Government Review

Maintain public order, resolve conflict, provide public service?

Government

Rules a nation-state?

Government

Government in which you have the most rights?

Democracy

Who said government provides for people and people follow the law?

John Locke

Government currently in the U.S?

representative government

“we the people…” refers to which principle?

Popular soverignty

Power is distributed between branches.?

Separation of powers

Government officials accountable to others?

Limited Government

Anti-federalists opposed this document because it failed to recognize individual rights?

Constitution

Freedom speech/religion, first 10 amendments, added by demands of many states.

Bill of rights

Conducting elections is an example of a

reserved power

Congress overrides a veto, court declares a law unconstitutional, and a presidential veto are all examples of

Checks & balances

Solved problem of representation

Great compromise/ Connecticut compromise

Limits the government, open to interpretation, highest law in U.S

Constitution

Family, education and gender influence your political

Attitude

They recruit candidates, facilitate electoral choice and influence national government

Political Party

Popular vote, primary debate, general election debate, electoral college decision…...which is last.

Electoral college decision

Greatest turnout in an election?

Presidential

Vote, join political party, volunteer are all ways you can

participate

Liberal=

Democrat

who officially elect the president

Electoral college

Number of votes needed to be elected president

270

Shared power between state/federal government

Federalism

Ability to collect taxes.

Concurrent powers

Ability to conduct elections.

Reserved powers

Laws necessary to carry out powers

Elastic Clause

Power to pardon or reprieve

presidential power

Presidential agenda

state of the union

presides over the senate and votes in a tie?

Vice-president

President limited to 2 terms?

8 years or two 4 year terms

Next in line after VP

Speaker of the house

Natural born citizen, resident 14 years, at least 35?

president

Ruling of the SC?

Majority opinion

Marbury v. madison

judicial review

appoints federal judges

president

approves federal judges.

senate

Judiciary decision used in later cases.

precedent

Lower courts follow supreme court decisions.

precedent

Congress makes up house of rep. and senate

Legislative branch

house with 100 members

senate

house based on population

representatives

representatives serve how many years?

2

senators serve how many years?

6

where a bill is first considered

committee

proposed law?

bill

removal from office?

impeachment

what are filibusters, clotures, and Christmas tree bill?

senate

presiding officer house of reps?

speaker of the house

How many members house of reps?

435

Congress overturns presidential veto

checks & balances

Who can pigeonhole a bill

Congress