people
The only president to serve 3 terms and be elected to a fourth.
FDR / Franklin Roosevelt
Governments of this category have a single leader, with little to no participation from the people. Sometimes these are forceful.
Autocratic / Authoritarian
3 requirements to be a house representative
25 years old, 7 years citizenship, inhabit the district you represent
3 qualifications to become president.
35 years old, 14 years residency, and natural born citizen.
3 ways a court justice comes out of office.
death, retirement, impeachment
The only president to resign from office.
Richard Nixon
Governments of this category have a high amount of participation from the people, generally in the form of voting and elected officials.
Democratic
3 requirements to be a senator
30 years old, 9 years citizenship, live in the state you represent
Presidential cabinet
After the president nominates a judge to the supreme court, who approves them?
Senate
Known as the father of the constitution, and one of the three authors of the federalist papers, he later became the 4th president of the U.S.
James Madison
In Article 4 of the constitution states are guaranteed to have what form of government?
Republican
Congress hold the power to _________ a government official if they commit treason, bribery, or another high crime and misdemeanors.
Impeach
As chief legislator, what is the main check the president can do to congress when they attempt to pass a bill?
Veto
Brown v Board of education overturned an existing precedent from the Plessy v Ferguson case, this lead to wide social change, and prompted the end to segregation. This is an example of what court mindset?
Judicial Activism
His ideas on natural rights and the government's job to protect those rights as part of a social contract inspired the ideas later written in the declaration of independence.
John Locke
In the U.S.'s first attempt at government they tried this system, where states had more power and control, while the national government was just meant to hold them together.
Confederacy
The "Elastic Clause" is another name for this clause that allows congress to do what it believes needs done for government to carry out its business.
necessary and proper clause
What role allows the president to send troops, or organize military efforts?
Commander in chief
Judges or courts of this mindset are often seen to be strict constitutionalists, who don't consider changing laws or society, but simply enforcing the laws as they are.
Judicial restraint
Big Ideas were separation of government powers into three branches, and a system of checks and balances between them.
Montesquieu
Article 6 of the constitution establishes the supremacy of the national government over the states in this new attempt at U.S. government.
Federal
How can congress check the president?
Override veto, impeach, reject treaties, reject appointments.
What president was unanimously elected twice but decided to retire after 8 years in office?
George Washington
The process of the court deciding if something is constitutional or not. It came from the case Marbury v Madison.
Judicial review