Karteikarten
Federal Constitution Test
Karten in diesem Stapel (46)
- 1Legislative Branchmakes laws
made up of Congress total 535 members
Two houses - House of Reps & Senate
Described in Article I of Constitution - 2House of Representatives-two year term
-435 members
-number of representatives each state gets is based on population
-picks President if no candidate receives majority vote
-can impeach President
Speaker of the House - Paul Ryan - 33 Requirements to be House of Representative1. 25 years old
2. U.S. citizen 7 years
3. live in state elected in - 4Senate-six year term
-100 members total - 2 per state
-Vice President is presiding officer
-holds impeachment trial
-approves/rejects treaties
-Picks VP if no one receives the majority
-President pro tempore - Orrin Hatch - leads Senate when VP is absent - 53 Requirements to be a Senator1. 30 years old
2. U.S. Citizen - 9 years
3. live in state elected in - 6How A Bill Becomes A Law?-The president must sign a bill before it can become a law. President has 10 days to sign or veto a bill.
-Congress can override a President's veto with a 2/3 vote in both houses. - 7Executive Branch-made up of President, VP, and cabinet members
-enforces the laws
-described in Article II - 8President 3 Qualifications1. Must be at least 35 years old
2. native-born U.S. citizen
3. live in U.S. 14 years - 9President-term of office - 4 years
-gives State of the Union Address in January
-must report nation's conditions to Congress
lives & works at White House in Washington D.C. - 10President continued......Current President - Donald Trump
400,000 salary
Commander-in-Chief of the military - leader of our armed forces - 11Vice President-Current VP - Mike Pence
181,400 salary
1st in line for succession of presidency
leader of the Senate - 12current Congress member of IllinoisRepresentative - John Shimkus
Senators - Richard Durbin &
Tammy Duckworth - 13Presidential Election-Election Day is set for the Tuesday after the first Monday in November
-Electors from the Electoral College actually elect the President the # of electors is determined by the # of Congress in your state
-Need 270 electoral votes to win
-Take oath of office - Jan. 20 - 14Judicial Branchinterprets laws
described in Article III of the Constitution
court system of our country - 15Supreme Court-highest court in U.S.
-9 justices serve
-appointed for life - 16Constitution's ratification-9 out of 13 states must have ratified
-New Hampshire was last state to ratify
-the supreme law of the land
-June 21, 1788 - ratified
-James Madison - father of the constitution - 17Amendments overview-first 10 amendments - Bill of Rights
-27 amendments total - 18eminent domaingovernment's power to take private property for public use
- 19impeachformally charging the President or other official with misconduct
- 20treatyan agreement with another country
- 21reprievedelay in punishment
- 22extraditionaiding in the capture and return of criminals
- 23ratifyto approve or accept
- 24treasonto make war against one's own country
- 25amendmentchanges or additions
- 26grand jurydecide if there is enough evidence to hold a trial
- 27double jeopardycan't be tried for the same crime twice
- 281st Amendment5 freedoms
freedom of speech
freedom of assembly
freedom of religion
freedom to petition
freedom of the press - 292nd Amendmentright to bear arms
- 303rd Amendmentno housing of troops during peacetime
- 314th Amendmentno searches or seizures without a search warrant
- 325th Amendmentgrand jury
plead the fifth
no double jeopardy
eminent domain - 336th Amendment-right to a fair and speedy trial
- right to a lawyer - 347th Amendment-right to trial by jury in civil suits
- 358th Amendment-reasonable bail
-no cruel or unusual punishment - 369th AmendmentPowers reserved to the people
more rights than listed in the Constitution - 3710th AmendmentPowers reserved to the states
- 3813th AmendmentSlavery Abolished
- 3914th AmendmentAfrican Americans granted U.S. citizenship
- 4015th AmendmentAfrican American men can vote
- 4119th Amendmentwomen's right to vote
- 4220th Amendment-President's and Congress's term ends January 20th
- 4322nd Amendmentlimit presidential term to two
- 4423rd Amendment-Washington D.C. gets 3 electoral votes
- 4524th AmendmentNo Poll Tax
- 4626th Amendmentlowered the voting age from 21 to 18
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