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| How many U.S. Senators are there? |
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| How long does a Senator serve a term? |
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| What number is a “quorum” in the Senate? |
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| How Many Senators does Minnesota have? |
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| Who is charge of the Senate? |
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| The Vice President of the U.S. |
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| What is the minimum number of Representatives a state must have in the House of Representatives? |
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| What is the minimum age that a Representative must be? |
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| All bills involving money must begin in which house? |
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| When the V.P. is not available who is in charge of the Senate? |
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| If a state has 29 electoral votes, how many representatives does the state have? |
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| What are the 3 Branches of government? |
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| Legislative, Executive, Judicial |
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| What is the job of the Legislative Branch of government? |
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| When does Congress convene? |
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| How do we decide how many representatives each state should have? |
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| According to our founding fathers, if your government isn’t serving your needs you have the duty to ______. |
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| Who is in charge of the House of Representatives? |
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| How does the President Pro Tempore get his job? |
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| Direct vote of the Senate |
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| Our government is self-governing so we call this country a _______. |
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| What is a TWO-house legislature called? |
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| When a Senator talks endlessly to delay action on a bill. |
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| What does the rules committee do? |
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1]Send a bill to its proper committee
2]Make specific rules for individual bills |
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| Can the Vice President vote on Senate issues? |
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| A Senator must be at least _____ years old to be elected. |
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| The number necessary to legally do business (in our government 1 more than half) |
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| How many representatives are in the House of Representatives? |
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| A representative’s term of office is ____ years. |
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| What are the names of the 2 houses in our government? |
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| House of Representatives and Senate |
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| A representative must have been a U.S. citizen for _____ years. |
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| The Speaker of the House must always be a member of the ______ party. |
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| A senator must have been a U.S. citizen for ______ years. |
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| Who elects The Speaker of the House? |
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| To keep one branch from gaining too much power, we have a system of ______ and ______. |
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| What fraction of our Senators is elected every 2 years? |
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| When the population of the U.S. is officially counted, we call that count a _____. |
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| A committee, which consists of members from both houses, is called a ______ committee. |
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| When a vetoed bill is re-passed by 2/3 of both houses, this is referred to as an ________. The bill then becomes a law. |
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| If Congress adjourns before the President acts on a bill, he may refuse to sign it. This is called a _____ veto. |
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| What majority is required to override the President’s veto? |
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| Neither house may adjourn for more than 3 days without what? |
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| Permission of the other house |
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| What is the supreme law of the land? |
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| A record of what goes on is printed in the _____ _____. |
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| The Constitution grants all law making powers to whom? |
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| In our system of government, the Constitution gets authority from _____. |
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| Who succeeds the President in the case of his death or disqualification from office? |
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| Who Succeeds the Vice President as President? |
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| Who is the head of the executive Branch of government? |
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| What is the minimum age for the Presidency? |
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| Who succeeds the Speaker of the House as President? |
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| The President Pro Tempore |
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| Who succeeds the President Pro Tempore as President? |
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| What Federal Department is responsible for foreign affairs? |
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| What department is responsible for coining and regulating money? |
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| Which department is not represented by a “secretary”? |
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| Justice (Attorney General) |
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| What department oversees the F.B.I.? |
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| Name 5 Federal Departments |
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| Treasury, Defense, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Housing and Urban Development, Energy, Education, Transportation, Health and Human Services, Veteran Affairs, Homeland Security |
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| The President must have lived in the United States for a minimum of _____ years prior to election. |
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| Who actually elects the President? |
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| How long does the President serve per term? |
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| What are the term limits placed on the presidency? |
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| What is the name of the President’s official plane? |
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| What date does the President take office? |
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| Who swears in the President? |
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| The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| Who approves all cabinet members? |
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| The Senate (with 2/3 majority) |
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| What title is given to cabinet members? |
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| What do we call it when a prisoner is released from their sentence? |
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| What do we call it when a prisoner’s sentence is delayed or put off? |
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| The President can limit your personal freedoms during a time of ___________. |
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| Who is the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces? |
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| What department protects our natural environment? |
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| What power is given to the president concerning legislation? |
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| What does the Executive Branch do? |
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| Who makes valid treaties? |
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| Who is directly responsible for the security of the president and his family? |
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| Who can declare war on another country? |
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| When a government official is charged with wrong-doing what is it called? |
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| Which branches of government are liable for impeachment? |
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| Where must impeachment proceedings begin? |
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| Who acts as the court in an impeachment trial? |
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| Who presides at a presidential impeachment trial? |
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| The Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| What vote is required for a guilty verdict in an impeachment trial? |
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| Name the two presidents who have been impeached. |
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Andrew Johnson
Bill Clinton |
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| Who conducts a presidential impeachment trial? |
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| How many people serve on the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| What does the Judicial Branch of government do? |
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| How do superior court judges get their jobs? |
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| Appointed by the governor of the state |
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| “According to the established law of the land” is another way of saying… |
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| What actions can the circuit court of appeals take on a case? |
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1]May approve the district court’s decision
2]May reverse the district court’s decision
3]May order a new trial at the district court level
4]May pass the case onto the U.S. Supreme Court |
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| A party defending against a lawsuit is called the __________. |
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| What are the 4 ways for a case to reach the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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1]State Supreme Court
2]Circuit Court of Appeals
3]Court of Claims
4]U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals |
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| All cases brought before an Independent Regulatory Agency are conducted with a _________. |
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| A party who starts a lawsuit is called the __________. |
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| What is a minor crime called? |
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| How do we decide how many district courts a state will have? |
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| By the population of the state |
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| There are 2 types of court cases. Name them. |
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| What is a “brief” in a court case? |
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| What is the highest court of the land? |
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| The United States Supreme Court |
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| When a U.S. Supreme Court Justice agrees with a decision, but not necessarily with the reasons for that decision, he may write a _________ opinion. |
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| How do Supreme Court Justices get their jobs? |
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Appointed by the President and
approved by the Senate |
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| What is the supreme law of the land? |
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| What are the people who serve under the Chief Justice called? |
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| What is the minimum number of district courts a state must have? |
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| What is a serious crime called? |
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| How long does a U.S. Supreme Court Justice serve for? |
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| How do district judges get their jobs? |
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| Appointed by the Presiden |
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| For judicial purposes, the United States and its protectorates are divided into ______ circuits. |
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| If a person had a claim against the U.S. government, what court would hear his case? |
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| Who presides over the U.S. Supreme Court? (Name the position.) |
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| How many votes form a majority in the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court decides cases by a ________ majority vote. |
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| Our court system is derived from another country—what country? |
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| How many women currently serve on the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| What court case established the power of the U.S. Supreme Court to review laws and compare them to Constitutional rights? |
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| Marbury v. Madison (1803) |
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| When a U.S. Supreme Court justice disagrees with a court decision, he or she may write a ___________. |
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| What court case established the “separate but equal” policy that maintained segregation in some states public education facilities? |
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| Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) |
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| What court case overturned the “separate but equal” policy and led to the integration of all schools? |
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Brown v. Topeka Board of Education
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| Who has the power to establish the lower court system? |
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| The U.S. is divided into districts for federal courts. How many districts are there? |
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