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Constitution Test
What I need to know for my Constitutions Test
Question | Answer |
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natural rights | life, liberty, and property |
preamble | introductory sentence to the constitution |
popular soverignty | people limit the government |
federalism | divide between federal and state |
limited government | government has restrictions |
separation of powers | 3 branches |
checks and balances | each branch can check eachother |
individual rights | people have rights that can't be taken away |
powers of article I | congress can make laws and taxes and declare war |
prohibitions of article I | write of habeas corpus, bill of attainder, ex post facto |
two houses of congress | senate, house of representatives |
qualifications of president | 35, natural born |
qualifications of senate | 30, 9 year citizenship |
qualifications of house of representatives | 25, 7 year citizenship |
qualifications of supreme court | none |
article I | legislative |
article II | executive |
article III | judicial |
article IV | states respect laws of other states |
article V | Constitution can be changed |
article VI | "supreme law of the land" |
article VII | ratification |
powers of the president | treaties, appoint ambassadors and officers |
what is the cabinet | group to give advice to president |
first 3 successors of president | VP, speaker of house senate president protempor |
john locke ideals | people are good |
thomas hobbes ideals | people are evil |
james maddison | father of the constitution |
baron charles de montesquieu | 3 branches |
gouverneur morris | wrote the constitution |
anarchy | lack of government |
aristocracy | government of the best |
monarchy | government of one |
deomcracy | government of the people |
theocracy | religion based government |
bill | draft of a law idea |
law | a rule with penalties when broken |
veto | to say no |
override | reject or cancel 2/3 |
amend | modify formally |
writ of habeas corpus | must appear in court when charged with a crime |
bill of attainder | cannot pass law against group of people |
ex post facto law | law that makes an action legal when it occurred illegal |
"supreme law of the land" | constitution is the highest law in the US |
article | parts of the constitution |
majority | More than half |
Constitution | Plan of government |