   a. unicameral     b. bicameral     c .tricameral

1. How many years is the term of office for a member of the House of Representatives?
   
   
   
   

2. Who elects members of the House of Representatives?
   
   
   
   

3. What are the requirements to become a member of the House of Representatives?
   
   a. age __________                             b. citizenship ___________________
   
   c. residence ___________________________________________________
   
   

4. How is the number of representatives from each state to be determined?
   
   
   
   

5. Since a state's representation is based on population, what must be taken every ten years?
   
   
   
   

6. How many members are in the House of Representatives?
   
   
   
   

7. When a vacancy occurs in the House of Representatives, what is the procedure to fill the vacancy?
   
   
   
   

8. List the titles of the officers of the House of Representatives
   
   a. ___________________ b. ___________________ c. __________________
   d. ___________________ e. __________________ f. __________________
    
   

9. Who is the only officer of the House of Representatives to come from the elected members of the House?
   
   
   
   

10. What is the sole power of the House of Representatives?
    
    
    
    

11. Who may not be charged for not carrying out their duties by the House of  Representatives?
    
    

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1. How many Senators does each state have?
   
   
   
   

2. How many years is a term of office for a Senator?
   
   
   
   

3. Who elects Senators?
   
   
   
   

4. How many Senators are to be elected every two years?
   
   
   
   

5. How is a Senatorial vacancy filled?
   
   
   
   

6. What are the requirements to be a Senator of the United States?
   
   a. Age: ___________________________________
   b. Citizenship:______________________________
   c. Residence: _______________________________
   
   

7. Who Is the President of the Senate? (Just give his title and not his name.)
   
   
   
   

8. When does the President of the Senate get to vote?
   
   
   
   

9. Who are the officers of the Senate besides the president of the Senate?
   
   a.   ___________________________________________
   b. ______________________________________________
   c. _______________________________________________
   d. ______________________________________________
   e. _______________________________________________
   f. _______________________________________________
   

10. Which of the officials of the Senate is actually a Senator?
    
    
    
    

11. What is the sole power of the Senate?
    
    
    
    

12. When the Senate is trying an official, the Senators must swear
    
    an _____________________ or ________________________.
    
    

13. When trying the President of the United States. who presides over the Senate?
    
    
    
    

14. What does the Senate set or provide for an impeachment trial?
    
    a ____________________________________________
    
    b _____________________________________________
    
    
    

15. What are the articles of impeachment?
    
    
    
    

16. What is needed to have a conviction in an impeachment trial?
    
    
    
    

17. Who provides over all impeachment trials except for Presidential cases?
    
    
    
    

18. When convicted in an impeachment trial what are the penalties?
    
    a. ______________________________________________
    b. ______________________________________________
    c. ______________________________________________
     
    

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1. What procedures were established for Congressional elections in:
   
   a. 1842 ___________________________________________
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   b. 1845 ___________________________________________
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   c. 1872 ___________________________________________
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   d. 1913 ___________________________________________
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2. According to the Twentieth Amendment, what is the opening date for Congress?
   
   
   
   

3. When does a new Congress begin?
   
   
   
   

4. How long does a new Congress last?
    
   
   
   

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1. What is a quorum?
   
   
   
   

2. How many members of the House of Representatives and how many Senators are needed to have a quorum?
   
   a. House of Representatives _________________
   
   b. House of Senate _______________________
   

3. Who gets to determine the rules for each House of Congress?
   
   a. House of Representatives __________________________
   
   b. House of Senate ____________________________________
   

4. Define the following rules for Congressional proceedings:
   
   a. Seniority Rule: ____________________________________
   
   b. Senatorial Courtesy: ________________________________
    
   

5. How long may debate be done in the House of Representatives?
   
   
   
   

6. How long may debate be done In the Senate?
   
   
   
   

7. What is the term for indefinite Senatorial debate?
   
   
   
   

8. What is the term that is defined as the stopping of debate?
   
   
   
   

9. What is the vote required to censure or Congress?
   
   
   
   

10. What must Congress publish?
    
    
    
    

11. How many members of each House of Congress are needed to vote yes to have all the yeas and nays in the records of congress? (This answer should be a fraction.)
    
    
    
    

12. How can Congress adjourn?
    
    
    
    

13. What is the longest either House may adjourn without the other House's consent?
    
    
    
    

14. Can Congress conduct business outside of the capital, Washington D.C.?