Unit 4 National Government Notes Questions

Question 1

what outlines the structure of our national government?

Answer 1

The constitution

Question 2

What is federalism?

Answer 2

the national and state governments both have power

Question 3

which level of government in our federal system is supreme?

Answer 3

national

Question 4

What are the responsibility of the national government?

Answer 4

conduct foreign policy regulate commence provide for the common defense (military)

Question 5

what is commerce

Answer 5

trade (national government regulate trade between states and other countries)

Question 6

what is foreign policy?

Answer 6

our goverments relationship with other countries

Question 7

what are reserved powers?

Answer 7

powers set aside for the state goverments

Question 8

which amendment created reserved powers?

Answer 8

10th amendment

Question 9

what is a federal mandate?

Answer 9

it is when the national government requires action by the state governments

Question 10

what are examples of reserved powers

Answer 10

provide for welfare, public heath, and safety licensing education

Question 11

what are concurrent powers?

Answer 11

powers that both the national and state goverment share (ex. taaxation.

Question 12

what are the three branches of the government?

Answer 12

Legistative, executive, judiital.

Question 13

what are the seperation of powers?

Answer 13

Each branch has distint and separate powers.

Question 14

what are checks and balances?

Answer 14

The ability of each branch to limit the powers of the other branches.

Question 15

what is congress?

Answer 15

Legistative branch

Question 16

what does bicameral meaen

Answer 16

two chambers

Question 17

what is legistlature?

Answer 17

a lawmaking body.

Question 18

what are the two chambers of congress?

Answer 18

House of representative and the senate.

Question 19

What is the census?

Answer 19

a count of citizens that live within a state and it determines a states representation in the house of representatives.

Question 20

The House was meant to represent who?

Answer 20

the people

Question 21

The senatate was meant to repersent who?

Answer 21

the state

Question 22

What is the total number of both the House and Senate? 535

Answer 22

535

Question 23

How many members are in the Senate?

Answer 23

100

Question 24

How long is a Senate term? 6 year

Answer 24

6 years

Question 25

How many members are in the house

Answer 25

435

Question 26

how many senators are from each state?

Answer 26

2

Question 27

How long is a house term?

Answer 27

2 years

Question 28

What are expressed powers?

Answer 28

the powers of congress that are specifically listed (written in the constitution.

Question 29

what are the examples of expressed powers?

Answer 29

making laws for the nation, proving the annual budget, raising revenue (money) through taxed, fees, and fines, confirming presidential appointments, regulating interstate and foreign trade, declaring war.

Question 30

what are implied powers?

Answer 30

these arre powers that are not stated in the constitiution, but arre used to carry out expressed powers.

Question 31

What is the main function (job) of congress?

Answer 31

making laws

Question 32

why are laws crated?

Answer 32

in order to fix issues or problems

Question 33

what are the basic steps for how a bill becomes a law?

Answer 33

1. introduce the bill in either the house or senate
2. assign bill to a comittee
3. debated on the floor of the house or senate (which one it was introduced in)
   4.vote in the house or senate (which one it was introduced in)
4. sent to the other chamber of congress where steps 2-4 are repeated.
5. if the bill passes both chambers of congress, it goes to the president who can either sign or veto it (stop it)

Question 34

what is lobbying?

Answer 34

is how indiveduals or interist groups try to infulence legistators or vote for or aginst a perticular bill

Question 35

what is a bill?

Answer 35

a draft of a law

Question 36

how can induviduals shape legistation or influence policy making

Answer 36

voting, campaigning, or holding public office: join an interist group

Question 37

who is in charge of running the federal goverment including overseeing the cabinet departments, exectuive agencies, and regulatory groups

Answer 37

the president

Question 38

what does the cabinet do?

Answer 38

advises the president and helps run the various departments of the federal goverment (ex: department of defense, department of justice, etc.)

Question 39

what is the main job of the executive branch?

Answer 39

enforce the laws, carry out the laws, execute the laws.

Question 40

what is the preisdents role in the lawmaking process?

Answer 40

propose legislation
approve or veto legislation
carry out the laws by appointing officials
appeal to citizens to support or reject legislation

Question 41

what is the president’s role as a chief of state?

Answer 41

The ceremonial head of government

Question 42

what is the presidents role as chief legislator?

Answer 42

Proposes a legislative

Question 43

what is the presidents role as chief execuitive?

Answer 43

the head of the executive branch

Question 44

what is the presidents role as commander in chief?

Answer 44

nead of the nation’s armed forces

Question 45

what is the president’s role as chief diplomat?

Answer 45

American foreign policy leader

Question 46

what is the presidents role as chief of party?

Answer 46

leader of the political party

Question 47

what do interest groups do?

Answer 47

identify issues of importance, make political contributions (give money) to political campaigns, lobby.

Question 48

what is the president’s role as chief citizen

Answer 48

representative of the American people