Vocabulary #1
Congress
Qualifications
Vocabulary #2
Potpourri
100
to approve something such as the Articles of Confederation or the Constitution
What is to ratify?
100
each state is allowed this number as the minimum of representatives in the House of Representatives
What is one?
100
members here must be 25 years old and a citizen for 5 years and live in the state they represent and are elected to two year terms
What is the House of Representatives?
100
to approve something
What is ratify?
100
This was the intention of the Constitution when it replaced the Articles of Confederation
What is to strengthen the federal government?
200
Changes to a document
What are amendments?
200
Each state is allowed how many Senators
What is two?
200
members here must be 30 years old and a citizen for 7 years and live in the state they represent and are elected to six year terms
What is the Senate?
200
What is the idea that the largest number of people make policies for everyone
What is Majority Rule?
200
According to them, the Constitution should have a Bill of Rights
Who were the Anti Federalists?
300
to try and remove a federally elected or appointed official from office
What is impeachment?
300
The US House of Representatives has this many members
What is 435?
300
He must be 35 years old, a natural born citizen, and live in the United States for 14 years and is elected to four year terms
Who is the President?
300
this system is when power is divided between the states and federal governments
What is the federal system?
300
According to them, the Constitution should not have a Bill of Rights
Who are the Federalists?
400
to charge an official of a crime
What is to impeach?
400
The Senate has this many members
What is 100?
400
He can only be elected for two four year terms or serve a total of ten years
Who is the President?
400
government by the people
What is democracy?
400
This gives Congress to stretch its powers when nessecary
What is the Elastic Clause of the Constitution?
500
to not approve a bill by not being signed by the President
What is veto?
500
the Congress is made up of two houses, the House of Representatives and the Senate, this type of system is know as what
What is bicameral?
500
The President was the only elected official in the government in this, the original 'rule of law' in the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
500
the principle of government that lets the judicial branch to rule on the constitutionality of a law
What is judicial review?
500
The "5 Freedoms" are contained in which Amendment
What is the 1st Amendment?
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