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Government/Politics
World History 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many members are in the House of Representatives? How are they divided up? | 435; By state population |
| How many members are in the Senate? How are they divided up? | 100; two per state |
| What is the term for a U.S. Senator? What is the term for a U.S. Representative? | 6 years and 2 years, respectively. |
| Describe the process in which a bill becomes a law. | Senator or Representative submits the bill to the Senate or the House, respectively. The Senate votes and if it passes it goes to the House and vice versa If it is passed by the other branch, it goes to the president who signs or vetoes it |
| what is the basic difference between liberal and conservative? | Liberal: non-traditional, open to change Conservative: traditional, not open to change |
| What is the difference between federalism and confederation? | They both have state and national government, but a confederate national government is weak; the state governments have most of the power. A federal national government has more power that state governments. |
| What is legislative power? | To make laws |
| What is executive power? | To uphold or enforce the laws |
| What is judicial power? | To interpret the laws and decide whether a law has been broken |
| Who are the Wisconsin U.S. Senators? | Ron Johnson and Tammy Baldwin |
| Who are the two candidates for governor of Wisconsin? | Scott Walker and Mary Burke |
| Legislation | noun; laws |
| Legislator | noun; law maker |
| Legistlature | noun; a group of law makers (legislators) |
| Legislate | verb; to make laws |
| Bicameral | bi=two cameral= chamber having two branches or chambers |
| Congress | the national legislative body of the U.S., consisting of the Senate, or upper house, and the House of Representatives, or lower house, as a continuous institution. |
| bill | a form or draft of a proposed statute presented to a legislature, but not yet enacted or passed and made law |
| Veto | the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature |
| Census | an official enumeration of the population, with details as to age, sex, occupation, etc |
| Conservative | disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change |
| Liberal | favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs |
| Moderate | of or pertaining to moderates, as in politics or religion (not extreme in either opinion) |
| Extremist | a person who goes to extremes, especially in political matters |
| Democratic Party | -one of the two major political parties in the U.S., founded in 1828. -(in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840 |
| Republican Party | -one of the two major political parties in the U.S.: originated 1854–56. -the more conservative of the two major political parties in the US: established around 1854 |
| Tea Party | a conservative political movement in the U.S. that opposes taxes and government spending: named in reference to the Boston Tea Party of 1773 (bit of an extremist group) |
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