Mid-Term Test 01/05/2016 Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is the total population of your state, individually?
(Arizona) 6.731 million, (Utah) 2.943 million
With the information that you researched with “missing persons” does it become a more serious issue if the person is under the age of 18? If so how?
No
For every 700,000 residents in a state representative which also becomes a _______ vote during a Presidential election.
Electoral votes
Do state Governors vote in the Senate House? If so, when? If not, who does?
No, the House of Representatives do
In class, we talked about the impact of the recent measures passed in the state of Oregon, which controversial topic were approved by the residents of the state?
Marijuana use
What was your thinking behind voting in the Senate house regarding the social issues, session 1?
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What were the colonists who favored the British cause called? Oh. 98
Loyalists
In class, we discussed important taxes are as a responsibility, what made the Confederation unsuccessful (during the late 1700s) in generating revenue from local residents?
The tax protest, The Whiskey Rebellion
What keeps one branch from getting to much power?
The system of checks and balances
What two documents are the most important in American History?
The Bill of Rights, The Constitution
How much older does a senator have to be than a representative?
5 years (Sen. 30 years, Rep. 25 years)
What steps did a region take as it moved toward statehood? Pg. 166
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What is a Delegate? What role do they play in the establishment of a state?
A person sent to represent others,
In your personal opinion, what is the best way to begin to pay down our overall dept.
Don’t buy things we don’t need and reduce our expenses.
In addition to the things forbidden Congress, list four things that states are forbidden to do.
Coining their own money.
Making treaties with foreign powers.
Declare war on another state.
Grant any title of nobility.
What is the primary function of the legislative branch?
Making new laws or changing existing laws
The president of the United States of America must meet 3 major requirements?
You must be born in the US.
You have to be a citizen for at least 14 years.
You have to be over 35.
What name was given to the petition the second continental Congress sent to the king? What was the kings response?
The Olive Branch Petition. The king refused and ordered the army to suppress the rebellious colonists.
