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govt. quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who wrote Federalist Paper #39? | James Madison |
| What category? | The Conformity of the Plan to Republican Principles |
| First question that offers itself is? | Whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican |
| What does it mean when the republican is not capitalized? | representative government |
| Define Federalism | 51 governments, federal government, and national government to equal Division of power between the state governments and the federal governments |
| Covers which three branches of our government? | Legislative, Executive, and Judicial |
| Guarantee of republicanism | Don't have birth nobility titles aka everyone is equal in America |
| Pop Quiz | |
| What are the 7 articles | Article I - Legislative, Article II - Executive, Article III - Judicial, Article IV - Relations among the states, Article V - amendment process, Article VI - national debts, supremacy of national law, oaths, Article VII - ratification |
| How many amendments are in the Constitution? | 27 |
| Which method was used 26 out of the 27 times? | Method #1 |
| Which method was used for the one left over? | Method #2 used for the 21st amendment |
| How many ways can the Constitution be amended? | 4 |
| Method #1: | Proposed by 2/3 vote of each house of Congress, Ratified by 3/4 of state legislatures |
| Method #2: | Proposed by 2/3 vote of each house of Congress, Ratified by 3/4 of state conventions |
| Method #3: | Proposed by a national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of state legislatures, Ratified by ¾ of state legislatures |
| Method #4: | Proposed by a national convention called by Congress at the request of 2/3 of state legislatures, Ratified by ¾ of state conventions |
| Which two methods have never been used? | Method #3 and #4 |