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The Constitutional Convention
Three Branches of Government
The Senate
Legislative Branch
State and Local Legislative Branch
100
Define interstate commerce, extralegal, and anarchy
What is trade among the states; not sanctioned by law; and political disorder.
100
Define expressed powers, enumerated powers, elastic clause, and federal bureaucracy.
What is powers directly stated in the Constitution; expressed powers of the Constitution; gives Congress the right to make all laws "necessary & proper" to carry out expressed powers; executive branch employees?
100
Define president pro tempore, filibuster, & cloture.
What is the Senate member, elected by the Senate, who stands in as president of the Senate in the absence of the vice president; a method of defeating a bill in the Senate by stalling the legislative process and preventing a vote; and a procedure that allows each senator to speak only 1 hour on a bill under debate?
100
Name the kind of legislature congress has.
What is a bicameral legislature?
100
Identify who the Maryland General Assembly has the same set up as.
What is the U.S. Congress (Speaker of the House and President of the Senate)?
200
Identify the Father of the Constitution.
What is James Madison because he was the author of the basic plan of government that the Constitution eventually adopted.
200
Identify McCulloch v. Maryland.
What is the court case that ruled in favor of the necessary & proper clause?
200
Identify Calendar of General Orders.
What is one of the two calendars that the Senate has which lists all the bills the Senate will consider?
200
Name two qualifications each to be in the House of Representatives and the Senate.
What is you must be 25 years old and U.S. citizen for 7 years to be in the House of Representatives; and you must be 30 years old and U.S. citizen for 9 years to be in the Senate?
200
Give two powers of the General Assembly.
What is to deal with state laws, proposes amendments to the state constitution; the House of Delegates has the power to impeach and the Senate conducts trial of impeachment as well as confirms appointments made by Governor?
300
Identify the key issues on which the delegates to the Constitutional Convention agreed.
What is dividing the powers of the government among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; limit the power of the states to coin money or to interfere with creditors' rights; and to strengthen the national government.
300
Identify five powers of the president.
What is to ensure that the laws Congress passes are "faithfully executed"; commission all military officers of the US; meet with the heads of state, ambassadors, and other foreign officials; make treaties with advice and consent of the Senate; call Congress into special session when necessary; and to appoint heads of executive departments?
300
How does the Senate bring bills to the floor?
What is by unanimous consent, a motion by all members present to set aside formal rules and consider a bill from the calendar?
300
Name the amount of members that are in Congress.
What is 535 members?
300
Name what represents the legislative branch on a local level.
What is the county council?
400
Who were the authors of The Federalist and what was the purpose for writing it?
What is Hamilton, Madison, and John Jay & to defend the new Constitution which helped get New York's approval of the Constitution.
400
What two systems of courts make up the judiciary of the United States?
What are federal courts and courts of each of the 50 states?
400
How are the House and Senate similar?
What is in both, procedures are organized around the members' party affiliations?
400
Explain one way in which Congress is in the Constitution.
What is in Article 1, which outlines the structure of Congress and describes the powers granted and denied to Congress?
400
Explain the local government.
What is the local government must deliver services (police, fire, schools) and they have limited ability to raise funds (property, income- piggy back)?
500
Evaluate how the Connecticut Compromise provided fair treatment for both small and large states.
What is all states had the same amount of representation in the Senate.
500
How can Supreme Court decisions be overturned?
What is by a constitutional amendment or if Congress enacts a new law?
500
What are the jobs of the majority and minority floor leaders?
What is majority leader's main job is to steer the party's bill through the Senate & the minority leader's main job is to develop criticism of the majority party's bills and try to keep senators in the minority party working together?
500
Identify whether the power of Congress limited or unlimited & why.
What is limited to ensure that Congress doesn't gain too much power?
500
List two similarities & differences between the House of Delegates (MD General Assembly) & the House of Representatives (US Congress).
What is: Similarities- In both the House of Delegates & the House of Representatives, you must be a minimal age of 25 years old. In both you have a term of 2 years. Differences- The size of the House of Delegates is 141 members, while there are 438 members in the House of Representatives. For the House of Delegates, you just have to lie in the district you're elected from; in the House of Representatives, you much be a U.S. citizen for 7 years.