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| Which is the correct order? |
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| Declaration of Independence, Articles of Confederation, Constitution |
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| What was the purpose of the seperation of pwers in the US constitution? |
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| Prevent the misuse of power |
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| From where does the practive of judicial review come? |
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| Compared to its existance under the aritcles of confederation, how did the national government under the constitution emerge? |
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| Who was the author of the Declaration of Independence? |
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| which problem was solved at the constituional convention? |
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| legislative repersentation |
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| in what great city was the Constitutional Convention held? |
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| What is the Bill of Rights? |
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| the first ten amendments of the cons. |
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| which of the following statements correctly describes the Declearation of Independence? |
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| All who signed it risked losing their life |
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| What branch of government is responsible for approving federal court appointments? |
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| Which of the folowing determines the district of the reresentatives? |
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| what is the minimum age for election to the House of Representatives? |
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| which is true about the president of the Senate? |
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| the vice president of the US |
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| a metting of party memebers |
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| what statement is true about a Senate filibuster? |
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| can only be stopped by Senate colture rule |
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| what are the term limits for the U.S. house? |
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| what were the seperation of powers in the US constitution designed to do? |
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| provide checks and balances |
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| what problem of the CC did the Great Compromise solve? |
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| Legislative Representation |
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| when will the size of congress change |
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| when a new state enters the union |
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what general statement can be made about the thousands of bills that are introduced in
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| few of these bills become law |
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| what are the committee chairpersons almows always determined by? |
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| what does it take for congress to pass a bill ober a residential veto? |
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| the type of system we dericed ours from was a |
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| what are "riders" that are attched to the bill? |
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| essentially nongermane amendments |
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| what is the total membership of congress |
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| what do you call teh chief srategist and spokeperson for the majority party in the house and senate(after the speaker)? |
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| what is the memeber of the majority party in the house of rep. who presides of the legislative body |
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| what is the tatic used in the US Senate to monopolize debate in an effort to delay or block passage of a bill |
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| what is it called when the boundaires of the legislative districts are redrawn |
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| what is a person who hold political office called? |
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| the power to declare war lies with |
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| what is a candidates for congress's most imortant resource |
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| what is the dominant occupation of most of the memebers of congress? |
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| what is used to reapporion seats in the HoR |
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| each state has how many senators? |
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| what is the present membership of the US HoR? |
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| how old must a person be to run for the HoR? |
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| what is the present membership of the US senate? |
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| how old must a person running for the US senate be? |
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| what is the house is less disciplined and less centralized than the other houses of Congress? |
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| in the absence of the pres. of the senate, which person presides of the senate? |
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| what committee is formed when the house and senate pass a diff. version of a bill? |
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| why was the bill of rights adopted |
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| to list and garantee basic individual rights |
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| by creating a bicameral congress, the cons. set up yet another |
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| what body has the resopnsibility of ratifying all treaties, comfirming pres. nominations, adn trying impeached officals |
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| approximately how many senators terms expire every two years? |
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| which branch of government is responsible for approving federal court appointments? |
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| what is the only way a filibuster can be stopped? |
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| this is defined as the mighty list of federal projects, grants, and contracts available to cities, businesses, colleges, and institutuions |
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| determine its own rules, punish disorderly behavior by its members, keep a journal |
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| the qualifications for memebers of the house of rep. are found in article I of the cons. which of the following is NOT a requirement for a house member? |
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| cannot serve more than two consecutive terms |
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| which is not considered a duty of congress? |
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| congressional committee members are selected on the basis of |
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| party affiliation, interests, seniority |
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| regardless of reform efforts, what does the dominant feature of congress continue to be? |
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| what do select committees deal with? |
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| matters of social concern |
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| If one wishes to find teh proceedings of congress for last year, where would they look? |
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which article of the Cons. sets up the legislative branch
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| which of the f9ollowing is not a privilege of members of congress |
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| one of the earlies forms of direct democracy in america wast |
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| how often is the sensus taken? |
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| which is an example of bicameral? |
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| upon what is senate representation based on? |
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| which committee are speciall appointed for a specific purpose? |
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| which of the following is the best judge of a senator's qualifications? |
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| in what is the executive power of the united states vested? |
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| who was the father of the constitution? |
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| upon what does the legitimacy of the gov. of america rest? |
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| the consent of the governed |
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| the supreme law of the land is.. |
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| the supreme court is part of which branch of government |
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| what is the US Gov. supossed to do for the American people? |
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| promote common welfare, provide for their common dofense, and establish system of justice |
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| what were teh supportes of teh proposed cons. in 1787 know as? |
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| the vice pres. of the US presides of debates in the senate and is deciding bote if there is a tie. what is their position called |
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| what was the purpose of the original 1787 US constitution |
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| to create a federal government and define its powers |
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| what is the congressional session in which both houses meet together? |
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