Civics Vocabulary
System created for each branch of government where they check the power of other the branches to keep one from becoming too powerful
What are checks and balances
Main job of the legislative branch
What are to create laws
These are the leaders of the executive branch at the federal, state and local level
What is Federal-President
State-Governor
Local- Mayor
This is the final step missing from the naturalization process.
1. Live in US for 5+ years. 2. Be 18+ 3. Good moral character. 4. Speak, read, write in English (pass a test). 5. ?
What is take oath of allegiance
This process protects the rights of citizens accused of a crime
What is due process
Name given to mean there are "two houses or chambers" of Congress
What is bicameral
The names of the two houses of the legislative branch?
What are U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senate?
These are the individuals appointed by the leader of the ex
No they can ask the legislative branch to declare war.
This event was when the colonists dumped barrels of tea into the harbor in protest the British
What is the boston tea party
This was the first constitution (government) document of the United States that came before the U.S. Constitution
What was the Articles of Confederation
Laws that are made directly by the president of the U.s for the country or laws made directly by a governor that do not need the approval of the Legislative branches
What are executive orders?
This determines the amount of individuals each state gets to send to the U.S. House of Representatives
What is the population of each individual state
These are agreements made by the President with foreign countries
What is a treaty
These are considered to be natural rights
What are life, liberty and property
Name given to the requirement to pay taxes and registering for the selective service for U.S. citizens
What are obligations
The forgiveness of a felony crime committed by a person at the federal and state levels of government.
What are pardons
The amount of senators each state gets and the total number of senators for the country
What are 2 per state and 100 total
The title given to the President to identify that he is the leader of the military
What is the commander in chief
The concept of self government comes from this influential document
What is the mayflower compact
This act taxed all paper goods imported by the colonists
What is the Stamp Act
This group has the power to declare war in the United States
What is the U.S. house of Representatives?
These are the two different age requirements to serve in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
What is 30 years old for the U.S. Senate and 25 years old for the U.S. House of Representatives
These are the qualifications needed to be President by age, citizenship, and residency (citizenship)
What is President: at least 35, have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years, be born a U.S. Citizen.
This act imposed on the colonists by the British forced colonists to house soldiers against their will
What is the Quartering Act
This weakness of the Articles of Confederation made it impossible for the nation to create an army
What is the power to collect taxes