Constitution test study guide 1-25

March 9, 1789

The United States Constitution went into effect on what date?

as a compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President

The electoral college was established by the Constitutional Convention because

enforcing the laws of the land

The executive branch responsibilities are...

Thomas Jefferson

The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence was...

7 articles

The number of Articles in the U.S. Constitution is...

27 Amendements

The number of amendments that have been added to the Constitution is...

Population

The number of representatives each state has in the House depends on...

House of Represenatives

All revenue (money) bills originate in the...

Articles of Confederation

Before the adoption of the Constitution, the newly independent states were joined by the ...

2

Congress is divided into ________ houses.

in the House of Representatives

Impeachment charges begin in...

2

Members of the House of Representatives are elected for ________ years.

3 (legislative, executive and judicial)

Power in the United States government is divided among ________ branches.

Nine

The Constitution needed the approval of how many states?

Philadelphia

The Constitutional Convention met in the city of...

"We the People"

The Preamble begins with...

The Virginia Plan

The plan of government proposed during the Constitutional Convention that called for a bicameral Congress based on population was the...

Congress

The power to declare war belongs to the...

Vice Pres. of the United States

The presiding officer of the Senate is the...

100

The total number of U.S. senators is...

435

The total number of members in the House of Representatives is ...

American Revolutionary War

The war in which the colonies won their independence from England was the...

6

U.S. Senators are elected for _______ years.

sets the stage for the Constitution

What does the Preamble to the Constitution state?

life, liberty, or property

Which of the following is not included in the Preamble?