Government Final 💔💔😿😿😭😭

Question 1

Who wrote Two Treatises of Government?

Answer 1

John Locke

Question 2

What was the Mayflower Compact?

Answer 2

Established a self-governing community in the new world

Question 3

What was the first legislature in the United States?

Answer 3

The House of Burgesses

Question 4

What powers did the Articles of Confederation give to Congress?

Answer 4

declare war, negotiate treaties, appoint military officers, regulate Indian affairs

Question 5

What made Americans want a strong central government?

Answer 5

to address weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and create a more stable and unified nation

Question 6

Why was the Magna Carta so important?

Answer 6

Sows dissatisfaction not just with King John, but with the whole system of government that had been developed by King John’s predecessors as well.

Question 7

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

What is the basis of the Constitution?

Answer 8

popular sovereignty

Question 9

What are the three parts of the Constitution?

Answer 9

the Preamble, the Articles, the Amendments

Question 10

How many articles are in the Constitution?

Answer 10

7

Question 11

What is covered in each article?

Answer 11

Article I. Legislative Branch.
Article II. Executive Branch.
Article III. Judicial Branch.
Article IV. Relationships Between the States.
Article V. Amending the Constitution.
Article VI. Prior Debts, National Supremacy Clause, and Oaths of Office.
Article VII. Ratification.

Question 12

What made the Supreme Court equal to the other branches of government?

Answer 12

It interprets the laws and has the final say in federal law.

Question 13

How is a presidential veto overridden?

Answer 13

two-thirds vote in both the House and the Senate.

Question 14

What are the three types of powers Congress has?

Answer 14

Enumerated, Implied, Inherent

Question 15

How are Supreme Court decisions overturned?

Answer 15

A subsequent U.S. Supreme Court decision, or by a Constitutional amendment.

Question 16

How are amendments added to the Constitution?

Answer 16

by a two-thirds vote in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, by a constitutional convention called for by two-thirds of the state legislatures

Question 17

How many years does an amendment have to be ratified?

Answer 17

7 Years

Question 18

What are the first 10 amendments called?

Answer 18

The Bill of Rights

Question 19

What is a two house legislature called?

Answer 19

Bicameral legislature

Question 20

What group do some lawmakers say has too much power in Congress?

Answer 20

Congressional Staffers

Question 21

What are the qualifications for the Senate? The House of Representatives?

Answer 21

Senate: 30 years old, citizen 9 years, live in the state they represent
House Of Representatives: 25 years old, citizen 7 years, live in the state they represent

Question 22

Who assists the majority and minority leaders in Congress?

Answer 22

Majority whip and Minority whip

Question 23

How are bills presented in the Senate?

Answer 23

Presenting it to one of the clerks at the Presiding Officer’s desk, without commenting on it from the floor of the Senate.

Question 24

What is the purpose of joint committees?

Answer 24

Provide administrative coordination between the House and Senate and conduct studies for the benefit of both houses.

Question 25

What does the CBO do? What does the GPO do?

Answer 25

Congressional Budget Office: provides Congress with information to support the Congressional budget process. Government Publishing Office: producing, protecting, preserving, and distributing the official publications and information of the Federal Government

Question 26

What group controls the standing committees and writes the rules in Congress?

Answer 26

The majority party.

Question 27

What is the difference between redistricting and gerrymandering?

Answer 27

Gerrymandering: manipulate the boundaries so as to favor one party or class. Redistricting: divide or organize into new political or school districts.

Question 28

Who presides over the House of Representatives? The Senate?

Answer 28

House of Representatives: Speaker of the house The Senate: Vice President

Question 29

What are constituents?

Answer 29

Constituents are citizens whom a legislator has been elected to represent.

Question 30

How can a filibuster be stopped?

Answer 30

A two-thirds majority to end a filibuster, a procedure known as 'cloture.'

Question 31

Explain each of the types of resolution.

Answer 31

Simple: considered only by one chamber of Congress Joint: requires the approval of both Chambers in identical form and the president's signature Concurrent: a resolution passed by both houses of a legislative body

Question 32

Which party usually favors businesses? Social welfare programs?

Answer 32

Republican: Business Democratic: Social Welfare Program

Question 33

What are PACs?

Answer 33

PAC stands for Political Action Committee which can be fundraiser organizations, labor unions, and other groups that are used to support lawmakers

Question 34

What is the difference between public and private bills?

Answer 34

Public: National problems Private: individual people/places

Question 35

What is the largest portion of the federal budget spent on?

Answer 35

Entitlement

Question 36

What is pork barrel legislation?

Answer 36

Laws passed to appropriate money, benefits specific districts/states

Question 37

What group advises the president on military and foreign matters?

Answer 37

The national security act (NSC)

Question 38

What amendment covers presidential succession, and who follows the vice president?

Answer 38

25th amendment & Speaker of the house

Question 39

The largest agency in the EOP is what?

Answer 39

the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Question 40

Who administers the presidential oath of office?

Answer 40

The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Question 41

How many years can someone be president?

Answer 41

10 Years

Question 42

What group is chosen by the president for their experience in select areas?

Answer 42

Cabinet

Question 43

What is the expressed will of the people called?

Answer 43

Popular Sovereignty

Question 44

What two ways can Congress check the power of the president?

Answer 44

Power over Veto, Power to impeach

Question 45

What is executive privilege, and what trial questioned it?

Answer 45

President's right to refuse to provide information

Question 46

What are executive orders?

Answer 46

Rules with the force of law

Question 47

What is amnesty?

Answer 47

Group Pardon

Question 48

What are formal agreements between governments called?

Answer 48

A Treaty

Question 49

What court has original jurisdiction?

Answer 49

The Supreme Court

Question 50

What is an indictment?

Answer 50

A formal accusation that someone has committed a crime

Question 51

Which level of court does the most work?

Answer 51

Trial Courts

Question 52

Which courts help Congress exercise its power?

Answer 52

The federal courts

Question 53

Which court is known as the court of last resort?

Answer 53

The United States Supreme Court

Question 54

What are Supreme Court opinions?

Answer 54

A court's written explanation of a judgment

Question 55

What are the two types of juries, and what is the difference?

Answer 55

Grand: 16-23 people, hears charges against a person Petit: 6-12 people, weigh evidence presented at a trial in a criminal or civil case

Question 56

How many regions of district courts are in the United States?

Answer 56

12 regions, 94 courts

Question 57

Where do most of the cases the Supreme Court hears come from?

Answer 57

Appeals from lower courts

Question 58

What is a writ of certiorari?

Answer 58

An order from the court to a lower court to send up records on a case for review

Question 59

What is a friend of the court called?

Answer 59

Amicus Curiae

Question 60

What is a per curiam opinion?

Answer 60

Unsigned statement of the court's opinion

Question 61

Which court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson?

Answer 61

Brown V. Board of education

Question 62

What is a voting bloc?

Answer 62

Coalitions of justices

Question 63

What is a precedent?

Answer 63

Model to base other decisions in similar cases

Question 64

Who confirms appointments to the Supreme Court?

Answer 64

The U.S. Senate

Question 65

What is a concurring opinion?

Answer 65

A Written statement by a judge

Question 66

Who determines the number of Justices on the Supreme Court?

Answer 66

Congress