American Government II First 3 Chapters

What type of power does federal government have

Enumerated

Give an example of enumerated powers

Coin money, foreign affairs, and declare war

What limitations does enumerated power have

Cannot tax state exports, change state boundaries, or violate the bill of rights

What type of power does the State government have?

Regulate intrastate commerce, conduct elections, and ratify amendments

What type of powers does the types of governments share

Concurrent powers

What are some example of concurrent powers

Levy and collect taxes, borrow money, make and enforce laws, establish courts, charter bank and corporations, and take property for public purpose

What does checks and balance separate into

Executive branch, Judicial, and Legislative

What does Executive branch do

Pardons, federal laws, and veto legislation

What does the judicial branch do

Hear cases, declare laws, and preside over impeachment trials

What does legislative branch have the ability to do

Pass legislation, declare war, ratify treaties, impeach the president, and establish the number of supreme courts

What did Madison refer to congress as

The first branch of government

What does bicameral separate into

House of representatives (lower) and senate (upper level)

Is the power equally shared

Yes

What did congress do that affects law making

It made it very difficult to make/pass laws

What is the role of congress

Represent constituents, be of service to constituents when dealing with the National government, oversight the president, provide public services, and resolution of societal conflict

What does bicameralism mean

Practice of having two legislative chambers

Does it require both houses to pass identical bills

Yes they have to agree

Is the house of representative close to the people

Yes

How long is the term in the house of representative

2 years

What is the representation

Popular will

What doe more people mean

More representatives

How many states do legislatures draw district boundaries

37 states

How many states have 1 district

7

What do the rest of the states have

Independent commission

What is gerrymandering

Manipulation of election districts to gain a party advantage

Who represents the states

Senate

What is a senate elected by

State legislatures

How long is a senate term, and is it staggered

6 years and yes (only 1/3 up at a time)

Is there a higher age requirement for senate

Yes to lower likeliness of radical change

What are all the leaderships in the house

Speaker, Majority leader, Minority leader, majority and minority whips

Was the speaker mentioned in the constitution

Yes

What is the majority and minority leaders head of

Majority (head of party with majority seats) and Minority (head of party with minority seats)

What is the leadership of the senate

Vice president, majority and minority, and whips

Who has more power the senate or house

House

What are the powers of the speaker

Assigning new bills, recognize members to speaking house chamber, arbiter and interpreter of house, appoint member to special committee, influential in assigning members to permanent committees, and schedule votes and bills.

Do committees have sub committees

Yes