Constitution and Branches of Government Quiz

What is the main way the president effects everyday lives of the citizens?

• Executive Orders

• Making Laws

• Interpreting the Constitution

What is an executive order?

• The Power for Presidents to veto laws

• Power by the president to pass laws without congressional approval

• The Power the president has to determine laws as non constitutional

Why is the Electoral College in place?

• Equal state Representation

• Majority wins so most Americans get their voices heard

• It is the easiest system

• Compromise between the election of the President by a vote in Congress and election of the President by a popular vote of qualified citizens

How do Nebraska and Maine split their electoral votes

• Two votes go to majority state winner the rest get split among congressional districts

• Two votes go to the majority state winners, the rest are chosen by the electors

• Two votes get split by the congressional districts

How is the the constitution considered a "living" document?

What was the Virginia Plan?

• "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for population based representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress.

• "Small State" constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress.

• The choice to use the electoral college

What was the issue of Federal Government at Constitutional Convention

• Worried about the electoral college system

• Didn't want the small states to have too much power

• Didn't want a new England with too much power

What is the Three-Fifths Compromise

• Agreement that each slaves in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes

• Created the Bicameral Legislature

• Said that Nebraska and Maine could split their electoral votes

A Supreme Court Justice gets appointed by

How long is a Senator's term?

• 2 years

• 4 years

• 6 years

• for life