Government EOC – Citizenship Test

Government EOC Citizenship Test Flashcards

Constitution

Sets up the government and protects basic rights.

Republic

People have a say in the government by voting.

1st ten amendments are called

The bill of rights

What are the three branches of government?

Legislative, executive, judicial

Sovereignty

The power within your borders to run the government as the people want.

What is federalism?

The division of power between federal and state. The federal rules over the state law.

Connecticut Compromise or Great Compromise

The set up of the two houses of the legislative branch with the senate having equal representation.

Purpose of the Preamble

The promises of what the government will do.

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Mostly Thomas Jefferson.

Marbury v. Madison

Gave the court the ability to review anything that comes from the executive branch, legislative branch, or the lower courts.

1st Amendment

Freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, petition

2nd Amendment

Right to bear arms

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

Freed the slaves in most of the United States.

U.S. territories, what stars and stripes represent and what is our country's capital?

Guam, Puerto Rico, Samoa, Northern Marinara, Virgin Isles. 50 stars represent the 50 states and the 13 stripes represent the 13 original colonies. Washington D.C. is the capital.

Separation of powers

Checks to make sure no branch becomes too powerful

Total number of Amendments

27

Who decides Constitutionality

The Supreme Court

Checks and balances

Checks to make sure no branch becomes too powerful.

Gerrymandering

Drawing district lines to favor one political party over the other

For Senators, House of Representative Members and President

Must be 25 to run for the house of representatives, 30 for senate, and 35 for president. The house of representative term is 2 years, senate is 6, and president is 4. There are 435 members in the house of representatives, 100 in the senate, and 1 president. The whole amount of house of representatives are up for election every 2 years and ⅓ of the senate. For house of representative up must be a citizen for 7 years, 9 for senate, and natural citizen born for president.

Constituents

The voter eligible people who are representing us.

Conference committee

Committee that meets to iron out differences between branches on bills

What happens when a president signs a bill?

It becomes a law

Jobs assigned vice-president by the Constitution

The president of the senate and aid the president.

Name for top position in House and Senate

House: speaker of the house Senate: president of the senate, president pro tempore, and majority leader

Executive order

Written by president, have the power of the law

Who nominates Supreme Court judges

The president

What happens when a bill is vetoed

It goes back to congress

Who actually elects the president

The electoral college

Title of cabinet members

Secretary, but the head of justice is the attorney general.

Job of office of Management and Budget

Help organize the budget

Highest court in land

Supreme court

Who has original jurisdiction

Supreme court and the district court

Roe v. Wade was overturned by Dobbs v Jackson Health Organization 2022

Overturned Roe V Wade, sent the decisions back to the states, states got to decide abortion policy.

Miranda v. Arizona

The Miranda rights: Right to remain silent, right to an attorney

Plessy v. Ferguson

Separate but equal facilities are legal

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

Reveressed Plessy v Ferguson, said separate but equal facilities are not equal.

How many Supreme Court Justices are there

9

Who nominates justices to the Supreme Court?

Who nominates justices to the Supreme Court? - the president with the consent of the senate

Governor is commander of what?

Commander of the state militia, the national guard.

Civil claims who hears the case

If the claim is under 250,000 dollars it goes to the distinct court, if it's above, goes to circuit court.

Names of our Senators, our Governor

Senators: Gary Peters and Elyssa Slotkin. Governor: Gretchen Whitmer.

Rule of law

Everyone must obey the law.