Declaration Of Independence
The Break Up Between King George III and America
What is the Declaration of Independence
What is the legislature
What is the group of representitives that judges people doings and calls it right or wrong
The branch consists of the president, vice president and his or her cabinet. Their responsibility is to enforce the laws.
Who is in the executive branch?
What is Article III about?
What is Article IV about?
What is Article IV explains the duties of cooperation of the states with each other and with the federal government.
It defines states' powers. States do NOT have rights. Rights are endowed by the Creator to individual people.
States and businesses are created by man and given powers, not rights.
It ensures cooperation between the states when sharing public records, extraditing criminals and honoring the laws of the other states.
What does the Declaration of Independence do
(1) Declares America was a free country
(2) Gives reasons that America broke off
(3) Lists the 27 grievances
What can the legislative branch do to check the executive branch
What is they can
-Overide the veto with 2/3 votes
-They can control checks and balances
-They can impeach the judge for bad behavior
-They can defund both other branches
How long is the term of office for the President and V President?
The term of office for the president is four years.
Who appoints the Judges?
What is The president chooses a candidate to be a judge and then the Senate has a hearing to decide if they will give consent. A Supreme Court judge is appointed by the President and then approved by the Senate
What is the only thing the Constitution requires the states to do
What is The only place in the Constitution that requires states to do ANYTHING is in Article IV Section IV. It requires each state to provide a Republican Form of Government.
It also states it is the federal governments’ responsibility to protect each state against invasion.
New states may receive admission into the union with approval from Congress
No state may be created inside another state.
Two states may not merge together to make one state or divide itself without Federal approval and the Federal government can’t divide a state or join states together without states approval.
Why is the declaration of independence so important
What is it is based on the laws of nature and nature's god
What are the jobs of representitves
What is they were to represent the people of there states and the people in general
What are the reasons the Founders created the Electoral College instead of a popular democratic election?
What is The president was to represent the nation and national interests.
They did not want someone to seek the office of president & they were confident the electors would choose an honorable, qualified person.
The founders were concerned a tyrant would be able to manipulate the public opinion and get into power. They felt that when people of honor submitted names of other people of honor that would be a safety shield against tyrannical leaders.
The founders also believed that because the Electoral College was a group that met only once they would not be able to be manipulated over time
What does the Supreme Court do?
What is Their job is to interpret the law and make sure it is aligned with the Constitution. They may declare acts of the executive or legislative branches to be unconstitutional.
What is Article V about?
What is Do you think the Founders thought we might need to make changes to the Constitution? They thought we might! That is what Article V is all about! It explains the right of the people to change the Constitution by using the amendment process and lays out 2 ways it can happen
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
What branch of government has the power to tax
What is the house of representitives (legislature) starts it
Yes, the number of electoral votes always determines who the president will be.
Can a candidate win the popular vote of all individuals in the United States but still lose the election based on the electoral vote?
When is the only time a citizen does NOT have a right to a trial by jury?
Every citizen has a right to a trial by jury, except in cases of impeachment. Trial by jury is an important check on the federal government. It protects citizens from tyranny by the federal government by placing power in the hands of the people instead of government officials.
What is Article VI about?
It states the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
What did Thomas Jefferson declare
What is "The law should restrain men from injuring one another but leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits"
Where are the 20 powers of legislature located.
Did you know that if we used the popular vote without the Electoral College, the 10 most populated states could determine the outcome of the Presidential election?
What is Because more than half of the population of the entire United States live in 10 states, they could always choose the president. The Founders did not want to have a small group or minority of people take over the elections, they wanted to have representatives from all across the nation choose the President
What are the requirements of the president?
What is Article VII about?
What is It tells the requirements to ratify the Constitution. That means they vote to approve it. The ratification process is the official approval and acceptance of the Constitution. It simply states the Constitution may be ratified or approved when 9 of the 13 colonies in the Constitutional Convention voted to approve it, but they really wanted every state to accept and ratify it so we would be a united nation.