StudySpace: We the People ed. 6

1. A U.S. senator elected at the general election in November takes office the following year on what date? ____________

2. The Constitution limits the size of the District of Columbia to ____________.

3. The electoral vote for president is counted in the presence of two bodies. Name them. 1: ____________ 2: ____________

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4. Of the original thirteen states, the one with the largest representation in the First Congress was ____________.

5. If election of the president becomes the duty of the U.S. House of Representatives and it fails to act, who becomes president and when?

6. If a state is party to a case, the Constitution provides that original jurisdiction shall be in ____________.

7. If an effort to impeach the president of the United States is made, who presides at the trial? ____________

8. When the Constitution was approved by the original colonies, how many states had to ratify it in order for it to be in effect? ____________

9. Persons opposed to swearing in an oath may say instead, “I solemnly ____________.”

10. If it were proposed to join Alabama and Mississippi to form one state, what groups would have to vote approval in order for this to be done?