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| What was the weakness of the Articles of Confederation? |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| 1st Constitution of the United States |
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1. Big states plan
would use population as a basis for dividing seats among the states |
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1. Small state plan
2. one state = one vote |
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a. Senate-(small state plan)
b. House of Rep.-(Big states plan) |
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| What is another word for Legislature? |
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| Southern states wanted to count slaves in their population for more representation in the Congress and Northern states disagreed with it. The compromise was 3 out of 5 blacks could be counted. |
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| What are the 3 branches of government? |
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Executive
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Judicial |
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| in favor of the Constitution and a strong central gov't. |
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| What is the first part of the Constitution called? |
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Preamble
"We the people..." |
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| How many articles are in the US Constitution? |
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| What did the Land Ordinance of 1785 do? |
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| What do the articles do in general? |
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| Outline how the government runs |
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| How many amendments does the US Constitution contain? |
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| Little changes or additions |
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| What do the 13 stripes on the U.S. flag represent? |
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| The Northwest Ordinance outlined how new states could be added to the union. How many people did they have to have to become a new state? |
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| How many stripes on an American flag, and what do they represent? |
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| 13, they represent the 13 original states |
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| what are the two parts of the congress? |
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| Senate and The House of Representatives |
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How many members in the House of Representatives?
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| 435, based on states population |
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How many members in the Senate?
How are they decided? |
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| How many members in the Congress? |
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| when was the Constitution completed and signed? |
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| What one person signed the Treaty with France, the US Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, and the Treaty of Paris? |
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| who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
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What type of gov't does the US have?
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| we have a Democratic Republic and that means that we vote and have representatives. |
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| What does the US have to keep anyone person or group from becoming too powerful? |
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| a system of checks and balances |
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| what are some of the checks and balances that the US has to keep anyone person or group from becoming to powerful? |
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Legislature makes laws but Executive can decide to not sign it or the Judiciary may decide the new law is unconstitutional.
If a President vetoes a bill the legislature can decide to override it voting on it again. |
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| explain the 3 parts of the US Constitution and what they are? |
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Preamble - introduction
7 articles - how gov't is run
28 amendments - little changes or additions to the constitution |
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| what are little changes or additions to the constitution called? |
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| what does Article 1 discuss |
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| what did the antifederalist want? |
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| a weak central gov't and strong state gov't |
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| the president and vice president are in which branch of the gov't? |
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| the Supreme Court is in what branch of government? |
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| What is popular sovereignty? |
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| voting to decide who wins |
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| what are the first 10 amendments called? |
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| What are the presidential powers? |
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veto bills
make treaties
appoint supreme court judges
Commander & Chief of military |
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| What are the requirements to be President of the US? |
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| Born in US, 35 years old, live in US 14 years |
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| What does Article II deal with? |
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| What does Article III deal with? |
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| What is the Judicial Branch? |
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| What is the Executive Branch? |
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| The President and Vice President |
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| What is the Legislative branch? |
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| The Senate and the House of Representatives |
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| What is are the duties of the Judicial branch (Supreme Court)? |
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| They make sure laws are constitutional and they are the highest court of appeals in US. |
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| How many members of the Supreme Court? |
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| Nine Supreme Court Justices |
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| How many members in the House of Representatives? |
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| How many years in a presidential term and how many terms can they serve? |
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| There are 4 years in a presidential term and they can serve 2 terms. |
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| In a presidential election, the president doesn't win because he gets the most overall votes in the US. The popular vote state by state actually earns each candidate a second vote by members of this group. What is this process called? |
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| In the event that the president would die in office who would the next two persons be that would take his place? |
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| First the Vice President then the Speaker of the House |
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| Who is the Vice President? |
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| Who is the Speaker of the House? |
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| Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? |
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| Who are the 2 senators from Illinois? |
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| Dick Durbin and Barack Obama |
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| Explain the system of checks and balances that our gov't has. |
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Bills go thru the house the senate to the pres.to become a law, and are still subject to oversight by the supreme court as to the constitutionality of that law.
Also, a bill that the legislature believes in even tho the pres. vetoes it have the option to override his veto with a 2/3 vote in each house |
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| Can the US Constitution be amended? If so how? |
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| Yes, by a 2/3 vote in Congressthey can agree to amend the US constitution and another 3/4 vote in Congress to actually make the change. |
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| The US has a limited gov't. What does that mean? |
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| It operates under the terms of the Constitution — which specifies what it may do, and also what it may not do. |
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| How does a bill become a law? |
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| 1st-it passes committee. 2nd-it passes the house. 3rd-it passes the senate. 4-it goes to the pres. who can sign, veto or let lay on his desk (10 days)after which it becomes a law. In a veto the congress must vote 2/3 to override the pres. veto |
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| What are the powers of the Legislature? |
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| declare war, tax, impeach the President, make laws |
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| In the impeachment process who acts as the prosecutor and who acts as the jury? |
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| Senate conducts the trial and the house is the jury |
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| What is the person called that runs the House of Representatives? |
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| Who presides over the Senate? |
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| What are the requirements to be in the house of reps? |
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| 25 years old, US citizen 7 years, live in the district from which elected, and serve 2 years terms |
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| In the event that the 100 member Senate comes to a 50-50 tie what happens? |
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| The Vice President votes to break the tie. |
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What are the requirements to be in the
Senate? |
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| be a citizen 9 years, live in district from which elected, must be 30 years old, |
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| What does Popular Sovereignty mean? |
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| it means voting to decide who wins |
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| 2 good things Articles of Confederation did |
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Land Ordinance of 1785 - set up towns
Northwest Ordinance - set up states (60,000 ppl) |
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Presidential Succession
Pres --->V.P.--->Speaker |
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| Presidential terms limited to 2 |
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| 1919-Womens right to vote |
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| Congress has the right to tax |
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| All men born in US are citizens (citizens rights) |
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| All men 21 and over can vote |
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| what must you do to get rid of a flag |
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| What does it mean if a flag is hung upside down? |
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| It means there is an emergency |
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| Citizens rights cannot be taken away |
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| Power to the state and people |
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| When did Illinois become a state? |
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| What 3 capitals has Illinois had? |
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| Kaskaskia, Vandalia, Springfield |
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| What 3 Capitals has the US had? |
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| New York City, Philadelphia, Washington DC |
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| Freedom of Speech, Religion and Press |
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| Right to bear arms (have guns) |
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| No soldiers living in homes |
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| No search and seizure without probable cause and a warrant |
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| Cannot be forced to testify against yourself |
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| Right to a jury trial in a civil (money) suit |
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| Who are our Illinois House Reps? |
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| Illinois senators that go to Washington |
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| Who is our Illinois senator that goes to Springfield? |
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| Who is our Illinois State Supreme court Chief Justice? |
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