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Senate Qualifications
30+
Resident in State Elected in
9 yr citizen
President Qualifications?
35+
Born in US
14 Yr Citizen
5 Informal Qualifications for Pres?
political exp
white
male
wealthy
military exp
5 Powers of Congress
Declare War
Pass Laws/Override vetos
coin money
establish post offices
impeach president
Unitary government?
One level: National
Democracy?
gov where people have power
U.S Democracy?
Representative
Democracy
Constitution?
set of rules for gov to follow
Federal Government?
multiple levels of government
Capitalism?
economic system that emphasizes free choice
Wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What tells us why Constitution was written?
Preamble
Slander?
false speech intended to harm someone
To override a veto what fraction of the congress needs to vote in favor?
2/3
Why were amendments added?
to change with the nation
First 10 Amendments?
Bill of Rights
First Amendment?
Speech
Press
Religion
Petition Government
Assembly
16th Amendment?
Income Tax
When criminal flees to another state, they must be returned to state the crime was committed in...what is this called?
extradition
interstate compact?
agreement between states
How did Congress pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
used their power to regulate commerce
bicameral legislature?
2 houses
Assistants to majority and minority leaders?
whips
process of setting up new congressional districts
redistricting
presiding officer of House?
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate?
Vice President
talking in the Senate in order to kill a bill?
fillibuster
Fillibuster can be stopped with?
cloture!
line to be president
president
vice
speaker of the house
longest a person can be President
10 years
group of experts chosen by President
cabinet
address given by the president?
state of the union
Great Communicator?
Ronald Reagan
Who did not run for reelection because of the Vietnam War?
Lyndon Johnson
What did the Department of War turn into?
Department of Defense
what is the major power of Congress?
power of the purse (control of money)
offices of ambassadors
embassies
largest agency in Office of President?
Office of Management & Budget
last resort for questions of federal law?
Supreme Court
SC decision explanation?
opinion
hear appeals?
appellate jurisdiction
How did the Founding Fathers divide the power among each branch and limit powers?
Congress can make laws, SC reeviews the laws to rule them constitutional or not, president can veto the law, congress can override the veto.
Bills have to start in the house and go through the process
Author
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194373
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Government Final
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government final
Updated
2013-01-22T04:23:46Z
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