Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Article 1 mp
exam study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Article 1 | written by James Madison, describes what congress can and cannot do, implied/delegated powers, and congress=House+Senate |
| Legislative Powers | finance the government collect/borrow $, regulate trade, defend country declare war, create courts, provide for growth, power to impeach |
| Checks and Balances | each branch has power and restraint over the other; ex: presidential veto, senate can 2/3 majority override the presidential veto, Congress can impeach the President |
| New Jersey Plan | modification of Articles of Confederation, unicameral legislature w/ equal representation, 2ppl Executive and Judiciary |
| Virginia Plan | Bicameral Legislature, lower house chosen by ppl, upper house chosen by lower house, representation based of pop., executive and judiciary, bold attempt at creating strong central gov. |
| Great Compromise | patchwork of both proposals, bicameral legislature, pop. based lower chamber of "House", equal representation upper chamber "Senate", bicameral, house of representatives, aka "lower house", senate |
| Bicameral | having two branches or chambers |
| Qualifications: House of Representatives | 25 years old, U.S citizen for seven years, live in represented state |
| Qualifications: Senate | must be at least 30 years old, U.S. citizen for 9 years, must be a resident of the State representing |
| Qualifications: President/Vice President | must be at lease 35 years old, born a U.S citizen and must have lived here for the past 14 years |
| Qualifications: Supreme Court Justice | no qualifications |
| Census | an official count or survey of a population, typically recording various details of individuals |
| Reapportionment | allocate reps to each state (especially after each census) |
| Redistricting | state's population changes, redraws political boundaries |
| Gerrymandering | drawing a district to favor one political party over another (Illegal!) |
| Speaker of the House (who is it & the responsibilities) | John Boehner; most powerful person in congress, he or she leads the House, no one may speak until recognized by them, decides what bills will be voted on |
| Impeachment | accuse a federal official of wrongdoing with intent of removing him from office |
| President fo the Senate | VP |
| IL U.S. Senators | Mark Kirk, Richard Durbin |
| President Pro-Tempore | Longest serving member of the controlling political party |
| Delegated Powers | finance the gov. (collect taxes and borrow $), regulate trade, defend the country (Declare War), create courts, provide for growth, power to impeach |
| Implied Powers | not spelled out in Constitution (but understood) |
| Expelled | deprive of membership of or involvement in a school or other organization |
| Censured | express severe disapproval of, typically in a formal statement |
| Ex Post Facto | make an action criminal after it's committed or retroactively |
| Bill of Attainder | a legislative act finding a person guilty of treason or felony without a trial; "bills of attainder are prohibited by the Constitution |
| Habeas Corpus | a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court and told what they are charges with. |
| Special Powers of the House | house starts impeachment hearings, all bills to raise money start here, picks the president of the U.S. if no one gets majority of electoral votes |
| Special Powers of the Senate | handle the impeachment trial, picks the vice-president if they fail to gain enough electoral votes, all treaties must be approved here by a 2/3 vote, judges and cabinet members must be approved by a majority of the senate |
| How bill becomes law (where do ideas come from and remember different committees) | before bill sent to president, house and senate have to pass identical versions, if differences sent to conference, committee, compromise bill, president veto, congress override veto by 2/3 vote, president has only 10 days to veto or becomes pocket veto |
| Veto | reject |
| Pocket Veto | congress adjourns during 10 days-bill dies |
| Congress cannot do what? | Pass Ex-post Facto laws, Pass bill of attainder, and suspend writ of Habeas Corpus |
Created by:
mpiontek
Popular American Government sets