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What is a concurrent power?
One that is shared between states and the national government like taxation.
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What was the name of the United States first constitution?
The articles of confederation
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Which branch can veto a bill?
Executive
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Which branch declares laws unconstitutional?
Judicial
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Which body serves as the jury to the judge as an impeached official?
The senate
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Which right is protected in the second amendment?
Right to bear arms
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What is the purpose of due process rights?
Prevent abuse of innocent people by the government
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What do police need in order to search a home?
an occupant's permission or search a search warrant
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The exclusionary rule says that evidence wich was obtained illegally cannot be used in court. On what right is this rule based
4th amendment protection against unreasonable searches.
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From what does does the fourth amendment protect people
Unreasonable search and seizure
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Which body impeaches the president or other officials?
The house of representative
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What are checks and balances?
The ability of each branach of government to black the others
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How does a president approve of a bill that has been passed by congress
He/She signs it
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How does the president disapprove of a bill that has benn passed by congress
He/She vetoes the bill
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What are the five protections in the first amendment?
Religion, speech, press, assembly petition
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What or what does the bill of nights protect us from
The government
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What are the first ten amendments called
The bill of rights
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Why did the articles of confederation not survive more than 6 years?
The central government that it created had very little power to control, order, & keep the country organized.
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What is a republic?
government in which the people rule through representatives they elect.
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What is delegated power?
a power that the constitution gives to congress
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How can the constitution be changes?
2/3 of each house must vote for the change then 3/4 of the states myst ratify it.
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How is the constitution flexible?
- 1.) Can be amended by a vote of congress and the states
- 2.) It's words are broad & general
- 3.) Can be interpreted differently by judges of different eras
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Who was the father of the constitution?
James madison; he came up with the vigirnia of the 3 branches
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Where do the government get their power according to the declaration of independence?
The governed; people who live under the government
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Which branch confirms the nomination of judges
The senate of the legislative
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Which branch inpeaches judges
- Legislative
- House: impeaches
- Sentate: in the jury
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Which branch nominates judges
executive
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which branch can overide a veto
Legislative
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The 13th, 14th, & 15th amendments were enacted after the civil war. What was their pupose?
to end slavery and protect the rights of ex slaves
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What amendment prevents excessive bail or cruel and usual punishment
8th
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What amendment requires speedy and public trials
6th
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In What case did the supremem court say that schools can search students' possessions including purses, if the school has a reasonable suspicion and needs to conduch the seach to maintain order
New Jersey vs. TLD
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In what case did the supreme court say that students don't lose their rights at the schoolhouse door?
Tinker vs. Des Moines
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Which part of the first amendment protects people's right to have a public protest
Assembly
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How many braches did the articles of confederation have
One; a legislative branch
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What is the latin name for the requirement that police tell an accused person what crime they are being charged with
hebeas corpus
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The 14th amendment was encacted afer the civil war to protect ex slaves. what is one of its key principles
Equal protection of the law; everyone gets treated equally by the legal system
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Who has the power of the purse; the right to authorize government spending according to the constitution
congress
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Who has the power to create taxes according to constitution
congress
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What is a confederation
alliance of small units of governments, like the american states in which the central government has very little power and each state keeps its authority to rule itself
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what was the great promise
agreement at the consitutional convention to have both a house of representatives(larger states had more power) and a senate (every state was equal)
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what does the executive branch do
Enforces and carries out the laws when congress writes a law, they put its policies into effect in real life.
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What was the 3/5th compromise
solution to north-south disagreements about weather the south would get to tcount the slaves as part of their populations when it was being decided how man many representatives each would get in the house
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Which amendment protected the right to vote for everyone age 18 or older
26th
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The 15th, 19th, & 26th amendments all expanded voting rights ehich groups got the right to vote
racial minorities, women and young people age 18 and down
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Which amendment protected women's right to vote
19th
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which amendment ended slavery
13th
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how many senators does each state have
2
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how many representative does each state get in the house
Depends on the population; small states have 1; Illinois has 18
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what is the legislative branch role
makes laws
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what are the two houses of congress
house of representatives and senate
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what are the requirements to be able to vote
- Be 18 years or older
- Resident of the area where you register and vote
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According to the west Virginia vs. Barnett court decision, do jehovah's witness have to pledge allegiance to the flag, even though their religion says that should not
No because of the first amendment; freedom of religion
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who are the u.s senators from Illinois
Mark Kirk and Dick Durban
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What is Illinois's capital city
Springfield
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What is the job tittle fo the chief of the illinois executive branch
The governor
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What are minority rules
puts limits on majority to keep it form doing tryannical things:Minority protected by bill of rights
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What are the 3 branches of government
Legislative, executive, judicial
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what is the purpose of the bill of rights
to protect the people from mistreatment by the federal government
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what is the seperation of powers
the allocation of some authority to each of three branches of government
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what is a democracy
government in which the people rule directly by making the laws
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which is prohibited power
one that constitution forbids; like granting tiltles of nobility
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what is a reserved power
one that is saved for the states to use
any power that congress does not have
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who has the power to declare according to constitution
congress
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who has the power to regulate the interstate according to constitution
congress
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how long is representatives term is office
2 years
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what is the senator's term in office
6 years
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Against who was the united states declaring independence
england
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who is the current governor of illinois
pat quinn
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what can people do when gov. stops protecting their rights
abolish the gov. says the declaration of independence
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how are the Illinois state judges choses
they are elected
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How is that method different from selection of U.S judges
U.S judges are appointed by the president
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How are federal judges chosen
The president appoints them and the senate confirms their appointment
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What is the judicial branches funtion
They interpret the law
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How many judges are on the supreme court
9
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Who is checking whom when a person is appointed to be the secretary of state is rejected
The sentate part of the legislative branch is checking the executive
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which branch is the surpreme checking when it declares a law unconstitutional
Legislative and executive
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Which branch confirms treaties that were negotiated by someone else
- Legislative
- the senate confirms treaties negotiated by the executive
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Why isn't the president elected by the greatest number of people's votes
The nations founders chose electoral college system instead so each state gets a small number of voters this protected state power and it allowed powerful elites to make the decision today a state's electoral votes almost always go to the candidate who wins the state's popular vote
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how does a bill become a law
- law (bill) is proposed
- must get a majority vote in each house of congress
- must be signed by president
- if president vetos it, it can be overriden by 2/3 vote of each house
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What are the miranda rights
the right to officially be informed of 5th and th amendment protections when one is arrested
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