Branches of Government
House of representatives and the senate
What are the two houses of congress?
270
What is the amount of electoral votes one needs to become president?
The Bill of Rights include this many amendments.
What is 10?
Groups of people with similar views who work to achieve political goals.
What are political parties?
Legalized in 1973 and Overturned in 2022
What is Roe vs Wade on abortion?
435
How many members in the house of representatives?
A system established by the U.S. Constitution to elect the President and Vice President of the United States.
What is the Electoral college?
Religion, speech, press, assembly, and protest.
What are the five freedoms in the first amendment of the Bill of Rights?
Countries like China, Cuba, and North Korea have this type of system controlled by a single political party.
What is a one party system or dictatorship?
Marbury vs. Madison did this for the US
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What is establish judicial review and the importance of separation of powers?
1803
Interpreting the meaning of the constitution and how it should be applied.
What is the role for the judicial branch?
You have to be at least 18 years old, must be a citizen, can't be convicted of a felony, and must be registered in your area, has to be a resident in the state your voting in.
What are the requirements to be able to vote?
By explaining in detail what rights and protections citizens have so that the government cannot infringe on them, the Bill of Rights does this.
What is limit the power of the government?
A system used by the US where dominant parties control all or most of the government.
What is a two-party system?
Segregation in Public Education is Unconstitutional.
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What was the Brown vs. Board of Education ruling?
1941
Chief executive, Commander in chief, chief diplomat, chief legislator, and head of state.
What are the roles of the president?
The total number of individual votes cast by citizens for a candidate vs. a system where each state is assigned a certain number of electors, based on its population.
What is the difference between the popular vote and the Electoral college vote?
government, law enforcement, and justice system overreach.
What does the 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments prevent?
These were the first two political parties used in the US?
What are the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties?
Miranda vs. Arizona
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1966
1. Introduction
2. Comittee review
3. House and Senate debate
4. Conference comittee
5. Presidential approval or veto
What is how a bill becomes a law?
Lack of engagement and voter apathy
What factors contribute to low voter turnout in the U.S.?
To address Anti-federalist concerns about the government infringing on their individual liberties
Why was the bill of rights added to the Constitution?
This party system lets people find a party that closely represents them but can be inefficient as parties must often form coalitions to accomplish things.
What is a Multi-system Party?
Tinker vs Des Moines did this.
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Stated that students have free speech rights in public schools.
1969