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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
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What is it called with President holds onto bill for 10 days and Congress has already adjourned?
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Pocket Veto
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Branch that enforces laws?
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Executive Branch
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Branch that can declare laws unconstitutional?
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Judicial
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Number of Justices on Supreme Court?
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Nine
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How Supreme Court decides to hear a case?
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Rule of Four
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Type of jurisdiction Supreme Court has in most cases?
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Appellate Have to appeal UP to Supreme Court
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What document established the first government of the United States?
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Articles of Confederation
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Who has the power to appoint federal government officials?
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The President Chief Administrator
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Age to become President?
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35
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How long a citizen to become President?
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From birth; Natural Born Citizen
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How long a resident in U.S. to be President?
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14 years
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Age to be Senator?
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30
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How long does someone have to be a citizen to be a Senator?
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9 years
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What is the residency requirement to be a Senator?
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Mist live in the state elected
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What branch regulates interstate trade?
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Legislative Branch
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What branch can give pardons?
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Executive Branch
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During what step in legislative process do most bills “die”?
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In committee
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Who has sole power to impeach?
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House of Representatives
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Who is the presiding leader of the House of Representatives?
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Speaker of the House
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Who does the Constitution say is the leader of the Senate?
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Vice President of the United States
President of the Senate
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Constitutional principle that creates three branches of the federal government that are equal and independent?
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Separation of Powers
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Main ways the legislative branch can “check” the power of the executive branch?
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House can impeach President
Congress can override Presidential veto
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President, Vice President, Cabinet, and Bureaucratic Agencies are all part of which branch of government?
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Executive Branch
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Annual speech given by the president about how the country is doing?
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State of the Union
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What article created the legislative branch?
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Article 1
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What article created the judicial branch?
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Article 3
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What article created the executive branch?
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Article 2
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What did President Johnson and President Clinton have in common?
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Both were impeached by the House, but found NOT GUILTY by the Senate
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What are the two parts of the dual court system?
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Federal and State Courts
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Highest court in the country?
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U.S. Supreme Court
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What is the process by which the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution has been applied to the states?
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Selective Incorporation
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Civil __________are protections that the people have from the government while civil ___________ are acts of the government that promote equality for all.
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Civil Liberties – protection from government
Civil Rights – acts of government to promote equality for all
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Only court created by U.S. Constitution?
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U.S. Supreme Court
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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?
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John Marshall
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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?
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Judicial Restraint
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Evidence that a defendant was somewhere other than the scene of the crime at the time it was committed?
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Alibi
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What amendment prevents suspects from having to testify against themselves?
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5th amendment They can remain silent – expanded by Miranda v. Arizona
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Marbury v. Madison established what basic governmental principle?
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Judicial Review
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Basic characteristic of federalism?
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Divides power between National and State Governments
Example – some power in Washington, DC and some power in Atlanta, Georgia
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What part of the Constitution says that states are beneath the national government and cannot pass laws that go against U.S. Constitution?
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Article 4 – Supremacy Clause
U.S. Constitution is supreme
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Powers specifically reserved or given to the states called what?
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Reserved Powers
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Powers that are exercised simultaneously by the National and State governments?
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Concurrent Powers
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When all residents of a town come together to vote on an issue – example of what?
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Direct Democracy Everyone has a direct say
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The United States is an example of what type of government?
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Representative Democracy
We elect representatives to vote for us on issues
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Primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson Stole ideas from John Locke
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4 characteristics of a state/nation?
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Population Territory Government Sovereignty
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