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what was the name of the first form of us government   The articles of confederation  
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Why was the first form of government a failure   Gave to much power to states and central government couldn't tax  
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What was the goal of the constitutional convention   Fix the articles of confederation  
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What was the New jersey plan   favored small states gave equal votes in congress  
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What was the Virginia plan   favored large states and states got amount of votes off of population  
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What was the great compromise   The compromise to create the us government as a democracy and get rid of the articles of confederation bicameral houses  
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What was the 3/5 compromise   Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person  
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Who was the main author of the constitution   James Madison  
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What is the Premable   introduction to the constitution  
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What does Bicarmel mean   Two houses  
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What is the role of the legislative branch   Make laws  
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What is the role of the executive branch   Enforce the laws  
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What is the role of the Judicial branch   Interpt laws  
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What are the requirements to be a senator   must be 30 years old and u.s citizen for 9 years and live in state you represent  
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What are the requirements to be a reprentative   Must be 25 years old live in us for 7 years and live in state you represent  
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What are the requirements to be the president   Be born in us and 30 years old and live in the U.S. for 14 years  
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What are the powers of the president   Veto bills as well as lead the country and be our commander and chief chooses supreme court justices, and make treaties with other countries  
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What are the powers of congress   They can impeach government officials, pass bills, deny bills, and propose bills, declare war, pay debts, establish post offices and build roads  
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How long is a representatives term   2 years  
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how long is a senators term   6 years  
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how long is the presidents term   4 years  
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how many supreme court justices are there   nine  
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How long is a supreme justices term   They serve for life or until they retire so they don't have to worry about getting kicked out because of a descision  
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what is the main job of the supreme court   They decide court cases that involve amendments and interrupt laws due with amendments  
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Who is the supreme justice   John G. Roberts JR  
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What are the three levels of court systems   district, appel, and supreme  
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What does the word appeal mean   apply for higher court revisal  
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What part of government has to approve all supreme court justices   senate  
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what is Judicial Review   power supreme court has to interrupt the constitution  
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What does the first amendment protect   freedom of religion, press, speech, petition, expression  
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What does the second amendment protect   The right to bear arms  
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What does the third amendment protect   No quartered soldiers  
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What does the fourth amendment protect   unreasonable search and seizures  
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What does the fifth, sixth, and seventh amendment protect   rights in criminal courts  
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What does the eighth amendment protect   Cruel and unusual punishment  
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What does the ninth amendment protect   implied rights  
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What is the bill of rights   The bill of rights is the document listing all the rights of the people and the first ten amendments  
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what type of government does the tenth amendment protect   state government  
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why do supreme court justices serve for life   So they don't have to worry about being kicked out of office due to one of their decisions or opinions  
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Who is the president   Obama  
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Who is the vice president   Joe Biden  
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Who are the massachusetts senators   Elizabeth Warren and ed markey  
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who represents wellesley   Joesph p kennedy  
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Who is the massachusetts governor   Deval Patrick  
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What are the two ways to amend the constitution   a constitutional convention or a 2/3 of house and senate and 3/4 vote of states  
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What dose it mean to amend the constitution   change it  
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What are the three levels of the united states government   federal state and local  
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When doesn't the first amendment protect freedom of speech   When it endangers others  
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What is another name for the executive departments   cabinet  
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What is the main job of the executive departments   advise the president  
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What does the department of defense over see   They oversee the presidents decisions and sponsor for the army  
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What does the state department oversee   represents the us in diplomatic services  
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What does the treasury department oversee   They oversee all the money and collecting taxes  
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What does the department of interior oversee   They over see national lands  
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What does the department of homeland security oversee   They watch out for terrorists and threats  
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What does the department of justice oversee   They run the legal system  
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Explain Congress's commerce clause   Congress's has the ability to control business over state and country laws  
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Explain Congress's elastic clause   gives congress power to grant all necessary laws  
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What is ferderalism   shared power between states and federal government  
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What is the president in charge of as executive and chief   The army and where troops are stationed  
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What is the president in charge of as chief diplomat   He is in charge of relationships with other countries  
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What is the president in charge of as chief economic advisor   The economy and make sure economy runs smoothly  
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what is double jepordy and what amendment protects us from it   It is being tried for the same charge twice and the fifth amendment  
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what is pleading the fifth   When you don't make a statement because it will incriminate yourself  
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What is eminent domain   governmental power to appropriate private property like to tax  
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