1st Semester Review

CitizenshipTypes of Gov

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Colonial Experience

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Articles – Constitution

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Legislative Branch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Executive Branch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Judicial Branch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Political Parties

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

A party’s statement of goals and positions on various public issues.

platform

What are the (3) levels of political party organization?

LocalState

Federal

Party’s position dealing with just one particular

issue.

Plank

Lack of interest of concern.

apathy

People who are eligible to vote in an election.

electorate

Voting for all candidates of a particular political

party.

Straight ticket

What is the difference between a primary

election and the general election?

Primary – political partyGeneral – political office

Voting for people of various political parties.

Split ticket

Who appoints Supreme Court Justices?

President

Who approves the appointments and by

what measure?

Senate2/3 Vote

What level court did the Judiciary Act of 1789

create?

District Court

What are the (4) types of jurisdiction?

OriginalAppellateExclusive

Concurrent

How many District Courts are there in the US?

94

How many judges hear a case at the Circuit Court

level?

3

What are the (3) decisions Circuit Court judges

make?

UpholdOverturnRemand

How many courts were created by the Constitution?

Who creates lower federal courts?

1Congress

Maximum # of years a President may serve.

10 years

3 Constitutional Requirements.

35 years old14 year US residentNatural born citizen

# in the Electoral College.Total?

To win?

538270

True or FalsePresident declares war.

False

When President sends troops into battle, how

many days does he have to go before Congress for

approval?

60 days

1 check President has over the Courts.

Appoints federal judges/Supreme Court

Justices

Formal agreement between 2 or more

countries.

Treaty

1 way the President can limit foreign trade.

Sanctions or embargo

What is the name of the Legislative Branch?

Congress

The Legislative Branch is bicameral, what are the

(2) houses?

House of RepresentativesSenate

# of members in the House of Representatives.

# of members in the Senate.

435100

Powers given to Congress are called…

Expressed powers

(1) Economic power of Congress.

TaxRegulate trade

Tax imports

Necessary & Proper Clause sets up these

powers.

Implied powers

Power to bring charges against a public official.

impeachment

What type of support must a bill have to be sent to the President?

Majority of both houses.

What was the name of the 1 branch of Government?

Congress

Provide (2) weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.

taxing, voting, no executive or judicial

branches, no military, 13 states for amendments

Which plan wanted representation based on

state population and money contributions?

Virginia Plan

Which plan called for equal representation per

state?

New Jersey Plan

Give the (3) names of the compromise between the Virginia and New Jersey

Plan.

1. Sherman Compromise2. Connecticut

Compromise3. Great Compromise

The goals of the Constitution are listed in

this.

The Preamble

3 PointsList the 6 Goals of the

Constitution • Form a more perfect union

• Establish justice• Ensure domestic tranquility

• Provide for the common defense• Promote the general welfare• Secure the blessings of liberty

to ourselves and our posterity

How many states had to propose an amendment?

2/3

In Article VII, how many states had to ratify the

Constitution?

9 of 13

What were the (3) natural rights according to John

Locke?

LIFELIBERTY

PROPERTY

Type of government in which the people vote on

representatives who make government

decisions.

Representative Democracy

Process of becoming a citizen of the United

States.

naturalization

A person who comes to the US. Intends on becoming a citizen.

immigrant

A person who comes to the US to work or study.

Intends to return to home country.

alien

Something you are required to do as a

citizen.

duty

Something you are entitled to as a citizen.

rights

Something you should do as a citizen.

responsibility

Prior to the Magna Carta, what type of government

did England have?

Absolute Monarch

What is the Legislative Branch in England?

Parliament

What are the (2) Houses of Parliament?

House of CommonsHouse of Lords

Give (1) power Parliament gained from the English

Bill of Rights.

1. Pass laws2. Raise taxes

3. Control nation’s army

Economic policy followed by European nations during this period.

mercantilism

This changed the relationship between

England & the colonies.

French & Indian War

Series of acts passed by Parliament that resulted

in the Declaration of Independence.

Coercive or Intolerable Acts

Main writer of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

What were Jefferson’s (3) unalienable rights?

LifeLiberty

Pursuit of Happiness

What group signed the Declaration of Independence?

2nd Continental Congress