Understanding Impeachment
This worksheet explores the impeachment process in the United States, focusing on its historical context, constitutional basis, and key stages.
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Understanding Impeachment
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. This worksheet will test your knowledge of the impeachment process in the United States.
1. Which branch of the U.S. government has the sole power to impeach a president?
Executive Branch
Judicial Branch
Legislative Branch (House of Representatives)
Legislative Branch (Senate)
2. What is the role of the Senate in the impeachment process?
To investigate and propose articles of impeachment
To formally charge the president with wrongdoing
To act as the jury and try the impeachment case
To appoint a special prosecutor
3. The impeachment process begins in the , where articles of impeachment are drafted and voted upon.
4. For an impeached official to be removed from office, a vote of the Senate is required.
5. Impeachment automatically removes a president from office.
True
False
6. 'High Crimes and Misdemeanors' is a clearly defined term in the Constitution, leaving no room for interpretation.
True
False
7. Briefly describe the purpose of impeachment as outlined in the U.S. Constitution.
8. The image below shows the U.S. Capitol Building. In which part of this building would the impeachment trial take place?
