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What is the “People’s Branch?”

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The “Great Compromise” at the constitutional convention created two chambers of Congress

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What are the two Chambers of Congress?

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Senate and The House of Representatives

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Bicameral?

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Is a Two House Legislature

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Requirements for Senate Members?

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Must be US citizen for 9 years

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Requirements for House of Representatives?

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Must Be citizens for 7 years

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How many members in the House of Rep?

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435 members

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How many members in the Senate?

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100 members

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Enumeration

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Or census are done every 10 years to determine the number of reps for each state needs change

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The House Term limits

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2 years

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The Senate Term Limits

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6 years

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Which Part of the constitution is most detailed?

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Article 1 Section 8

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Article 1 Section 8 lays out what?

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Specific Powers which the national government has, also know as Congress enumerated powers

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The last part of Article 1 Section 8

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Necessary and Proper Clause also known as “elastic clause”

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Amendments

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17 Requires senators elected by the people, NOT state legislature

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1940 being in Congress meant what?

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Low pay, only met for 6 month out of 2 years

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WWII being in congress meant what?

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Higher pay, met almost all of 2 years, full time job

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People Elected in Congress tend to what?

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Tend to get elected over and over again

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Define Incumbents

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Member who have won office

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Define Challenger

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People who are not in office who run against incumbents

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How do people feel about congress?

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Likes their member of congress but dislikes congress as a whole

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Pork Barrel Legislation

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Also called earmarks, spending money to district or state

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Define “Home Style?”

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Members of congress show that they care about the people

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watchdog

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Oversight

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The house and Senate are both organized by?

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Political Parties

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What are the 2 main Political Parties?
Democratic Party and Republican Party
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The larger Party is called?
Majority Party
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The smaller party is called?
Minority Party
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Caucuses
Members of Congress who share the same interest
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Who often acts as the Legislative Leader?
The President
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Officially only member of what can introduce a bill?
Members of Congress
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Define "Filibuster"
A members right to unlimited debate
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Stopping a filibuster is called?
Cloture and requires 60 votes
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Filibusters can stop what?
Stop bills from passing
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What are two presidential power traps?
President making promises he cant fulfill after winning office and if the President does have the power to make theses promises, he has too much power
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The constitution states that the president has what power over the US?
Executive Powers
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President has taken oath to?
Execute the office
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The president can use what to appoint officials when congress is not in session ?
Recess Appointments
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President is the leader of the...?
Military
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Congress is given the power to declare?
War
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it requires what vote of the senate to approve a treaty?
2/3 vote
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Head of State
A symbolic leader of the country
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Head of Government
The Political and Executive leader of the country
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George Washington
Mr.President, created the institution of the cabinet
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Thomas Jefferson
Put the first party system in effect
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Andrew Jackson
Expanded influence of the parties and average voters
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Abraham Lincoln
Faced Civil War and used emergency powers
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Theodore Roosevelt
Added the idea of stewardship theory- president is the care taker of the people
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Woodrow Wilson
US President becoming international leaders
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Franklin Roosevelt
The model of all modern presidents, used media and to promote
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John Kennedy
Transformed presidency to a visual media star
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Richard Nixon
Watergate Investigation, resigned
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Ronald Reagan
Teflon President- Scandals did not stick
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Informal power of the President
Power to Persuade
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Congress can check president by?
Override veto
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The court can check president by?
Rule s and regulation toward president that is unconstitutional
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Lame Duck
President who cant run again
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Emergency Powers
Call militia, military draft, etc.
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The hub model
The President get information from many people
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The Chief of Staff
The gate keeper to the president, no one would see the president unless going through the chief first
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The White House Office
The President's closest advisors hired and fired by the President alone
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National Security Counsel
Coordinates all foreign policy matters and advises president
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Executive Office of the President
Management structure to help the president
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The Great Fleet
Teddy Roosevelt made a naval fleet to show off the US military power
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Iranian Hostage Crisis
Extremists took over and overran our embassy taking all those inside hostage
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Vietnam War
War in Vietnam what the US thought was an expansion of communism

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