Unit I Test Review Sheet
1. To be a U.S. President, you have to be:
Age:
Born:
Resident:
2. Who elects the President?
3. What are the 2 Constitutional jobs of the Vice President?
4. To be a U.S. Senator, you have to be:
Age:
Resident:
5. Who authored the Federalist Papers?
6. What were 2 reasons that the Articles of Confederation failed?
7. To be a U.S. House of Rep, you have to be:
Age:
Resident:
8. What is the “elastic clause”?
9. Define the following amendments:
14th:
1st:
15th:
18th:
19:
26:
10. What is suffrage?
11. What was the “Great Compromise’?
12. What is the “Supremacy Clause”?
13. Who is our current:
Speaker of the House:
Chief Justice:
Ohio’s 2 Senators:
14. What is impeachment?
15. Who has the power to declare war?
16. Who has the power of the purse?
17. Who makes treaties?
18. Who is Commander in Chief?
19. Give an example of a “check” on a branch of government.
20. Who developed the theory of natural rights?
21. Who is the author of the Declaration of Independence?
22. Who was our first president?
23. What state was our first president from?
24. In what year was our Constitution written?
25. What is habeas corpus?
26. What is a lame duck president?
27. The Constitution has how many articles and how many amendments?