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Grade Semester Test
Review 2013

2. A Senator’s term is
_____ years.

3. Which amendment states
that people must be
fairly compensated for
property taken for public
use?

4. Which ocean?

5. What is the saying that
helps us remember our
Central American
countries?

6. What are the 1st 10
Amendments to the
Constitution called?

7. How many representatives
does our LEAST populous
state have?

8. What is a constituent?

9. What is bias?

10. Give an example of
absolute location

11. Give an example of relative
location

12. Name Arkansas’s 2
senators.

13. Which period of
Reconstruction,
Presidential or
Congressional?
Lots of people were
pardoned.

14. Which period of
Reconstruction,
Presidential or
Congressional?
Was the first period of
Reconstruction.

15. Which period of
Reconstruction,
Presidential or
Congressional?
President Johnson was
in charge.

16. Which period of
Reconstruction,
Presidential or
Congressional?
Blacks and poor whites
were elected to
positions of leadership.

17. The President has held
on to a bill for 10 days.
What do we need to
know to find out what
happened to it?

18. What happened to the
bill if Congress was in
session?

19. I was a Union General during
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the Civil War and the 18
president of the United
States.

20. Name 2 synonyms for “the
right to vote.”

21. What does ratify mean?

22. A title of a map tells its
____________.

23. What was the original
purpose of the KKK?

24. I became president after
the election of 1876, by
a margin of 1 in the
Electoral College!

25. Which sea?

26. In order to become
president, Hayes
promised to:

27. What did the
Freedman’s Bureau
have the most success
in?

28. During the last 2 years
of Johnson’s presidency,
he had little to no power.
Who had the power at
that point?

29. These men are Blanche
Bruce and Hiram Revels.
Why are they important?

30. State laws that created
a system incredibly
close to slavery were
called _____________.

31. Which
amendment
allows for all
male citizens
to vote?

32. What is his name and title?

33. Which amendment
provides for freedom
from cruel and unusual
punishment?

34. Which amendment
states that citizens have
the right to complain
about their government?

35. H 123 originated in the
________.

36. Which canal connects the
Mediterranean Sea and the
Dead Sea?

37. Which ocean?

38. How many Senators
does Michigan have?

39. If a state has 5
representatives, how
many Electoral College
votes do they have ?

40. I pardoned more people
that any other president
before or after me. Who
am I?

41. Which amendment
provides mandates that
police must have a warrant
to search a home?

42. When does the
President of the Senate
get to vote?

43. What branch is the
Commander-in-Chief of
the Armed Forces?

44. Which amendment
allows people the right
to not say anything that
makes them look guilty?

45. What branch is the
Secretary of State a part
of?

46. Which ocean?

47. The length of a Supreme
Court justices term is
_________

49. The president’s
____________ is a group of
people appointed by the
president that advise the
president on matters of
importance.

50. Who confirms the
nomination of the
Secretary of State?

51. In order to get an
amendment passed,
what percentage of
Congress must approve
it?

52. In order to get an
amendment passed,
what percentage of the
states must approve it?

53. How old does one have
to be in order to be
president?

54. Who elects the
president?

55. Which amendment
provides for freedom of
religion?

56. Which canal connects the
Atlantic and
Pacific Oceans?

57. What branch of
government decides if
laws are Constitutional?

58. Which ocean?

59. Which amendment outlawed
slavery in every state in the
US?

60. Which amendment
provides for freedom of
speech?

61. This is our Attorney
General. Who is he?

62. Which amendment
states that citizens will
not be tried for the same
crime twice?

63. Who is our representative?

64. Who nominates
Supreme Court
Justices?

65. In order to get an
amendment passed,
what percentage of the
states must approve it?

66. The budget of southern
states skyrocketed during
Reconstruction. Other than
corruption, what explains
this?
(2 things)

67. Which amendment
states that there are
many more rights that
the people have?

68. Who appoints the
Secretary of State?

69. In order to get a bill passed
into law, what percentage of
Congress must vote to pass
it?

70. Who is the Secretary of
Defense?

73. Which amendment
allows citizens to own
weapons?

74. Meet Joe Biden.
What two titles does he
hold?

75. Who is our Governor?

76. What is his name and title?

77. I won the popular vote in
1876, yet did not become
president.

78. In case of a tie in the
Electoral College, who
votes for the President?

79. If a presidential candidate
receives a majority of the
popular vote they become
president. True or False?

80. The President’s term is
_____ years.

81. What 2 things can
Congress do to override
a presidential veto?

82. Which amendment
states that citizens have
the right to a fair and
speedy trial?

83. Who confirms Supreme
Court Justices?

84. Johnson tried to kick
me, the Secretary of
War, out of office!

85. A Representative’s term
is _____ years.

86. Marburyv. Madison gave
the Supreme Court the
power to
___________________
__.

87. Northerners stopped
caring about
Reconstruction because
there was a
___________________
__.

89. Who is the Chief
Justice?

90. Which group’s main
purpose was to
intimidate freedmen and
keep them from
positions of power?

91. What is a pocket veto?

92. What percentage of
Congress must vote to
override a presidential
veto?

93. What branch of
government did the
Founding Fathers intend
to be the most
important?

95. Which amendment
states that citizens have
the right to meet
peacefully?

96. What branch of
government makes
laws?

97. In order to oust someone from
office, what must be done
AFTER he or she is
impeached?

98. How many justices are
there on the Supreme
Court?

99. What branch of
government carries out
the laws of the United
States?

100. What branch of
government makes
treaties?

102. Which occupation did most
freedman have after the Civil
War?

103. How many
representatives does
Arkansas have?

104. Which amendment gives the
vote to all male citizens of
the US?

105. Who introduces a bill to
Congress?

106. If HR 342 is changed
by the Senate and
approved by the Senate,
where does it go next?

107. If HR 342 approved by
the Senate, where does
it go next?

109. This is our Secretary of
State. Who is he?

110. This is our Secretary of the
Treasury. Who is he?

111. What branch of
government declares
war?

113. Which amendment
states that soldiers
aren’t to be housed in
the homes of citizens?

114. Who believed that by
giving rights to blacks,
you were taking rights
away from whites?

115. How old do you have to
be in order to be elected
as a Representative?

116. What brought an end to
Radical Reconstruction?

117. How old do you have to
be in order to be elected
as a Senator?

118. Which amendment says
that rights not specifically
given to the government
are reserved for the people
and the states?

119. How did the election of this
man in 1876 change the
course of Reconstruction?

121. Which amendment said that
every US citizen has certain
rights and the states can not
pass laws to take them
away?

122. Which of these men was
president during
Reconstruction?
Grant?
Johnson?

123. This Radical helped slaves
escape on the Underground
railroad. Who was he?

124. Which three people did John
Wilkes Booth believe needed
to be assassinated in order
to send the Union into
chaos?

125. Of these three men, which
were successfully
assassinated?

126. If Andrew Johnson was
impeached, why wasn’t he
thrown out of office?

127. A northerner who wentSouth
during Reconstruction
sometimes to help and
sometimes to make money is
called a ____________.

128. How long is a term for a
member of the Cabinet?