Legislative Branch
What is the purpose of a conference committee?
To fix a bill
What presidential advisory group is filled with leaders who are called "Secretary of ..."?
The cabinet
What three terms describe America's government?
-Executive
-Legislature
-Judicial
Why do some states have more Representatives than other states?
State's population
What does the First Amendment protect?
-Speech
-Press
-Assembly
-petition
-religion
How can a Senator interrupt, delay, and perhaps prevent the passage of a bill?
Filibuster
When a president is going out of office he is called a...
Lame Duck
Which American document listed the unjust wrongs committed by the British King?
Declaration of Independence
An election by party members to decide their party's presidential candidate is called a...
Primary election
What is the fourth amendment?
Right to search and seizure
What happens if a Bill is different after going through both houses of Congress?
It goes to a conference committee.
Which Department deals with protecting the rights of American citizens?
Labor
Explain Federalism
Power is divided between Nation and State Government.
Which two states have the first Primaries?
-New Hampshire
-Iowa
What is the eighth amendments
No cruel or unusual punishment
What are the main tasks of each house of Congress?
Senate: Trials of impeachment
House: decide impeachment
Who "lied under oath" as the leading cause for being impeached?
Bill Clinton
Who proposed that people have a right to rebel if their life, liberty, and property are threatened...
John Locke
What are PAC's and what are their limits?
-Officially regulated fundraising group.
-gives $5,000 per election
What is the tenth amendment
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The federal branch is divided into two types of spending called
Digressional and Mandatory
If the Electoral College ends in a tie then how is a presidential election settled?
The election is decided by House of Representatives.
What was the purpose for the Federalist Papers and Common Sense?
To gain support for the Constitution
A small group of a political party's leadership is called ...
a Caucus
What is the fifth amendment
sufficient evidence, double jeopardy, self incrimination, due process