how old do you have to be to be in the house of represenitives and how long do you have to live in the state?
1.25 years old
2. 7 years
how long is a represenatives term
2 years
how many represenitives are their
435
gerry mandering
draw district boundaries for partisan advantage
speaker of the house
1.leader of the house
2.rep john bahne
17th amendment
popular elections of u.s senators
16th amendment
when your 16 you can work/ federal income
senate rules stop debate
vote for cloture
call for a vote on a bill
60 votes
social contract
suggest that goverments are only legitimate if they are created by a voluntary impact amoung the people
confederation
a loose association of states or territorial units formed for a common purpose
constitution
the basic framework of law that prescribes how goverment is to be made, and what powers and resposibilities it shall have
articles of the confederation
the first constitution of the united statesadopted during the last stages of the revolutionary war,created a system of goverment with most power lodged in the states and little in the central goverment
republicanism
a political docterine advocating for limited goverment based on popular consent.protected against majority tyranny.
tyranny
a goverment that systematically violates the rights of the individual
unicarmel
a legislative body with a single chamber
stay acts
enactments postponing the collections of taxes or mortgae payments
virginia plan
proposal by the large states at the strong central goverment with power of goverment apportioned to the states in the basis of population
new jersey plan
proposal of the smaller states at the constitutional convention to create a goverment based on the equal representation of the states in unucameral legislature
connecticut compromise
also called the great compromise;the compromise between the new jersey and virginia plans formulated by the connecticut delegates at the constitutional convection; called for a lower legislature house based on the equal represenetive of all states
federal
desribing a system in which significant govermental are powers are divided between a central goverment and smaller territorial units
supremecy clause
the provision in article vi of the constitution that states the constitution and the laws of treatis are the surpreme law of the land
elastic clause
article i, section 8. of the constitution also called the nessecary and proper clause. gives congress the power to make what ever laws possible
seperation of powers
the distribution of goverment legislative, executive, and judicial, powers to seperate branches of the goverment
checks and balances
the constitutional principle that goverment power shall be divided and that the fragments should balance or check one another to prevent tyranny
free enterprise
same as capitalism; a economic system charecterized by competitive markets and private ownership
federalists
proponents of the constitution during the ratifaction fight;
anti federalist
oppenents of the constitution during the fight over ratifacation