Civics_Ch2_webquest_works_objectives


 * How your government works - meeting the objectives**

The overall objective is to evaluate the powers set up by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution.

Be able to answer the following questions: 1. What is the name of the process in which Congress can charge and remove an official for abuse of power? 2. What is the President's power to reject a bill passed by Congress from becoming a law? 3. What is the Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional? 4. Question numbers 1,2, and 3 are all examples of which principle of the Constitution? 5. Which power of the Court began with //Marbury v. Madison//? 6. What are the 3 requirements for an American to vote? 7. What are grounds for impeachment? 8. What cannot be suspended, which limits our government from putting people in prison and not explaining why? 9. The government can regulate commerce. What does commerce mean? 10. How are the Bill of Rights important for limited government?

Answers below: 1. Impeachment 2. Veto 3. Judicial Review 4. Checks and balances 5. Judicial Review 6. Age 18, U.S. citizen, and live in a state or D.C. 7. Treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors 8. Writ of habeas corpus 9. Trade 10. Lists the freedoms that government cannot take away from citizens.

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