2.  35

3.  Judicial

4. 99

5.  435 members

6.  Executive (President)

7.  4 years

8.  2 years

9.  The First 10 Amendments

10.  59 members

11.  118 members

12.  General Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives)

13.  3/5 of slaves were counted in states’ population

14.  The Electoral College

15.  President: your whole life  Senator: 9 years  House of Representatives: 7 years

16.  President: 4 years  US Senator: 6 years  US House of Representatives: 2 years

17.  Legislative: make laws  Executive: enforce laws  Judicial: interpret laws

18.  For life! (As long as in good behavior)

19.  Rod Blagojevich

20.  Senators: two per state  House of Representatives: depends on population. Bigger population=more Representatives.

21.  Interpret Illinois Constitution

22.  The Governor

23.  Legislative: create laws, impeach officials, override presidential veto, reject presidential appointments and treaties  Executive: appoint judges, veto or approve laws, make appointments and treaties

24. Legislative: Congress (House of Representatives and Senate) Executive: President and Vice President Judicial: Supreme Court

25.  Delegated: federal powers  Reserved: state powers  Concurrent: both state and federal powers

26.  If a candidate for President gets 51% of a states’ popular votes, the candidate gets all of the states electoral votes

27.  Farmers angry about too high of taxes stormed a courthouse

28.  Delegated: reinstate the draft, coin (make) money, regulate trade between Mexico and the US  Reserved: build North Grand, make marriage laws, make local elections  Concurrent: build roads, collect taxes

29.  Each state gets one vote in congress

30.  The framers of the Constitution argued about whether states should be represented by population (Virginia Plan) or should get one vote per state (New Jersey Plan)  They compromised in the Great Compromise. They made a bicameral system:  Senate: 2 senators per state  House of Representatives: determined by population

31.  The system of federalism restricts either the federal or state government from becoming too powerful.  It gives the federal government delegated powers (maintain the army, declare war, coin money, regulate trade between states etc.)  It gives states reserved powers (build schools, marriage laws, regulate state businesses etc.)  Lastly, it creates shared or concurrent powers between the state and federal government (build roads, collect taxes, establish courts etc.)  In my opinion, the __________ government is stronger because…