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| Who elects U.S. Senators? |
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How many Senators does each state have?
The Total? |
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2 Senators from each state
100 total |
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| How were they elected before the 17th Amendment? |
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| They were chosen by satate legislatures |
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| What are the qualifications for Senator? |
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Must be atleast 30
Citizen for 9 years
Must live in state they represent
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| Who is the President of the Senate? |
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| Who acts in succession to the president? |
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Vice President
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore
Secretary of State |
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How long is the Senators Term?
How many are elected every 2 years? |
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6 Year Terms
1/3 of them are elected every 2 years |
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| What is said of the Senate in regard to impeachment? |
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| Does the passing of a bill by the Senate and House make it a law? Explain |
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| No, the president must sign it. |
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| What can Congress do when it has heard that the president has vetoed a bill? |
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| Congress then overrides it with a 2/3 vote |
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| What happens if a Senator should die? |
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| The governor will make an appointment |
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| What do the Senate do besides pass bills? |
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| They approve treaties and approve officials. |
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How often are the members of the House chosen?
How long is their term? |
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They are chosen every even amount of years.
2 year term |
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| How do we decide how many Representatives a state gets? |
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| By the population of the state |
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How many representatives are there?
How many from California? |
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435 Representatives
53 from California |
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| What Congressional District do you live in? |
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| What are the Qualifications for Representatives? |
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Must be U.S. Citizen for 7 years
Must live in state you represent
Must be 25 |
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| What is said of the House regard to impeachment? |
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| Name the presiding officer of the House? |
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| What is the number of our present Congress? |
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| Where must all revenue bills begin? |
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| Revenue Bills begin in the House of Representatives |
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What is the Major duty of the Executive Branch?
Legislative Branch?
Judicial Branch? |
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To enforce Laws
To make Laws
To Administer laws |
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| Who are the most important people in the Executive Branch? |
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| The president and vice president |
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| How do we decide how many electors each state will get in the electoral college? |
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| The number of Senators and number of Representatives |
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| What are the qualifications for President and Vice President? |
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Must be 35
Natural born citizen
Lived in U.S. for more than 14 years |
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| What military powers does the President have? |
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| Commander and Chief of the Military |
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| What vote in the Senate will approve presidential nominations? |
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| What vote in the Senate will approve treaties? |
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| How many days is the President allowed to consider a bill? |
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| Who can call Congress into a special session? |
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| Can the President alone make a treaty with a foreign nation? |
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| No, the Senate must approve |
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| Who shall preside when the President is impeached? |
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| What are the five major classes of Presidential duties. |
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Foreign affairs
Domestic and Military Administration
Legislation
Appointment
Judicial Functions |
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| Who were the last 6 Presidents? |
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| Jimmy Carter, George H Bush, Bill Clinton, George W Bush and Barack Obama |
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| What are the first 10 amendments called? |
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| Which words of the Declaration describe our belief in the equal rights of all persons? |
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| We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator. |
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| What are the Unalienable rights listed in the Declaration? |
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| Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
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| The House of Representatives and the Senate |
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| How many amendments are there? |
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| When was the Declaration of Independance signed? |
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| What is the order of the three branches of government? |
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Legislative
Executive
Judicial |
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| What are the every day proceedings of the Congress printed called? |
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| What amendment abolished slavery? |
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All persons born or naturalized in the United States enjoy full rights
Which amendment? |
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Which amendment?
Limits presidents term to 2 |
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| Which amendment repealled another amendment? |
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Which amendment?
Banned alchohol |
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Which amendment?
Established the process by which an ailing President can pass duties of office. |
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Which amendment?
Lets 18 year olds vote |
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| Which amendment gave the right for women to vote? |
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| Which amendment provides for popular vote for Senators? |
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| "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." |
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True or false?
Patrick Henry did not want to see the war begin |
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True or false?
The declaration of Independance was signed in 1787? |
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True or false?
To provide for prayer in public schools, the Constitution must be amended. |
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| The national budget is presented by whom? |
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| Name three types of federal courts. |
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District Courts
Supreme Court
Court of Appeals |
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True or false?
Six states had to approve the Constitution before it became effective |
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True or false?
9 States had to approve the Constitution before it became effective |
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True or false?
The Constitution outlawed slavery |
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True or false?
Each state gets the same number of votes in the Electoral College? |
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True or false?
The first ten amendments were adopted a month after the Constitution was approved. |
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| Who wrote the Bill of Rights? |
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Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry |
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True or false?
Jefferson supported the Bill of Rights. |
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| When the president does not act on a bill |
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| The attack on the World Trade Center took place in what city? |
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| New York City, Pennsilvania |
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True or false?
The Articles of Confederation were really the first U.S. Constitution. |
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| Who prepares the annual budget then presents it to Congress? |
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