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Articles of Confederation Flashcards

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Article 1
Legislative branch

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The US Congress makes the laws. Has 2 parts called the house. The House of Representatives and the Senate

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Article 2
Executive Branch

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lays out the power of the executive branch

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Article 3
Judicial Branch

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lays out the powers of the Judicial Branch. Supreme Court decides court cases according to the US constitution.

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Article 4

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State powers - States have the power to make and carry out their own laws relating to the people and problems of the area.

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Article 5

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Amendments - Outlines the process for amending or changing the Constitution

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Article 6

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Supremacy Clause - Constitution and federal laws > state and local laws. All laws must agree with the Constitution.

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Article 7

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Ratification - outlines the process for the ratification of the Constitution

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number of members: senate

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2 per state = 100 total

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number of members: House of Representatives

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depends on population

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How elected: Senate

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elected by the people of each state

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How elected: House of Representatives

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elected by the people

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Constituents represented: senate

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entire state

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Constituents represented: House of Representatives

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individual districts

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Qualifications: age, citizenship, and residence: Senate

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30 years old, US citizen for 9 years, must live in state represented

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Qualifications: age citizenship, and residence: House of Representatives

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25 years old, US citizen for 7 years, must live in state represented

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Length of term: Senate

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6 years

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Length of term: house of representatives

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2 years

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Title of presiding officer: senate

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The vice president

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title of presiding officer: house of representatives

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The speaker

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name of current presiding officer: House of Representatives

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Was Kevin McCarthy, currently nobody

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name of current presiding officer: senate

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Kamala Harris

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impeachment power: Senate

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Acts as a court during impeachments

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impeachment power: house of representatives

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Can bring charges of impeachment against an officer

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Articles of Confederation

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A weak constitution that governed America during the Revolutionary War.

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Shays Rebellion (1786)

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Armed uprising of western Massachusetts debtors seeking lower taxes and an end to property foreclosures. Though quickly put down, the insurrection inspired fears of “mob rule” among leading Revolutionaries.

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Constitutional Convention

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The meeting of 55 state delegates in 1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a new plan of government, the US Constitution

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Virginia Plan

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Virginia delegate James Madison’s plan of government, in which states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population

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New Jersey Plan

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A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress

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U.S. Congress

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the group of people who make laws for the United States. It has elected representatives from all states and territories. It is divided into two groups, the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Bi-cameral

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Two house legislature

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legislature

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a group that makes laws

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Census

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the official count of a population

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation

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Preamble

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Introduction to the Constitution

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James Madison

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Father of the Constitution

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Capitol Building

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Where congress meets

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White House

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where the president lives and works

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