Constitution

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CONSTITUTION DAY
SEPTEMBER 17, 2006
VERNON - VERONA - SHERRIL
CENTRAL SCHOOLS PRESENTS
Constitution
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Amendments
Legislative Branch
Senate or House of Representatives
Constitutional Principles
The Founding Fathers
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THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES
CONSTITUITON, RATIFIED EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 15,
1791.
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WHAT IS THE BILL OF RIGHTS ?
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THIS AMENDMENT, RATIFIED ON JANUARY 16, 1919,
PROHIBITED THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, OR
TRANSPORTATION OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS WITHIN
THE UNITED STATES AND WAS LATER REPEALED BY THE
TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT.
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WHAT IS THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT ?
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THIS AMENDMENT STATED THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS
OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED
OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR ANY STATE ON
ACCOUNT OF RACE , COLOR, OR PREVIOUS CONDITION OF
SERVITUDE.
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WHAT IS THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT ?
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THIS AMENDMENT, RATIFIED ON AUGUST 18, 1920, GAVE
WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND VALIDATED THE WORK OF
FEMALE SUFFRAGISTS SUCH AS SUSAN B. ANTHONY AND
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
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WHAT IS THE NINETEENTH AMENDMENT ?
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PROPOSED IN 1947, SHORTLY AFTER FRANKLIN D.
ROOSEVELT WAS ELECTED TO AN UNPRECEDENTED FOUR
TERMS AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THIS
AMENDMENT PLACED A TWO TERM LIMIT ON THE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT.
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WHAT IS THE TWENTY-SECOND AMENDMENT ?
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OF THE FOLLOWING, IT IS THE POWER GRANTED TO
CONGREESSDECLARE LEGISLATION UNCONSTITUIONAL,
ADMIT NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES TO THE U.S.,
APPOINT FEDERAL JUDGES
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WHAT IS ADMIT NEW STATES AND TERRITORIES TO THE
U.S. ?
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OF THE FOLLOWING, IT IS THE POWER NOT GRANTED TO
CONGRESSTO DECLARE WAR, TO PRINT AND COIN
MONEY, ORTO SUSPEND A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
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WHAT IS TO SUSPEND A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS ?
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THE PROCEDURE THAT ALLOWS VOTERS TO VOTE DIRECTLY
ON ISSUES INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE INDIRECT
PROCESS OF HAVING LEGISLATORS VOTE FOR THOSE
ISSUES
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WHAT IS A REFERENDUM ?
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THIS PERSON SHALL BE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE,
BUT SHALL HAVE NO VOTE, UNLESS THEY BE EQUALLY
DIVIDED
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WHO IS THE VICE PRESIDENT ?
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THIS AGREEMENT JOINED THE VIRGINA PLAN, WHICH
FAVORED REPRESENTATION BASED ON POPULATION, AND
THE NEW JERSEY PLAN, WHICH FAVORED EQUAL
REPRESENTATION AMONG THE STATES, TO CREATE THE
BICAMERAL LEGISLATURE OF THE UNITED STATES
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WHAT IS THE GREAT COMPROMISE OR THE CONNECTICUT
COMPROMISE ?
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IF NO CANIDATE RECEIVES A MAJORITY OF ELECTORAL
VOTES IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, THIS
LEGISLATIVE BODY WILL SELECT THE PRESIDENT FROM
THE TOP CANDIDATES
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WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ?
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HAS THE POWER TO APPROVE OR DISAPROVE TREATIES
WITH OTHER COUNTRIES
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WHAT IS THE SENATE ?
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HAS THE POWER TO APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS
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WHAT IS THE SENATE ?
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HOLDS THE SOLE POWER OF IMPEACHMENT
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WHAT IS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ?
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TO BE ELECTED TO THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY, ONE MUST
BE 30 YEARS OLD, HAVE BEEN A CITIZEN OF THE U.S.
FOR 9 YEARS, AND AT THE TIME OF THE ELECTION BE A
RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL
BE CHOSEN
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WHAT IS THE SENATE ?
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THIS CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE, ORIGINALLY COINED
BY THE FRENCH POLITICAL THINKER MONTESQUIEU,
ENSURES THAT NO ONE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT MAY
GAIN POWER OVER THE OTHER TWO
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WHAT ARE CHECKS AND BALANCES ?
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THIS CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE DEALS WITH THE
DIVISION OF POWER BETWEEN THE FEDERAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS
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WHAT IS FEDERALISM ?
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF A BALANCED GOVERNMENT IN WHICH
THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES
OF GOVERNMENT HAVE THEIR OWN POWERS
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WHAT IS A SEPARATION OF POWERS ?
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A POLITICAL SYSTEM IN WHICH SUPREME POWER LIES IN
A BODY OF CITIZENS WHO CAN ELECT PEOPLE TO
REPRESENT THEM IN GOVERNMENT
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WHAT IS A REPUBLIC ?
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THE IDEA THAT AN INDIVIDUAL CAN HAVE A MEANINGFUL
IMPACT ON PUBLIC/GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS
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WHAT IS POLITICAL EFFICACY ?
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AUTHORED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, DOUBLED
THE SIZE OF THE NATION WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT BY
ORCHESTRATING THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE, AND FOUNDED
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
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WHO IS THOMAS JEFFERSON ?
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HE LED THE COLONIAL FORCES IN THE REVOLUTIONARY
WAR, WAS THE ONLY PRESIDENT TO BE ELECTED BY
UNANIMOUS APPROVAL BY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN
OUR NATIONS HISTORY, AND IS REMEBERED FOR HIS
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
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WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON ?
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THE OLDEST DELEGATE TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, HE WAS A NOTED AUTHOR AND DEVELOPED
MANY INVENTIONS, SUCH AS THE BIFOCALS
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WHO IS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ?
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NICKNAMED THE FATHER OF THE CONSTITUTION, HE
HELPED DRAFT VIRGINIAS CONSTITUTION WHEN HE WAS
ONLY 25 AND SERVED TWO TERMS AS PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES
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WHO IS JAMES MADISON ?
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HE WAS ONE OF THE AUTHORS OF THE FEDERALIST
PAPERS, LED THE EFFORT TO CONVENE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION, AND WORKED TO
ESTABLISH THE NATIONAL BANK WHILE SERVING AS
TREASURY SECRETARY
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WHO IS ALEXANDER HAMILTON ?