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Government Final
Final for 2023/24 school year Government - Carr. HS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many electoral votes are needed to win the presidency? | 270 |
| What year were the bill of rights ratified? | 1791 |
| What amendment is called the lame duck amendment? | 20th |
| What is the president's salary? | $400,000 |
| What plan wanted equal representation in congress? | Connecticut |
| What plan said representation would be based on population and was supported by the large states? | Virginia |
| what term means a two house legislature? | Bicameral |
| What case established judicial review? | Marbury v. Madison |
| what day does congress begin their session? | Jan. 3rd |
| What day does the president begin his/her new term? | Jan. 20th |
| A supreme court justice term length. | 18 years |
| President term years | Four-year |
| the president may serve for __ terms or __ years. (amendment __) | 2 terms; 10 years; 22nd |
| members in senate | 100 |
| members in House | 435 |
| presides over the house of rep. | The speaker of the house |
| senator term in years | 2 |
| house term in years | 6 |
| Branch interprets the law | judicial |
| branch carries out the law | executive |
| branch makes the laws | legislative |
| Name of the court case that established guidelines for informing a suspect of his or her right to legal advice | Miranda v. Arizona |
| Constitutional amendments | 24 of them |
| Sets the presidents salary | Congress |
| President who broke the two-term tradition | FDR |
| President who started the two-term tradition | George Washington |
| Amendment which created term limits | 22nd |
| The only person who may call a special session of congress | the president |
| what presides over the house of rep. | speaker of the house |
| US senators are chosen by the _______ in the states. | population; 17th amendment |
| electors in the electoral college | 535 |
| How many states have 2 electoral votes | NONE |
| ND has ___ electoral votes | 3 |
| District of Columbia recieves ___ votes | 3; 23rd amendment |
| City held the constitutional covention | Philadelphia |
| Elected pres. of the constitutional covention | George Washington |
| The only state that did not attend the Const. Convention | Rhode Island |
| Father of the Consititution | George Washington |
| Const. ratified on | June 21st 1788 |
| Dec of independence ratified on | July 4th 1776 |
| Worlds smallest country | Vatican City |
| Worlds largest state | Uttar Pradesh |
| Theory claimed state developed NATURALLY out of the early family | evolutionary theory |
| Theory believed the state was born of FORCE | the force theory of government |
| Term means love for ones country | Patriotism |
| A master propaganda leader in Nazi Germany | Joseph Goebbels |
| US pres. who declared war on Japan | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Worlds leading example of presidential governent | The United States |
| Dictatorial regimes usually gain power by... | global depression |
| oldeest delegate to the convention | Benjamin Franklin |
| Votes each state got at constit. convention | a single vote |
| states needed to ratify the constitution | NINE |
| the first state to ratify constit. | Delaware |
| current vice presiden | Kamilla Harris |
| Capitol building location | Washington DC |
| congress begain first term on | March 4th 1789 |
| congress term | 118 |
| President who called the most recent special session in 1948 | Harry Truman |
| start of a new congressional term is | "noon of the 3rd day of january" of every odd-numbered year |
| each state is guaranteed at leas how many seats in the house? | One |
| Years in a congressional term | Two |
| sessions in a term | two |
| 3 requirements for office president | Born in US; 35 year; 14 years citizen |
| requirements for senate | residency in state; 30 year; 9 year citizen |
| requirements for house | resident of state; 25 year; 7 years citizen |
| What must be contained in a search warrant? | time and date issued; specific property; time period of which it can be searched; what can be seized; confirmation of probable cause |
| 4 basic characteristics states share | Population; territory; sovereignty; government |
| 3 civil war amendments | 13- abolish slavery; 14- citizenship; 15- black men sufferage |
| presidential succession | Vice pres.; speaker of the house; president pro tempore |
| 3 major parts of the consitiution | preamble; seven articles; amendments |
| ND senators | Kevin Cramer; John Hoven |
| ND house or rep. | Kelly Armstrong |
| What did the great compromise resolve? | House- according to population Senate- equal in all states |
| Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate but equal |
| Brown v. Topeka Board of Education | established racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional |
| Miranda rule | advices of the rights for legal advice |
| two options the president has when congress sends a bill | veto; sign and pass |
| three branches of government | judicial; executive; legislative |
| What is the best part of being an american? | Freedom |
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