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CiViCs YeAh
bernard midterm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| won election of 1980 and wat party was he | ronald reagan and republican |
| ronald reagan was an actor and governor of arkansas. T/F | false-was actor but gov of california |
| won election of 1984 and wat party was he | george h w bush and republican |
| was reagans vp | george h w bush |
| said "read my lips no new taxes" | geaorge h w bush |
| won election of 1992 | bill clinton and democrat |
| was formerly gov of arkansas | bill clinton |
| was impeached bc of scandal with monica lewinsky | bill clinton |
| first president to be impeached | andrew johnson |
| won election of 2000 and wat party | george w bush and republican |
| former gov of texas | george w bush |
| wat major event took place during bushs presidency | 9/11 |
| on 2008 election and wat party | president barack obama and democrat |
| used the words "hope and change" in campaign | obama |
| one major event so far in obama presidency | osama bin laden (9/11 attack leader) is found and killed |
| study of rights and duties of citizens | civics |
| have certain rights and duties | citizen |
| power belongs to one person or small group of people | dictatorship |
| power belongs to ppl | democracy |
| send back to home country | deport |
| document signed by king john in 1215 that limited kings power for first time | magna carter |
| had to attach stamp to newspapers and legal documents | stamp act |
| gave british east india company right to ship tea to colonies without paying most of taxes usually placed on tea | tea act |
| when officially declared independence from britain | 2nd continental congress |
| legislature with two houses | bicammeral |
| to aprove | rtify |
| to change | amend |
| called for representation to be based on population | virginia plan |
| called for states to have equal power regardless of population | new jersey plan |
| proconnecticu or great compromise which combined new jersey and virginia plan | roger sherman |
| great compromise split legislature in two houses | house of rep. and senate |
| 3 parts of constitution | preamble, articles, ammendments |
| first ten ammendments | bill of rights |
| federal and state share power | federalism |
| first ammendment rights | freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and to petition |
| act without govt intervention | civil liberties |
| ended slavery | 13th ammendment |
| guarenteed womans suffrage | 19th ammendment |
| lowered voting age from 21-18 | 26th ammendment |
| full rights of citizenship and equality under law | civil right |
| has 435 members, serve 2 yr terms, | house |
| has 100 members, serve 6 yr terms, | senate |
| president rejection | veto |
| president rejection without actually rejecting | pocket veto |
| qualifications for president | 35 yrs old, natural born citizen,us resident for 14 yrs |
| presidents salary | $400,000 |
| takes over if president cant serve | vp |
| role of pres where he carries out laws | chief executive |
| pres role where directs foreign policy | chief diplomat |
| pres role where runs nations armed forces | commander in chief |
| pres role where sets tone for billsfor congress to pass to law | legislative leader |
| pres role hwere carries out ceremonial functions | head of state |
| pres role wher plans budget | economic leader |
| pres role where leader of own party | party leader |
| rule or command that has force of law | executive leader |
| declaration of forgiveness of punishment | pardon |
| natinos plan for dealing with other nations | foreign policy |
| agreement btw 2 nations executives | treaty |
| nato | north atlantic treaty organization |
| nafta | north american free trade agreement |
| authority to hear court case | jurisdiction |
| has 9 justices | supreme court |
| holds trials and lawsuits | district court |
| uphold reverse or remand | appeals court |
| allowed by constitution | constitutional |
| voting reqirements | 18 yrs old,resident of state voting in,us citizen,registered |
| asking voters after they voted who they voted forq | exit poll |
| why vote? | american system counts on citizens taking an active role in govt. without u voting, others make decision for u and u have no right to complain. |
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