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Study Guide Exam 1
Study guide exam 1 for gov
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the System of government that divides power between levels of government? | Federalism |
| Presidential succession and disability. | 25th Amendment |
| What is the term that describes the division of Congress into two houses, The Senate and the House of Representatives? | Bicameral |
| Has 435 members, number of members delegated to each state is decided based on population. | House of Representatives |
| Has 100 members, two from every state. | Senate |
| Article I of the constitution describes this branch of government, designed to make the laws. | Legislative Branch |
| Article II of the Constitution describes this branch of government, designed to enforce to carry out the laws. | Executive Branch |
| Lame Duck- moved Presidential inaugurations to January 20. | 20th Amendment |
| Article III of the Constitution describes this branch, designed to interpret the laws. | Judicial Branch |
| The judicial branch at the national level is headed by the. | Supreme court |
| The executive branch at the national level is headed by the. | President |
| Prohibits poll taxes. | 24th Amendment |
| Prohibits a sitting congress from giving themselves a pay raise. | 27th Amendment |
| Rights of the accused; protects against self-incrimination, double jeopardy and due process. | 5th Amendment |
| Standardized voting age at 18. | 26th Amendment |
| Clause in the Constitution used the most to expand the power of the national government- listed in Article I Section 8. | Commerce clause |
| The executive branch at the state level is headed by the. | Governor |
| Right to a trail by a jury in civil cases. | 7th Amendment |
| This part of the executive branch carries out the day to day functions of enforcing the laws and implementing specific policies relative to their areas of expertise. | Bureaucracy |
| Repealed prohibition. | 21st Amendment |
| Right to Bear Arms. | 2nd Amendment |
| The states get claim their powers related to federalism through what amendment? | 10th Amendment |
| Right to a fair and speedy trial. | 6th Amendment |
| Freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, Petition. | 1st Amendment |
| Prohibition | 18th Amendment |
| Right against cruel and unusual punishment, excessive bails and fines. | 8th Amendment |
| The national government claims its position in federalism through what clause? | Supremacy clause |
| No quartering soldiers. | 3rd Amendment |
| Right against unlawful search and seizures. | 4th Amendment |
| Direct election of senators. | 17th Amendment |
| What is the minimum number of electoral votes a state can have? | 3 |
| Washington DC get 3 electoral votes. | 23rd Amendment |
| Every 10 years we complete what process that is used to count citizens for purposes of representation in the house and thus effects the number of electoral votes per state? | Census |
| Powers reserved to the state. | 10th Amendment |
| Electoral College uses separate ballots in voting for president and vice president. | 12th Amendment |
| The role of the media in which the media is able to make the decisions on what information is released to the public. | Gatekeeper/ Leak |
| The role of the media in covering the candidate that is ahead of the candidate that they consider "winning". | Scorekeeper/ horse race journalism |
| States in which candidates may spend more time because those states do not traditionally only vote for one party. | Swing states |
| Women's Suffrage. | 19th Amendment |
| Form of government in which power is located in one central government. | Unitary |
| Abolished slavery. | 13th Amendment |
| Form of government in which power is spread out into regional or state governments (the central or national government is usual very weak with little power). | Confederacy |
| The system used to elect the president, a system which states getting a designated number of votes based on their representation in the House plus their 2 members from the Senate. In this system Alabama currently has 9. | Electoral college |
| Limited the president to a maximum of 2 terms. | 22nd Amendment |
| If both houses of Congress passes a bill, this branch can veto the law, thus keeping the bull from becoming law. | Executive branch |
| Citizenship, All citizens have equal protection under law- all people born in US are citizens. | 14th Amendment |
| This branch of government is responsible for confirming appointments, for example confirming an appointment to the Supreme Court. | Legislative branch |
| This branch of government can declare actions of the other branches unconstitutional. | Judicial Branch |
| This branch of government ratifies treaties with foreign nations. | Legislative branch |
| National Income Tax. | 16th Amendment |
| Powers reserved to the People. | 9th Amendment |
| This branch of government appointments heads of executive departments, such as the secretary of state or the secretary of defense. | Executive branch |
| This branch can impeach and remove the President from office. | Legislative branch |
| African American Suffrage- all male citizens. | 15th Amendment |
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