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Government Final

QuestionAnswer
3 How many branches of government are there?
Legislative makes the laws
Executive carries out the laws
Judicial interprets the laws
Congress Legislative Branch
President Head of the Executive Branch
Commander in Chief of US Armed Forces President
2 Number of Terms a President can be elected
Veto A president has this power to reject a bill
bicameral two houses
Lifetime Term for the Supreme Court
Cabinet Group of people who advise the president
9 Number of people on the Supreme Court
435 Number of people in the US House of Representatives
100 Number of people in the Senate
2 years Term for the House of Representatives
6years Term for the Senate
Great Compromise Created the Congress
Unlimited Number of terms for both Houses of Congress
7years How long you must be a citizen to be in the House of Representatives
9 years How long you must be a citizen to be in the Senate
30 How old you have to be for the Senate
25 How old you have to be for the House of Representatives
Electoral Votes what you need to win to be president
Who must be a natural born citizen? The President
Federalism The division of powers between the states and the central Government
35 How old you must be to run for President
The main problem with the articles of Confederation Too much power to the states
Federalists Wanted a strong central government
Anti-Federalists Strong State Governments
Three- Fifths Compromise Counted three-fifths of all slaves in a state as part of the population
Bill proposed law
President of the Senate Vice President
Virginia Plan Big State Plan- turned into the House of Representatives
New Jersey Plan Small State Plan- turned into the Senate
Override After a Veto, Congress needs a 2/3 majority
pardon The President can release a person from prison
Created by: weakstick
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