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What was the NJ plan? |
Each state gets the same amount of representatives. |
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What is the Virginia plan? |
Each state's representatives is based on that state's population. |
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What is the Great Compromise? |
The compromise said that there would be to houses: the House and Senate. The House follows the Virginia plan, and the Senate follows the NJ plan. |
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What kind of system does our government have? |
A federal government (shared powers.) |
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What are some of the shared powers? (4) |
-Collect Taxes -Set up court -Make laws to provide for public health & welfare -Charter banks |
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What are some government powers? (4) |
-Create army + navy -Print & coin $$$ -Declares war -Admit new states |
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What are some state powers? (4) |
-Set up public schools -Conduct elections -Make laws for marriage & divorce -Set up local government |
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How many reps in the House? |
435 reps in the House. |
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How long do House reps serve? |
2 years |
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How many senators? |
100 senators |
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How long do senators serve? |
Senators serve for 6 years |
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How many Supreme Court justices? |
8 |
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Name the Supreme Court justices. |
Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breye, John G. Roberts, Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan. |
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Who is the president? |
Barack Obama |
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How long does he serve? |
4 years a term |
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Who is the Vice President? |
Joe Biden |
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How long does the vice president serve? |
As long as the president? |
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What are the qualifications for the president? |
You have to be at least 35 years old, you have to be an U.S. citizen, and you have to have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years. |
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What are the qualifications for the vice president? |
You have to be at least 35 years old, you have to be an U.S. citizen, and you have to have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years. |
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What are the qualifications for a member in the House? |
You have to be 25 to be a house rep, you have to be a U.S. citizen, you have to have lived here for at least 7 years, and you have to live in the state you represent. |
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What are the qualifications to be a senator? |
You have to be 30 to be a senator, you have to be a U.S. citizen, you have to have lived here for at least 9 years, and you have to live in the state you represent. |
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What is the responsibility for the Executive branch? |
The executive branch carries out laws. |
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What is the responsibility for the Legislative branch? |
The Legislative branch makes laws. |
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What is the responsibility for the Judicial branch? |
The Judicial branch interperets laws. |
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What are the Articles of Confederation? |
The document that set up the first government of the United States; the government had limited power |
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What is the cabinet? |
A group of advisors to the president, including the heads of important departments in the executive branch |
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What are checks and balances? |
The system under which each branch of government limits, or checks, the powers of the other branches |
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What is a compromise? |
An agreement in which each side gives up some of what it wants |
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What is a constitution? |
A document that describes how a government will work |
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What is a Constitutional Convention? |
The meeting called by the states in 1787 to improve the Articles of Confederation that instead wrote a new constitution |
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What is a constitutional republic? |
A form of government in which citizens elect representatives who are responsible to the people, and those representatives govern according to a constitution |
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What does it mean to impeach a government official? |
To accuse or charge a government official, such as the president, with a crime or misconduct |
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What is the rule of law? |
A set of public laws that apply to all people equally, with no one getting special treatment |
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What does it mean when the president vetoes a law? |
To reject a bill and prevent it from becoming a law, a power that belongs only to the president |
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What are 4 powers of the Legislative branch? |
-Can impeach government officials -Can overrule vetoes with 2/3 majority -Collects taxes -Declares war |
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What are 4 powers of the Judicial branch? |
-Determines if laws are constitutional -Determines if laws are treaties -Determines the meaning of laws -Chief Justice presides over impeached trials for president |
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What are 4 powers of the Executive branch? |
-Can sign/veto bills -Can nominate judges -Represents U.S. -Can grant pardons |
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How does a bill become a law? |
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