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Constitution Test
What I need to know for my Constitutions Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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