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Roderick's Gov't
H Gov't: Final Study
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 4 characteristics of state? | gov't, population, sovereignty, territory |
| 3 traits of English Representative gov't? | limited, ordered, representative |
| 3 English documents? | Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, English Bill of Rights |
| 3 major philosophers? | Locke, Blackstone, Montesquieu |
| What did our gov't get from the Roman gov't? | collegiality, majority rules |
| Legislative Branch of Romans- what are 3 parts? | Curate (clans and families), centuriate (wealth/age), tribal (plebians-lower class) |
| Weaknesses of Articles | can't regulate trade, no nat'l judiciary system, couldn't get money from states for army and navy |
| From VA plan? | bicameral, 3 branches |
| From NJ plan? | 3 branches |
| Fxns of government? (preamble) | justice, perfect union, general warfare, liberty, domestic tranquility, common defense |
| What did Beard believe? | His beliefs were towards creating welath and making capitalism flourish |
| What did Tocqueville believe? | If you have a right to do something, you also have a duty |
| Principles of democracy? | majority rules/minority rights, freedom, equality, fundamental worth, necessity of compromise |
| 6 principles of the constitution? | separation of power, popular sovereignty, limited gov't, judicial review, checks and balances, federalism |
| 7 types of powers? | delegated, expressed, implied, inherent, reserved, exclusive, concurrent |
| Powers of Congress? | coin money, regulate commerce, tax, regulate bankruptcy, declare war, treaties |
| AZ legislature (3 parts)? | intitiative, referendum, recall |
| Succession? | VP, Speaker of the house, president pro tem of the senate, sec. of state, sec. of treasury, sec. of defense, attorney general |
| House qualifications? | 25, 7 yr citizen, resident of state and district |
| Senate qualifications? | 30, 9 yr citizen, reside in state |
| President's roles? | chief of state, chief executive, chief of party, chief citizen, commander in chief |
| Executive presidential powers? | issue orders, federal and judicial appointments |
| Legislative presidential powers? | veto, call sessions of Congress |
| Judicial presidential powers? | reduce sentence length, postpone sentence |
| AZ judicial hierarchy | AZ supreme court, appellate court, superior court, lower courts, justice courts |
| What is the writ of habeas corpus? | It states that state courts must respect and abide by the federal courts |
| What is the name for a law that is applied retroactively to the diadvantage of the accused? | ex post facto |
| Which amendment is usually involved in the discussion of gun control? | 2nd |
| "The guarantees of religious freedom are limited in practice" could be found where? | In the establishment clause |
| What is slander? | The expression of false statements that could hurt a person's reputation |
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