Who's Got The Power?
Who has the power to make laws?
The Legislative Branch/Congress
How are the House of Representatives and Senate represented?
House of Representatives- Based on population
Senate- Based on equal representation
Which group supported the creation of the Constitution?
Federalists
This Amendment gives you freedoms such as religion, assembly, speech, press, and petition
1st Amendment
Can we define the American Government as a Confederation?
No
Who has the power to appoint judges and cabinet members?
Executive Branch/President
How does the President get elected? (Which system)
The Electoral College
Which group was in favor of the Bill of Rights?
Anti-Federalists
The government barges into my house without a warrant. Can they do that? Why or why not?
No because of the 4th Amendment
What does it mean to have supreme power in one's territory?
Sovereignty
Who has the power to ratify treaties?
The Senate
How does Congress override a presidential veto?
2/3rds majority vote in both the House and Senate
Which group was worried the President would turn into a monarch?
Anti-Federalists
What is the difference between a civil case and a criminal case?
Answers may vary:
Civil- Person vs Person
Criminal- Person vs State
Formal approval or final consent of a Constitution or Constitutional amendment
Ratification
Who has the power to declare war?
The Senate
What is the main function of the Supreme Court? How does it operate?
It declares laws unconstitutional
Which group of people primarily supported the Federalists?
The wealthy, businesspeople, etc.
A student decides to wear a provocative sweatshirt expressing their feelings toward school. The principal asks them to take it off. The student argues it is their First Amendment right to be able to wear the sweatshirt. Did the school violate the student's freedom of expression?
No. Schools can punish all types of speech including provocative speech.
What is the difference between a democracy and a republic?
Answers may vary... (Republic=Majority is constrained by the rule of law. Democracy=The will of the majority always decides.)
The _________ has the power to impeach, but the _____________ convicts them.
House of Representatives, Senate
How was the Articles of Confederation weak? (Name two)
Answers may vary:
One vote for each State, regardless of size
Congress powerless to lay and collect taxes
Congress powerless to regulate foreign and interstate commerce
No executive to enforce acts of Congress
No national court system
Amendment only with consent of all the states
A 9/13 majority required to pass laws
“What more is necessary to make us a happy and prosperous people? …a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from labor the bread it has earned… I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.”
Which group said it?
Anti-Federalists
- Thomas Jefferson
The government decides to build a new highway in Bikini Bottom. The government has to take Mr. Krab's business as a result, but gives him just compensation for it. Which Amendment gives the government the right to do this, and what is the power called?
5th Amendment, Eminent Domain
Congress is made up of two parts. What are they?
House of Representatives and Senate