front 1 Bicameral | back 1 two houses |
front 2 congress | back 2
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front 3 senate (term) | back 3 6 years |
front 4 senate (qualifications) | back 4
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front 5 House of representatives (term) | back 5 2 years |
front 6 House of representatives (qualifications) | back 6
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front 7 Illinois Senators | back 7 Dick Durban & Tammy duckworth |
front 8 House of representative (name and district) | back 8 Darin Lahood (16th district) |
front 9 Legislative Branch (what are they responsible for) | back 9 making laws |
front 10 Number of house representatives | back 10
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front 11 president (qualifications) | back 11
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front 12 president (term) | back 12 4 years |
front 13 President (max amount of years served) | back 13 10 years |
front 14 vice president (job) | back 14 president of the senate |
front 15 electoral college (job) | back 15 group of electors that elect the president and vice president |
front 16 number of electoral votes (U.S) | back 16 538 |
front 17 number of electoral votes (Illinois) | back 17 19 |
front 18 Executive branch | back 18 enforce laws |
front 19 Judicial branch | back 19 interprate laws |
front 20 Court systems in the U.S | back 20 State and federal |
front 21 What was the name of the first constitution of the U.S | back 21 Articles of confederation |
front 22 what is the purpose of the constitution | back 22 to describe our laws and government |
front 23 this plan was supported by small populated states | back 23 new jersey plan |
front 24 number of supreme court justices | back 24 9 |
front 25 the ability of the supreme court to rule laws unconstitutionaly | back 25 judicial review |
front 26 congress cannot suspend wrists of ____ explaining why one is imprisoned | back 26 Habeus Corpus |
front 27 where are bills that are passed sent to? | back 27 the president |
front 28 number of members in the senate | back 28 100 |
front 29 a law saying someone is guilty of a crime is called a bill of ____ and is illegal | back 29 attinder |
front 30 virgina plan | back 30 plan supported by large populations |
front 31 article 1 deals with (1) | back 31 legislative branch |
front 32 article 2 deals with (11) | back 32 executive branch |
front 33 article 3 deals with (111) | back 33 judicial branch |
front 34 article 4 deals with (1V) | back 34 states powers |
front 35 article 5 deals with (V) | back 35 amendments |
front 36 article 6 deals with (V1) | back 36 federal powers |
front 37 article 7 deals with (V11) | back 37 ratification |
front 38 Ex post facto clause | back 38 -Prevents the government from creating rules after the fact to punish individuals for actions that were legal when performed. |
front 39 S.A.D | back 39 supreme court, appellate court, and district court |
front 40 District courts | back 40 Fact-finding courts with original jurisdiction in federal cases, and their decisions are subject to appeal. |
front 41 Judicial term | back 41 -Appointed for life unless they resign, retire, or die. Removal can only occur through the impeachment process. |
front 42 Rule of 4 | back 42 -Requires agreement from 4 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices for a case to be added to the docket. |
front 43 Supreme court location | back 43 washington D.C |
front 44 Chief Justice | back 44 John Roberts |
front 45 1st amendment | back 45 Freedom of Religion, Assembly, Press, Petition, and Speech |
front 46 2nd amendment | back 46 right to remain silent |
front 47 3rd amenedment | back 47 right to not quarter soldiers |
front 48 4th amendment | back 48 Protection from illegal search and seizure (police must have a proper warrant) |
front 49 5th amendment | back 49
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front 50 6th amendment | back 50
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front 51 7th amendment | back 51 Right to trial by jury in civil cases heard by federal courts |
front 52 8th amendment | back 52 No excessive bail and no cruel or unusual punishment |
front 53 9th amendment | back 53 reserves rights to the people that are not listed in the Constitution |
front 54 10th amendment | back 54 Reserves powers that are not listed in the Constitution to the states |
front 55 13th amendment | back 55 abolished slavery |
front 56 14th amendment | back 56 Right to citizenship and due process |
front 57 15th amendment | back 57 Cannot be denied the right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude |
front 58 19th amendment | back 58 women get the right to vote |
front 59 what is not a power of the congress | back 59 recieving foreign guests |
front 60 how many senators does Illinois have? | back 60 2 |
front 61 which branch contains the house of representatives and the senate | back 61 legislative |
front 62 who NOMINATES the supreme court justice | back 62 the president |
front 63 who APPROVES the supreme court justice | back 63 the senate |
front 64 who is the first in line to take over after the president | back 64 vice president |
front 65 If congress wants to over ride a veto, how many need to approve the bill | back 65 2/3 votes |
front 66 what determines amount of representatives a state gets | back 66 population |
front 67 what is the bill of rights? | back 67 1st through 10 amendments |
front 68 which compromise gave us the biavameral legislature | back 68 the great compromise |
front 69 rule by the people | back 69 popular soverignty |
front 70 makes sure one branch of government does not have too much power | back 70 checks and balances |
front 71 power shared between national and state governments | back 71 federalism |