Chapter 9 Social Studies Test Review

The US Constitution

Legislative Branch

• Who makes laws needed for the country?

The “elastic clause” gives Congress the

power to…

pass laws needed to carry out its other powers.

~keep any one branch from becoming too POWERFUL

The framers designed a system of checks and balances to…

The Executive Branch

Which branch enforces and carries out federal laws?

Judicial Branch

Which branch is responsible for

RESOLVINGdisputes

involving the law?

The Supreme Court’s power to declare a law

unconstitutional is known as…?

Judicial Review

A bill cannot become a law until it is…

approved by Congress and signed by the President

The power to ratify treaties belongs to…?

The President

The President has the power to…

veto laws passed by Congress.

The Constitution

• What document has survived more than 200 years because

it is a strong framework for the government, BUT is also

flexible?

What system does the diagram illustrate?

checks and balances

- Amending the Constitution -

An amendment to the Constitution can be proposed by either the…. OR…...?

Congress or the National Convention

There are how many ways to propose and ratify a

constitutional amendment?

FOUR

An amendment may be ratified by ¾ of the ….?

State Legislatures

The Preamble of the Constitution

The Preamble lists the… goals of the government

WE THE PEOPLE give authority to…?

ordinary Americans

Tranquility means…?

peace and order

To “provide a common defense” means….?

~to protect Americans from foreign enemies

Which words mean “the creation of federal courts”?

“establish justice”“OUR POSTERITY” is our…?

descendants

CONSTITUTIONChecks and BalancesOnly the president has the power to

___________ NSTITUTION