3 Branches
The 3 branches of federal government are_____, _____, ______ and what do they do?
What are the legislative (laws) , executive (enforce) & judicial (interprets & apply laws) branches
The process to add/change amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is 2/3 Congress AND then 3/4 States to ratify
Ohio's legislative branch is called
What is the general assembly
This court case established that segregation in schools was a violation of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
Brown v Board of Education
This concept provides equal powers to all the branches of government and each branch can counteract or cancel out another branch of government.
What is the system of checks and balances?
What is the difference between a standing committee, subcommittee, select & joint committee?
What is: Standing Committees: Permanent (EX) Dept of Agriculture, VA, Homeland Security
Subcommittee: Specialized groups from the Standing Committees
Select Committees: Temporary, Study specialized interest EX: Benghazi Investigation the Trump Administration
Joint Committees: Made up of both houses (taxation)
This Amendment within the Bill of Rights includes the five foundational freedoms we sometimes have referred to as RAPPS
What is the 1st Amendment?
Ohio's legislative body is ______ which means ______
What is bi-cameral, 2 houses
This court case was overturned by Brown v Board of Education
Plessy v Ferguson
Supported the Constitution as-is and wanted a strong federal government _____.
Wanted power to remain with the people and the states _____.
What are the Federalist & Anti-federalist
You may be removed from office, for Conviction of treason, Bribery, or other high crimes and Misdemeanors.
What is an impeachment
This Bill of Rights Amendment includes five different protections that relate to the time between between arrest and trial such as the right of due process and protection against self-incrimination.
What is the 5th Amendment?
This concept refers to the system of shared and specific powers across several levels of government; federal, state, and local!
What is federalism
This court case gave high school students the right to peacefully protest at high school
Tinker v Des Moines
The last compromise the Anti-federalist made before they'd agree to ratify the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
The legislative branch, Congress at the Federal level, is responsible for_____.
It consists of 2 houses called _____ & _____
What is initiating & passing laws; HOR & Senate
This group wanted the inclusion of the Bill of Rights in the US Constitution to protect individuals from a powerful Federal government.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
_____ are powers are the powers written in the US Constitution that only the Federal government holds, these are shared _______ & these are for the states ______
What are enumerated (expressed), concurrent and reserved
This Supreme Court Case established the power of Judicial Review for the federal courts
Marbury v Madison
This Bill of Rights Amendment forms the basis of federalism in the United States.
What is the 10th Amendment?
The legislative branch, consists of a _______ house & an _____ house.
You must be ____ yrs old for HOR & _____ for Senate
This Bill of Rights Amendment provides protections related to the process of searches and seizures.
What happens when the laws of Ohio and the federal laws of Ohio and the federal government contradict one another?
What clause established this?
What is the Federal Constitution because of the Supremacy Clause
__________ is a principle under which all persons, institutions, and entities are accountable to laws that equally
What is Rule of law
_____ _____ is the ability of the Federal Courts to review constitutionality of any branch of gov’t
Established by ______
What is judicial review & Marbury v Madison
At the Federal level, the judicial branch, who interprets the law, is best represented by this group.
How many members are in this "group"
What is the Supreme Court; 9
The process to add/change amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is 2/3 Congress approval & 3/4 states to ratify
Problem with Ohio constitution was the Ohio Supreme Court found it difficult to meet its obligations the solution would be....
What is District court were added to reduce caseload burden
_____Policy - Using _______ and spending to help the economy grow.
What is fiscal policy & taxing
Which amendment established presidential succession? Historical background?
What is the 25th amendment.
JFK's assassination
Building something new to pass legislation.
The act of causing people to do or believe something. Talking the opponents into an agreement.
To use discussion aimed at reaching an agreement and settling differences _______
What is consensus building, persuasion & compromise.
These three Amendments are referred to the Reconstruction Amendments because they were passed and ratified in the period immediately following the American Civil War.
What are the 13th, 14th & 15th amendments
Problem in the Ohio's original constitution was that Ohio was burdened with a significant amount of debt the solution would be....
What is Debt limitation were instituted and tax funds could only be used for their stated purpose
_____Policy - Policy that involves changing the rate of growth of the ______ in circulation in order to affect the costs & availability of credit
What is monetary policy & money
Which amendment established presidential term limits? Historical significance.
What are the term limits?
What is the 22nd amendment?
FDR 4 terms
2, elected 4yr terms
Supreme Court Justices are chosen by _________, with _________ majority of _______________.
This is the principle of ________________ & _____________
What is the President, with 2/3 of Senate.
This is the principle of seperaton of powers & checks and balances.
This is the term which encourages public institutions to diversify their hiring practices and allows race to be one of several components in the hiring and college acceptance processes.
What is affirmative action
Amendments to the Ohio Constitution are ratified by this group of people.
What are "the people"
1 goal of monetary supply is to promote maximum employment (______ is considered maximum employment)
What is 95%
Which 2 amendments are the miranda rights?
Explain each amendment
What are the 5th & 6th?
The Presidents ability to deny legislation is called_____?
Can this be overturned? _______, ____________ of Congress
What is a veto.
Yes, 2/3 majority of Congress
This Progressive Era Amendments
_____allowed Congress to establish and income tax, gave women the right to vote _____, allowed Americans to vote directly for their Senators for the first time in history_____, & prohibited or outlawed the production and sale of alcohol_____
What are the 16th, 17th amendment, 18th amendment & 19th amendments
Example of concurrent powers (2)
What is taxing & passing laws
_____ Spending: Spending that the Govt MUST include in budget each year. (example: _____ _____)
_____ Spending: _____ items (example: _____ Spending)
What is mandatory & social security
Discretionary spending, non-mandatory (non-essential) & an example, military spending
5 rights protected by the 1st amendment.
Explain each
What are RAPPS
______Moving a portion of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results.
______ The redrawing of district lines based on reapportionment statistic
_____ The political party in control of the state government draws a district’s boundaries to gain an advantage in elections.
What is reapportionment, redistricting & gerrymandering
These 4 amendments are about Presidential Election, Terms, Succession Amendments
What are the 12th, 20th, 22nd & 25the amendments
4 Powers that are reserved for the states only.
What are elections, creating local government, education, & regulate intrastate commerce.
The difference between deficit and National Debt
What is deficit: deficit is spending that exceeds revenue. National Debt is the total amount of money that a country's government has borrowed.
27th amendment does what? How was this amendment found?
What is Congressional pay- college student