Based on Study Guides Part 2 & 3 Study Guides due day of Final Exam Final Exam Review Based on Study Guides Part 2 & 3 Study Guides due day of Final Exam

What is it called with President holds onto bill for 10 days and Congress has already adjourned?

Pocket Veto

Branch that enforces laws?

Executive Branch

Branch that can declare laws unconstitutional?

Judicial

Number of Justices on Supreme Court?

Nine

How Supreme Court decides to hear a case?

Rule of Four

Type of jurisdiction Supreme Court has in most cases?

Appellate Have to appeal UP to Supreme Court

What document established the first government of the United States?

Articles of Confederation

Who has the power to appoint federal government officials?

The President Chief Administrator

Age to become President?

35

How long a citizen to become President?

From birth; Natural Born Citizen

How long a resident in U.S. to be President?

14 years

Age to be Senator?

30

How long does someone have to be a citizen to be a Senator?

9 years

What is the residency requirement to be a Senator?

Mist live in the state elected

What branch regulates interstate trade?

Legislative Branch

What branch can give pardons?

Executive Branch

During what step in legislative process do most bills “die”?

In committee

Who has sole power to impeach?

House of Representatives

Who is the presiding leader of the House of Representatives?

Speaker of the House

Who does the Constitution say is the leader of the Senate?

Vice President of the United States President of the Senate

Constitutional principle that creates three branches of the federal government that are equal and independent?

Separation of Powers

Main ways the legislative branch can “check” the power of the executive branch?

House can impeach President Congress can override Presidential veto

President, Vice President, Cabinet, and Bureaucratic Agencies are all part of which branch of government?

Executive Branch

Annual speech given by the president about how the country is doing?

State of the Union

What article created the legislative branch?

Article 1

What article created the judicial branch?

Article 3

What article created the executive branch?

Article 2

What did President Johnson and President Clinton have in common?

Both were impeached by the House, but found NOT GUILTY by the Senate

What are the two parts of the dual court system?

Federal and State Courts

Highest court in the country?

U.S. Supreme Court

What is the process by which the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution has been applied to the states?

Selective Incorporation

Civil __________are protections that the people have from the government while civil ___________ are acts of the government that promote equality for all.

Civil Liberties – protection from government Civil Rights – acts of government to promote equality for all

Only court created by U.S. Constitution?

U.S. Supreme Court

Which Chief Justice of the Supreme Court helped to establish the court as an independent coequal branch of government through his decisions in such cases as Marbury v. Madison?

John Marshall

What has occurred when court uses the original intent of the framers of the Constitution and the previous decisions of the courts to make decisions?

Judicial Restraint

Evidence that a defendant was somewhere other than the scene of the crime at the time it was committed?

Alibi

What amendment prevents suspects from having to testify against themselves?

5th amendment They can remain silent – expanded by Miranda v. Arizona

Marbury v. Madison established what basic governmental principle?

Judicial Review

Basic characteristic of federalism?

Divides power between National and State Governments Example – some power in Washington, DC and some power in Atlanta, Georgia

What part of the Constitution says that states are beneath the national government and cannot pass laws that go against U.S. Constitution?

Article 4 – Supremacy Clause U.S. Constitution is supreme

Powers specifically reserved or given to the states called what?

Reserved Powers

Powers that are exercised simultaneously by the National and State governments?

Concurrent Powers

When all residents of a town come together to vote on an issue – example of what?

Direct Democracy Everyone has a direct say

The United States is an example of what type of government?

Representative Democracy We elect representatives to vote for us on issues

Primary author of the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson Stole ideas from John Locke

4 characteristics of a state/nation?

Population Territory Government Sovereignty