Unit 5: Legislative
The name of a two house legislature, like the one we have
What is Bicameral?
The Branch of the Governor.
What is the Executive Branch?
What is the Bill of Rights?
A written plan of Government.
What is a Constitution?
First Black American President.
Who is Barack Hussein Obama?
The two houses of congress, and the numbers of the members of each house.
What is the Senate(100 members), and the House of Representatives(435 members)?
Citizens being represented by legislators
Three of the rights we get from the First Amendment.
What is the Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, and Religion?
The person who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Only President to serve more than two Terms
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The leader of the House of Representives
What is the Speaker of the House?
Returning a Fugitive to their home state when they commit a crime in another state.
What is Extradition?
Strict Vs. Loose Interpretation of the Constitution
strict interpretation : government should only use implied powers of the Constitution when absolutely necessary
Read the constitution word for word
loose interpretation: constitution was a loose framework of laws that the government could use to build the nation
Read in between the lines of the Constitution
Representative Democracy
What is having citizens vote for people to represent them?
The requirements to run for President.
A native-born citizen
At least 35 years old
Been a resident of the US for at least 14 years
The age and citizenship requirements, and the term limits of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
House of Reps= 25 year age requirement, a citizen of the U.S for at least 7 years, and a 2 year term limit.
The Senate= 30 year age requirement, a citizen for at least 9 years, and a 6 year term limit.
Name 3 Concurrent Powers
What is taxation, making and enforcing laws, and establishing courts?
13th, 14th, 15th Amendments.
What is, abolishing slavery, allowing citizenship for any race, and allowing any race to vote?
When 5 colonists were killed by British Soldiers in Boston 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
Difference between Domestic and Foreign Policy.
The Great Compromise
What is the agreement between the high population states and the low population states, to make a house based on population, and a house with equal representation?
What is a clause in the Constitution that ensures each state will accept the decisions of civil courts in other states?
A jury must indict, or formally accuse, an individual before they can be tried for a crime
The grand jury decides if there is enough evidence to go to trial
Protects against self-incrimination: having to testify against yourself
Right to remain silent
Protects people from double jeopardy: being tried twice for the same crime
Due process of law: law has to be fairly applied when a person is charged with a crime
Government cannot take private property without paying the owner fairly
Eminent domain: power to take private property for public use
A rebellion proved that the Articles of Confederation were too weak.
Executive Privilege
What is the power to keep some of their actions/information confidential when it comes to communicating with the public and even the other two branches?