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Exploring Gov Exam 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. Who is next line of succession after the vice president? | f. speaker of the house. |
| 2. State constitutions establish what 3 branches of Government? | j. Executive, legislative, and judicial. |
| 3. What department oversees U.S. relations abroad? | b. state |
| 4. What is America's central bank called? | h. Federal reserve |
| 5. What state has a unicameral legislature? | i. Nebraska |
| 6. How many times has the U.S, Congress declared war? | c. five |
| 7. What money guarantees a released suspect will not flee? | a. bail |
| 8. The number two executive officer in most states is who? | g. lieutenant governor. |
| 9. What department spends one-fourth of the federal budget ? | d. Health & Human Services |
| 10. What is the maximum number of justices on the Supreme Court? | e. Nine. |
| 11. Delegates choose nominees and a party platform at a _______. | o. National party convention. |
| 12. Executive orders allow presidents to act with out _______. | r. Congress |
| 13. To plead guilty of a lesser charge is apart of a ______. | t. Plea Bargain |
| 14. ______ means, "let the decision stand." | l. Stare decisis |
| 15. The Presidents annual message to congress is the _____. | k. State of the Union |
| 16. The power to amend the constitution rests with the ______. | s. States |
| 17. A disaster on 9/11/2001 prompted the creation of the ______. | p. Homeland security dept. |
| 18. The _____ declares the constitution to be the law of the land. | n. Supremacy Clause |
| 19. The heads of U.S. executive order departments make up the _____. | m. Cabinet |
| 20. Tourists spend an estimated 1.5 _____ in the U.S. annually. | q. trillion |
| 21. This limits the intrusiveness of the federal Government | w. Bill of Rights |
| 22. This law set the pattern for territories becoming states. | u. Northwest Ordinance. |
| 23. This case involved legal procedures for the accused | x. Miranda v Arizona. |
| 24. This limits the presidents ability to deploy troops. | y. War Powers Act |
| 25. This states that powers not specifically delegated to the federal government nor denied to the states remained with the the states or the people. | v. Tenth Amendment |
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