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what is the major duty of the legislative branch? |
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| makes our countries laws! |
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| what is the majors boby in the legislative branch? |
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| what 2 houses make up the legislative branch? |
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senators and house of representatives |
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| the president of the u.s has the power to call congress into special session? (false or true) |
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| congress meets in many of our major cities? ( false or true) |
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| there are thimes when members of congress may not be arrested? ( false or true) |
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| congress must meet at least twice every year? (false or true) |
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in congress,where are bills sent for considererartion |
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| wat is the presidnet's role in the lawmaking? |
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| passing bills n passing vetos! |
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congress meets in the capitol buliding in washington D.C? |
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| the daily record of congress is called "the capital journal" |
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| who designed to favor small states? |
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| a bill that is not check by the president b/c he dont have time n it is veto! |
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| who are elected by the people of the entire states? |
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| who has speaker for chief officer? |
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| who approve nominations made by the president? |
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| the vice president of u.s is the chief officer? |
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| who sole power of impeachment? |
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| who decides the case in impeachment? |
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| who elected every two years? |
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| who meets in the capitol building? |
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both (the senate n the house of representive) |
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| who has vacancies filled by appointment of the governor? |
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discussed in article 1 section 3 |
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| where congress gets its numbers? |
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| both( th house of representive n senate) |
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how many senators are there? (senate) |
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how many senators from each state? |
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| how long is a senate term? |
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how many fraction and approximate numbers, are elected every 2 years? (senate) |
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| what are the qualifications for a senator? |
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| have 2 years, 30 years living in the same state |
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| who is the presiding officer of the senate? |
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| vice president dick cheney! |
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| each third of the senate is called a? |
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| what is the salary of a senators? |
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| name one of the two senators from your state? |
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| dick durbun and barack obama |
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| the governor fills a temporary vacany in the office of the senator |
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| the makeup of the senate favors the large states |
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| the 16th amendment changed the way we select a senators? |
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| a senators may be re elected an unlimted numbers of times? |
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| who is the speaker of the house of representatives? |
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how many representatives are there? (house) |
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| how many representatives does your states have? |
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| what is the present number of the congress? |
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| what is the salary of the representative? |
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| all representatives are men? |
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representatives serve 2 years terms |
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| each state must have at least four representative |
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| representatives take office on january 1 |
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| the house has nothing to do with impeachment? |
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| under certain conditions the house selects the president of the u.s |
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| the vice preseident is a valuable link between the exective branch and the legisative branch? |
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| representatives may be re elected for an unlimited number of terms? |
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| senators are elected form districts in the state |
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the numbers ofcongress change every 6 years. |
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| all revenue bills must start in the house? |
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| where must revenue bill begin? |
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| the supreme court helps in making laws |
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| all bills start in the senate? |
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a 3-4 votes is necessary for congress 2 override a president's veto |
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| the president can declare laws unconstitutional. |
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| after 10 days, a bill paasing by congress not act and congress is still in session |
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| pocket vetos are vetoed bills that dont reach the president |
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who makes the country's laws |
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| who enforces the country's laws |
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| who tries cases under the laws |
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| who is the court system of the country? |
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| the president is the head of its branch |
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| the supreme court is the chief body |
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| coining and printing money are the reponsibilities of the treasury department |
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| an ex post facto law is a law that makes an act illegal after the act has been committed |
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| only federal officials may have titles of nobility |
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| congrees can't tax goods being exported from a state even if the goods are going to a forign country |
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| a writ of habeas corpus is an order to jailer to bring a prisoner before a court or to set the prisoner free. |
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| a state can tax commerce between 2 state. |
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| the senate and the house are prohibited from adjourning without the consent of the other |
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| under the full faith and credit clause, states do not have to accept the statutes of other states. |
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| each state must treat the citizens of other states the same as it treats its own citizens |
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| state government may do whatever the federal government may do |
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| states may coin money but they may not pass ex post facto laws |
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| states may not make treaties |
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| states make laws about local government |
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| both state n federal government must guarantee republican form of government to the state |
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| the 10th amendment gives power to the people or states if not given to the federal government |
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| the state government are similar to the federal government in that both have three branch |
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| the first 10 amendments were adopted a month afhet the constitution was approved |
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| jefferson supported the idea of a bill of right |
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| the bill of right applies to all levels of government |
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| the bill of right was proposed in an attempt to defeat the constitution |
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| the bill of right does not give a person the right to criticize a government official |
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| the bill of rights protect freedom of speech even if the speech is unpopular. |
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| the right to a trial by jury is in the bill of right |
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| the first 10 amendments make up the bill of rights |
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| patrick henry said " give me libery or give me death" |
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| thomas jefferson wrote the declaration of independence |
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| the declaration of independence was signed on july 4, 1776 in independence hall in philadephina pennsylvania |
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the boston tea party was held in a protest of taxes. they dreesed as native americans to protect their identites |
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| 9the constututional convention was held from may- sept 1787 in philadelphia pennsylvnia at independence hall. |
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| george washington was chosen as president of the constitutional convention |
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| the articles of confederation was our first constitution. it was bad because they did not all the government to tax and it set up a week government. |
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| the bill of rights ( first 10 amendments) were passed to protect the people's basic rights. |
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| there are 27 total amendments |
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| according to the declaration of inpendence we have the unalienable rights of life, liberty, n the pursuit of happiness |
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| the 3 branches of the government are- executive(president),legislative(congress), and judicial(court system) |
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| ex post facto laws are laws that are made up after they have been committed. you cant be arrested fro them. |
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50 stars stand fot the 50 states, 13 striped stand for the original 13 colonies |
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| u.s flags should be in the front and center of a procession |
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| u.s flag should be higher then all other flags unless the other flags are from other countries |
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| a u.s flags at half-staff is a symbol of mourning |
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| term limit-idea that you can only be elected a certain number of times the president is the only federal position that has term limits |
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| checks and balances- idea that all 3 branches of the federal government checks the others to make sure that they dont have too much power! |
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