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social studies final
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the name of the first form of us government | The articles of confederation |
| Why was the first form of government a failure | Gave to much power to states and central government couldn't tax |
| What was the goal of the constitutional convention | Fix the articles of confederation |
| What was the New jersey plan | favored small states gave equal votes in congress |
| What was the Virginia plan | favored large states and states got amount of votes off of population |
| What was the great compromise | The compromise to create the us government as a democracy and get rid of the articles of confederation bicameral houses |
| What was the 3/5 compromise | Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person |
| Who was the main author of the constitution | James Madison |
| What is the Premable | introduction to the constitution |
| What does Bicarmel mean | Two houses |
| What is the role of the legislative branch | Make laws |
| What is the role of the executive branch | Enforce the laws |
| What is the role of the Judicial branch | Interpt laws |
| What are the requirements to be a senator | must be 30 years old and u.s citizen for 9 years and live in state you represent |
| What are the requirements to be a reprentative | Must be 25 years old live in us for 7 years and live in state you represent |
| What are the requirements to be the president | Be born in us and 30 years old and live in the U.S. for 14 years |
| What are the powers of the president | Veto bills as well as lead the country and be our commander and chief chooses supreme court justices, and make treaties with other countries |
| What are the powers of congress | They can impeach government officials, pass bills, deny bills, and propose bills, declare war, pay debts, establish post offices and build roads |
| How long is a representatives term | 2 years |
| how long is a senators term | 6 years |
| how long is the presidents term | 4 years |
| how many supreme court justices are there | nine |
| How long is a supreme justices term | They serve for life or until they retire so they don't have to worry about getting kicked out because of a descision |
| what is the main job of the supreme court | They decide court cases that involve amendments and interrupt laws due with amendments |
| Who is the supreme justice | John G. Roberts JR |
| What are the three levels of court systems | district, appel, and supreme |
| What does the word appeal mean | apply for higher court revisal |
| What part of government has to approve all supreme court justices | senate |
| what is Judicial Review | power supreme court has to interrupt the constitution |
| What does the first amendment protect | freedom of religion, press, speech, petition, expression |
| What does the second amendment protect | The right to bear arms |
| What does the third amendment protect | No quartered soldiers |
| What does the fourth amendment protect | unreasonable search and seizures |
| What does the fifth, sixth, and seventh amendment protect | rights in criminal courts |
| What does the eighth amendment protect | Cruel and unusual punishment |
| What does the ninth amendment protect | implied rights |
| What is the bill of rights | The bill of rights is the document listing all the rights of the people and the first ten amendments |
| what type of government does the tenth amendment protect | state government |
| why do supreme court justices serve for life | So they don't have to worry about being kicked out of office due to one of their decisions or opinions |
| Who is the president | Obama |
| Who is the vice president | Joe Biden |
| Who are the massachusetts senators | Elizabeth Warren and ed markey |
| who represents wellesley | Joesph p kennedy |
| Who is the massachusetts governor | Deval Patrick |
| What are the two ways to amend the constitution | a constitutional convention or a 2/3 of house and senate and 3/4 vote of states |
| What dose it mean to amend the constitution | change it |
| What are the three levels of the united states government | federal state and local |
| When doesn't the first amendment protect freedom of speech | When it endangers others |
| What is another name for the executive departments | cabinet |
| What is the main job of the executive departments | advise the president |
| What does the department of defense over see | They oversee the presidents decisions and sponsor for the army |
| What does the state department oversee | represents the us in diplomatic services |
| What does the treasury department oversee | They oversee all the money and collecting taxes |
| What does the department of interior oversee | They over see national lands |
| What does the department of homeland security oversee | They watch out for terrorists and threats |
| What does the department of justice oversee | They run the legal system |
| Explain Congress's commerce clause | Congress's has the ability to control business over state and country laws |
| Explain Congress's elastic clause | gives congress power to grant all necessary laws |
| What is ferderalism | shared power between states and federal government |
| What is the president in charge of as executive and chief | The army and where troops are stationed |
| What is the president in charge of as chief diplomat | He is in charge of relationships with other countries |
| What is the president in charge of as chief economic advisor | The economy and make sure economy runs smoothly |
| what is double jepordy and what amendment protects us from it | It is being tried for the same charge twice and the fifth amendment |
| what is pleading the fifth | When you don't make a statement because it will incriminate yourself |
| What is eminent domain | governmental power to appropriate private property like to tax |
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