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Goverment
Study for Govermnet Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 3 branches of government? | Executive,Legislative,and Judical |
| Who is in the Executive branch? | The President,Vice President,and Cabinet members |
| Who is in the Legislative branch? | Congress,Senate,and House of Representatives |
| Who is in the Judicial branch? | Supreme Court,and Lower Federal Courts |
| What are the jobs of the Executive branch? | Proposes,approves,and enforces laws,makes treaties with other countries and leads the military |
| What are the jobs of the Legislative branch? | Makes laws,raises money by collecting taxes or borrowing money,prints money,and declares war |
| What are the jobs of the Judicial branch? | Decides whether laws follow the guidelines of the Constitution,decides what laws mean,and decides whether laws have to be followed |
| What are the levels of Government? | Federal,State and Local |
| What are the jobs of the Federal Government? | They control the entire country |
| What are the jobs of the State Government? | They control a state |
| What are the jobs of the Local Government? | They control a city,town,or districts |
| What are Checks and Balances? | They are a system that let's each branch limit the power of the other 2 |
| Why are Checks and Balances important for our government? | They help prevent a branch of government becoming stronger than the other 2 |
| What is the Bill of Rights? | It is a list of rights of individuals such as freedom of speech and freedom of religon |
| Why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution? | People wanted it added so that their individual rights could be recognized by the government |
| What was the 15th amendment? | It allowed African-American men to vote |
| What was the 19th amendment? | It allowed ALL women to vote |
| What was the 26th amendment? | Instead of having to be 21 to vote you only have to be 18 |
| Why was the 15th amendment added? | To protect the voting rights of African-American men |
| Why was the 19th amendment added? | To protect the voting rights of women |
| Why was the 26th amendment added? | To increase voting rates |
| What does veto mean? | To reject laws made by Congress |
| What does democracy mean? | It is a government in which the people have the power to make political decisions |
| What does ratify mean? | It means to accept |
| What does citizen mean? | An official member of a state,city,or nation |
| What does amendment mean? | `It is a change to the Constitution |
| What does unconstitutional mean? | Does not follow rules laid out by Constitution |
| What does federal mean? | is a system that states share power with the central government but the central government still has more power over the states |
| What does preamble mean? | It is the beginning of the Constitution listing the goals of the U.S are listed |
| What are the Articles of Confederation? | A list of what the colonists couldn't do and could do also the plan for the national government |
| What can citizens do to respect the U.S.A? | Sing the Pledge of Allegiance and the National Anthem also celebrating the 4th of July |
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