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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A type of government wehre citizens have a voice?? | Democracy |
| A ___________ monarchy shares powers with another branch of government? | Constitutional monarchy |
| A government with a single ruler? | Autocracy |
| A form of government in which the states maintain a great deal of independence while being loosely unified as a nation | confederation |
| North Korea has a ________ form of government. | Totalitarian |
| which ANCIENT civilization provided the us with inspiration for a representative democracy? | Ancient rome |
| the idea of lomited government was contributed by which two influencing documents? | Magna carta and the english bill of rights.. |
| what was the first attempt at self-governing in the united states? | the mayflower compact |
| A basic set of principles that determine the powers ad dties of a government|?? | constitution |
| or first constitution was called the? | Articles of confederations |
| what was the entire national government under the Articles of confederations? | congress |
| what showed the weakness of the articles of conederations? | Shays rebellion |
| which branch of government can impeach pblic officials? and which house? | legislature and the house of representatives |
| what do senators usually use to stop a vote on a bill? | filibster |
| if a bill passes in both houses, but has made changes to it, it goes to a _________ ___________ before it goes to the president. | conference committee |
| how many votes dos congress need to override a presidential veto?? | 2/3 vote |
| what is the presidents job to do with the law?? | enforce the law |
| the president must be a ___________ citizen | native born |
| what is the presidents title over the armed forces? | commander in chief. |
| who has the power to declare war? | congress |
| who are the heads of the us foreign services? | U.S ambassadors |
| what foreign policy believes that the us could be self-sufficent? | isolationism |
| they have the power to strike down a state or federal law if they find the law unconstitutional? | judicial review |
| to amend the constitution, you must have ___ of both houses vote in favor and it is ratified by ____ of the state, | 2/3 and 3/4 |
| the great comromise created a __________ legislature. | bicameral |
| one house was based on ...... | population |
| under the _________ compromise, slaves counted as _____ of a person | three-fifths and 3/5 |
| purpose is to elect the president | electoral college |
| these people felt the constitution gave the centrall government too much power. | Anti-federalists |
| the federalists papers were to designed to reassure americans that the new federal government would not ........ | over power the states |
| the sharing of powers between central governmen and the states that make up that government. | federalism |
| powers RESERVED for the states | reserved powers |
| powers that are not specifically assigned to the national government, but understood to be necessary or allowed | implied powers |
| ________ states the purpose of our government | the preamble |
| According to the preamble, the government is to create fair ...... | laws |
| what is the funtion of congress? | to make laws |
| when does th vice president vote in congress? | to break ties |
| the house of representatives represents the interests of a specific ...... | distict |
| the supreme law of the united states of america is the | u.s constitution |
| what amendment protects our freedom of religion? | the first amendment |
| cant be tried for the same crime twice if found not guilty | double jeopardy |
| which amendment garentees citizens the right to a public trial? | the sixth amendment |
| who was granted the right to vote nder the 19th amendment ? | women |
| what age can you vote? | the age 18 is when you can start voting |
| name the first two political parties | federallists and democratiic republicans |
| what do republicanns think about the governments involvments in peoples lives? | they think they should have little involvment. |
| how old do u have to be in order to be a naturalized citizen?` and how many years do u have to live in the U.S for? | 18 years old and 5 years |
| the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government. | Lobbying |
| an international organization with a membership of more than 200 countries to bring about peaceful relations with member countries | the United nations |
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