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History Chapter 6.
History Vocab for Chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Federal system | a system that divided powers between the states and the federaol government |
| Executive | President is Head of Executive branch. Enforces law |
| Legislative | Interprets law |
| Judicial | District courts: federal offenses. The us court system |
| Impeach | to be brought up and charged for wrong doing |
| veto | forbid |
| Executive Order | the force of law |
| Pardons | Excuses someone from further punishment |
| Qualifactions for being President | Minimum age: 35 Residency:15 Citizenship: Nautral born |
| Qualifactions for being Senator | Minimum age:30 Residence:state in which elected Citizenship:9 years |
| Qualifactions for being A house of Representatives | Minimum age:25 Residency: state in which elected Citizenship:7 years |
| Supreme Court | Highest court of appeal. Interprets law |
| Court of Appeal | Can order a new trail if the previous one was unfair. |
| District Courts | Take care of Federal offenses. |
| Majorite Rule | The idea that the greatest number of people in society can make policies for everyone. |
| Petition | to make a request of the government |
| Search Warrant | A court assigned warrent that gives permission to search in a certain place for a certain thing. Search may happen in a probabal cause. |
| Due Process | The fair application of law. |
| Indict | to formally accuse |
| Double Jeopardy | The Act of trying someone twice for the same crime |
| Eminent Domain | The governments power to take personal property to benefit the public |
| 1st Amendment | Freedom of speech/press, Religion, Asssembly, and Petition. |
| 2nd Amendment | The right to bear arms, The right to a militia |
| 3rd Amendment | No soldiers may be quartered in homes |
| 4th Amendment | no unreasonable searches or seizures |
| 5th Amendment | Protects the rights of accused persons, The law must be fairly applied |
| 6th Amendment | Protects the rights of a person who has been indicted, a speedy trial,A public trial, the right to know what you are being charged with, Right to know and question who is charging you, a right to some form of representation. |
| 7th Amendment | Civil suites, involves any thing more than 20 dollars |
| 8th Amendent | no cruel and unuasual punishment. No essesive Bail. |
| 9th Amendment | Rights guarrenteed to the people |
| 10th Amendment | Rights reserved to the states. |
| Naturalized citizen | Must be a legal immagrent, must stay for 5 years, Must take a test to prove that you know basic knowledge about Us history, Must show proficency of English, Must take and Oath of alegence. |
| Deport | When an ilegal immagrent is deported to their country of origin. |
| Draft or Selective Service | A system of required service in the armend forces |
| Political Action Commitee (PAC) | Groups that collect money for canadaites that support certain issues |
| Intrest groups | Groups of people who share a common intrest that motivates them to take political action. |
| Duties of a Citizen | 1)Pay taxes 2)Obey the law 3)Selective Service 4)Jury Duty 5)The right to vote |
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