CIVICS STUDY GUIDE - Wappingers Central School District



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Civics Study Guide

Vocabulary & Key Terms

civics –

preamble –

amendment -

bill -

veto -

override -

impeach -

unconstitutional -

Elastic Clause -

census –

Electoral College –

concurrent powers -

Principles of the Constitution (provide meaning & 1 example)

1. Popular Sovereignty -

2. Limited Government -

3. Federalism -

4. Separation of Powers -

5. Checks and Balances -

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Key Ideas and Understandings

• List 3 “hats” or roles of the President.

• According to the principle of popular sovereignty, who holds the final power in our government?

• How does the right to vote safeguard our liberty?

• List the terms (number of years) of office for the following.

President/Vice President -

House of Representatives -

Senate -

Supreme Court –

• Can President Obama run for re-election in 2016? Why or why not?

• List two examples of concurrent powers.

• Describe the way to amend the Constitution that begins in Congress.

• Why is it so difficult to amend the Constitution?

• List three rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.

• What basic right did the 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments expand?

• Why is the “Elastic Clause” so important?

• How can census results affect representation in Congress?

• What is the only right that a naturalized citizen does not have?

• List the three parts of the U.S. Constitution.

Also…understand the process of how a bill becomes a law.

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