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Civics test unit 4
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the United States Constitution? | The supreme law and sets up the frame work for the United States. |
| What is the Bill of RIghts? | The First Ten Amendments, a formal list of civil liberties. |
| What does the term "Checks and Balances" mean? | A system that allows each branch of a government to limit the powers of the other branches so no single branch becomes too powerful. |
| What is Federalism? | A system of government where power is divided between a central national governement and indivdual states. |
| What is Loose Interpretation? | A flexible envolving guide that grants federal government implied powers beyond what is literally written down in the Constitution. |
| What is Strict Interpretation? | It limits government power strictly to the powers explicitly and clearly granted by the text of the constitution. |
| "We the People" is an example of? | Popular Soverienty |
| The process by which the power is divided between the federal government and the state government is called what? | Federalism |
| What are the three branches of government? | The Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Judicial Branch |
| What is the Legislative Branch and what is it made up of? | Its responsible for making and passing federal laws, made up of Senate and House of Representatives. |
| What is the Executive Branch and what is it made up of? | Its responsible for carrying out and enforcing laws |
| What is the Judical Branch and what is it made up of? | The system that interprets the laws, applies justice, and determines if its in law of the constitution. |
| What is the Bill of Rights and what does they do? | Its the First 10 Amendments and it protect indivdual rights |
| Who makes the laws in the United States governemnt? | The U.S Consitituion |
| What are the two parts of Congress? | Senate and the House of Representatives |
| What is the main purpose of the United States Constitution? | To set up a plan for the U.S government |
| What is Federalism and what is an example of Federalism? | Its the divsion of power/ power given betweeen national government and state government. EX (National) Declaring War, EX (State) Running Public Schools |
| What is the First Amendment and what does it protect? | The First Amendment protects the 5 basic natural rights: religion, speech, the press, assembly, the right to petition the government. |
| Summarize how a biill becomes a law? | Idea, committee, floor vote, congress (2nd time), final agreement, executive action. |
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