Unit 5: Legislative Branch
How many representatives are there in the house of representatives?
435
The role of the president in terms of directing the entirety of government.
Chief of State
Lower courts must follow verdicts of higher courts is
Common Law
The bicameral houses in the Missouri state government are together called
The general assembly
What is Coach Jones favorite football team?
The Cowboys
Drastically redrewing district lines to give his party an advantage
Gerrymandering
The qualifications for being president are?
Natural Born
35 years old
And?
14 years previous residency
The 5th amendment establishes: Due Process, Miranda rights, pleading the 5th and what that allows government to take land for public benefit
Eminent Domain
DOUBLE JEOPARDY - MUST GET BOTH
How many representatives and senators are in the Missouri state government
163 - Representatives
34 - Senators
What state was coach jones born in?
Maryland
Gives Congress the right to make any law that is ______ and ________ to carry out the expressed powers
Necessary and Proper
The body of individuals that includes congress who are the deciding votes in electing a president
Electoral College
Which court case ruled that "separate IS inherently unequal" benefitting minorities and students with disabilities in the classroom.
Brown vs. Board
The individual that REVIEWS the spending of departments and their heads in the Missouri government
State auditor
What Carthage Athlete broke the girls basketball career points record
Kiana Yates
Court order requiring jailers to explain to a judge why they are holding a prisoner in custody
Writ of Habeous Corpus
is a pact between the President and head of a foreign country and these pacts, unlike the other kind, do not require the approval of Congress
Executive Agreement
Which court case ruled that all evidence obtained in an unlawful search and seizure is unviable in a court of law
Mapp vs. Ohio
Qualifications for Governor are?
30 years ol
US Citizen for ?
Resident of the State of Missouri for 10 years before election
15 years
What NFL receiver is currently on the Chiefs that ran the fastest 40 recorded at the NFL combine.... drafted by the Bengals
John Ross
Who is the current Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district, the one you live in?
Eric Burleson
What was the small nation off of Great Britain at the beginning of the school year that we talked about when it came to "recognition" and "sovereignty"
Sea Land
Who was the chief justice for brown vs. Board of Education
Earl Warren
What group submits the names of three applicants to the Governor for the Missouri Supreme Court
The Appellate Judicial Commission
Alexander