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Gov test #1 Flashcards

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What are the eligibility requirements for President

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Must be a U.S citizen, at least 35 years old, have been a resident of the U.S for at least 14 years.

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Which Article of the Constitution is longer and more detailed

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Article 1

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3
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Who has the Power to declare war

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Congress

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4
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What is the standard for presidential impeachment

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Must be convicted of treason major crime Or bribery

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What is the ex post facto clause

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An ex post facto law is a law passed after the occurrence of an event or action which retrospectively changes the legal consequences of the event or actio

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What is required for confirming a presidential appointee

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The Senate Judiciary Committee conducts hearings, questioning nominees to determine their suitability. At the close of confirmation hearings, the Committee votes on whether the nomination should go to the full Senate with a positive, negative or neutral report.

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What is required for ratifying an amendment and proposing an amendment

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For ratifying it has to be approved by three fourths of state legislators and citizens elect delegates to convention is three fourths of state delegates/

For repealing you have to cancel or revoked by a legislative act.you cannot take away in a amendment you can only add one

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What is in the first amendment

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People have the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, Freedom of assembly, freedom of press, And the right to protection from the government

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What is the second amendment

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People have the right to have a weapon to protect themselves

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What is the fourth amendment

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The government cannot arrest the person or sent to their property unless there’s a probable cause

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What is the 10th amendment

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Any power that the Constitution does not get the federal government belongs to the states

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12
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What were the post-Civil War amendments

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13 through 15 amendments

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13
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What did the 16th amendment do

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Congress had tax income

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What did the 17th amendment do

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People can elect US senators

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What does the 19th amendment do

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Gives all the female citizens the right to vote

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What does the 24th amendment do

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It’s illegal to make a citizen pay to vote or take a reading test to vote

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17
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How many amendments in the Constitution

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27

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18
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But clause has expanded federal power

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The commerce clause

gives the federal government the ability to regulate commerce between the US Gov and foreign states, as well as between the states. It also allows Congress to regulate commerce with American Indians. Because of this, the power of the federal government was greatly expanded due to the power it has in dealing with all different sorts of trade, and the things associated with trade, such as tariffs etc

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What is the ex post facto law

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A law that makes illegal an active that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. The Constitution prohibits the making of ex post facto law.

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What are reserved powers for Congress

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Declare war, negotiate treaties, issue money, Regulate interstate/foreign trade, maintain a military

21
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What does the eighth amendment do

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The government cannot demand excessive bail or fines or any unusual punishment

22
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What does the 27th amendment do

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Congress must limit when and how much members are getting paid

23
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Who has the power to impeach, Who tries impeachments

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The House of Representatives has the power to impeach. The Senate has the power to try all impeachments

24
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What is the formula for the presidential elections

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The electoral college

25
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What are the unalienable rights in the declaration of independence

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Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

26
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What was the new England Confederation

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Defend against Indians

27
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What event called for the first Continental Congress

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The intolerable acts

28
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Why did founders fear democracy

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He feared a destructiveness that a majority my make by trying to make everyone equal

29
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What is Confederacy

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a group of people, countries, organizations, etc., that are joined together in some activity or effort.

30
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Document that provided English man the rule of spate from the Monarch

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Magna Carta

31
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What was the English Bill of Rights

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William the third and Mary the second swearing to govern people

32
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What caused the founders to revise the articles of Confederation

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The desire for a stronger federal government

33
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What was the Connecticut compromise

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Combined elements of the New Jersey and Virginia plan

Bicameral legislature

Senate-State equality

House of representatives – representation based on State population

34
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What did Federalist papers 10 and 51 argue

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Argue that the Constitution would balance the balance The influence of actions

35
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Why were the Federalist papers written

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To sway the people into thinking that the Constitution is a good thing

36
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Why was the Bill of Rights added

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Since the Constitution weakened the state gov people needed their rights to be protected from the federal government

37
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What was the Northwest ordinance of 1787

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created a system for admitting new states, bill of rights that guaranteed representative government, religious freedom, trail by juries

38
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What strong government state anti-Federalist favor

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State governments

39
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What was the social contract theory

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Formed as a result of people agreeing among themselves to submit to the authority of a state

40
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What are the three p’s of the government

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People, powers, policies

41
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Why did framers fear majority rule

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The framers did not want one person or group of people having too much power.

42
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Why did framers fear mob rule

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Same reason why they feared direct democracy

43
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What principle of democracy holds the government accountable to laws

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The rule of law

44
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What form of government has elected representatives

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Representative democracy

45
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What is a limited government

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restricted with reference to governing powers by limitations prescribed in laws and in a constitution

Limited government is defined as a governing or controlling body whose power exists only within pre-defined limits that are established by a constitution or other source of authority.

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What’s are public goods

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A benefit or well-being of the public

47
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What is the government

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is made of up of the formal institutions and processes through which decisions are made for a group of people

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