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Am Gov Final
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Main idea of Preamble to Constitution | Government is controled by the people and the purpose of the Constitution is stated |
| Number of Articles in Constitution | Seven |
| List the Articles in the Constitution | 1.Legislative power, 2.Executive power, 3.Judicial power, 4.States rights, 5.Amendment process, 6.Supremacy, 7.Ratification process |
| Article I | Legislative - powers given to the legislative branch of the government |
| Article II | Executive - Powers given to the President |
| Article III | Judicial - powers given to the Supreme Court and inferior courts |
| Article IV | States Rights in relations with Federal Government-Guarantees - representative form of government,protection against invasion,aid in internal disorders |
| Article V | Amendment Process - Set up the processes used to amend the Constitution formally and informally |
| Article VI | Supremacy - Constitution is the highest law in the land-Supreme Court decisions are final |
| Article VII | Ratification -3/4 of state legislators must vote for legislation to add it to the Constitution in the form of an amendment |
| 1st Amendment | 5 freedoms - speech, press, religion,assembly, petition |
| 2nd Amendment | Right to keep and bear arms |
| 3rd Amendment | Prohibits quartering of troops in private homes |
| 4th Amendment | Freedom from unreasonable search and seizure |
| 5th Amendment | Protections given to people accused of a crime-double jeopardy, self incrimination |
| 6th Amendment | Rights and Protections of the accused-speedy public trial, right to lawyer |
| 7th Amendment | Trial by jury in Federal civil cases |
| 8th Amendment | Protection from excessive bail or cruel punishment |
| 9th Amendment | Rights, other than those in the Constitution, retained by the people |
| 10th Amendment | States Rights-Deals with powers reserved to the States |
| 11th Amendment | Sue State-a state may not be sued in Federal Courts by a citizen of another state or by a foreigh country |
| 12th Amendment | Made a change to how the Pres. and V.Pres. are elected |
| 13th Amendment | Ended Slavery |
| 14th Amendment | Citizenship-Gave citizenship to people who were slaves |
| 15th Amendment | Right to vote-Gave all the right to vote, no matter their race, creed, or color |
| 16th Amendment | Income tax-at the age of 16, American workers start paying income tax |
| 17th Amendment | 17 Senators-Gave each state's residents the right to vote for their state senators. |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition-The making, selling or consumption of alcohol is illegal, |
| 19th Amendment | 19 curls- gave women the right to vote |
| 20th Amendment | Lame Duck-Set a new date for the beginning of the sessions of Congress(Jan.3) and the inauguration of the President(noon Jan. 20) |
| 21th Amendment | Repealed Prohibition-repealed the 18th amendment |
| 22nd Amendment | 2 terms-The president may only serve 2 full terms or 10 years |
| 23rd Amendment | 23 D.C.-The District of Columbia will get 3 electoral votes |
| 24th Amendment | 24 poll no more-People do not have to pay poll tax in order to vote |
| 25th Amendment | 25 President Dies-deals with Presidential succession,Vice Pres. vacancy, and Presidential disability |
| 26th Amendment | Set voting age at 18 |
| 27th Amendment | Congressional pay |
| Amendment 12,20,22,23,25 | Presidential Amendments |
| Basic method of amending the Constitution | Proposed by 2/3 vote of each house,ratified by 3/4 of each states legislature |
| How can Constitution be informally amended? | Passage of basic legislation,Presidential action,key decisions of Supreme Court,activities of political parties |
| Federalism | A written Constitution divides power between a central national government and several regional governments |
| Four things Pres. can do to a bill he receives | Sign it, veto it, allow it to become law, pocket veto it |
| Pocket veto | Bill dies if Congress adjourns its session within 10 days of the submission of a bill to the Pres. and he doesn't act on it |
| How are the total number of electoral college votes determined? | The Constitution states the electoral college will have the same number of votes as the number of members in Congress. |
| Number of electoral votes to win an election | 270 |
| Three main problems with Electoral College | Winner of popular vote not guaranteed presidency, electors not required to vote according to popular vote,an election may have to be decided by the House of Rep. |
| Most probable solution to fixing the problems with the Electoral College process | Direct election plan-voters in all fifty states and the District of Columbia would be given the power to elect the Pres. and V.Pres. |
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