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gov exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| powers of the gov controlled by single agency | unitary system |
| the institution which makes laws | government |
| james madison | father of constitution; federalist; 4th president |
| alexander hamilton | federalist; supports national bank; secretary of state |
| voting district | precint |
| has 100 members & must be 30 yrs old to be in | senate |
| how many members does the texas senate and H.O.R have? | senate-31 H.O.R - 150 |
| this set permanent size, the house at 435 make rules for growing population | reapportionment act of 1929 |
| politcal party election to decide between party candidates? | primary |
| this case established implied powers & supremacy of national law | McCulloch v Maryland |
| the great comprimise which solved representation problem | CT comprimise |
| thomas jefferson | declaration of independance, influenced by john locke, social contract |
| Gov divided between state & national gov | federalism |
| Organization that wishes to influence public party | intrest group |
| who works for intrest groups? | lobbiest |
| powers stated by constitution | expressed powers |
| location of reserved powers for the states | 10th amendment |
| philosper who created checks & balances | montesque |
| checks & balances | seperation of powers |
| powers held by each other | concurrent powers |
| examples of concurrent powers | national can collect taxes state can collect taxes |
| liberal democracy = ? | representation democracy = ? |
| court hears case for the 1st time it can use jury | original jurisdiction |
| formal amendments | written words changed in the constition |
| formal amendments need what approval | 3/4 of states approval 2/3 of congress approval |
| comptroller | collects taxes and over sees budget |
| veto power govenor has | line item veto |
| line item veto | govenor can only reject part & approve part |
| due process | cant divide rights |
| the 4 concepts of democracy | 1free elections 2individ rights 3majority rules w/minority rights 4competing political parties |
| father of communism who advocated violent revolution | karl marx |
| all key powers are givent to the national/central gov | unitary gov |
| god chose certain people to rule | divine right theroy |
| plan=unicameral legislative body & multiple executors | new jersey plan |
| comprimise which allowed african americans to be counted in representation | 3/5 comprimise |
| plan=favored large states & called for represenaions to be based on population | virginia plan |
| plan=any teritory that entered the US after 1787 &considered = to the original 13 states | north west ordinance |
| most common method of amending the constitution | 2/3 of congress 3/4 of states |
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