INTA 1200 - Final Numbers questions and answers

Federalist #78

Hamilton says the Judicial branch is the weakest and least threatening branch and must use Judicial Review to defend itself against the power of the other two

stare decisis

Let the decision stand; decisions are based on precedents from previous cases

Article III, Section 1

The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.

94

U.S. District Courts

12

regional circuits

13

appellate courts

10%

estimated suffrage in some states

1865 - 1870

Civil War Amendments

13th Amendment (1865)

Abolishes and prohibits slavery

14th Amendment (1868)

Citizenship to everyone born in the U.S.

15th Amendment (1870)

U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed

2

Number of African Americans elected to the Senate during Reconstruction

14

Number of African Americans elected to the House during Reconstruction

1901-1972

Time period during which no African Americans served in the House or Senate

1965

Voting Rights Act

4 states by 1910

had property rights for women

19th Amendment (1920)

Gave women the right to vote

2000

blanket primaries became unconstitutional

Amendments 12 and 13

define elections

538

electoral votes

435

Number of members in the House of Representatives

3

electors from DC

270

number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency

11

number of states to guarantee victory

Duverger's Law

a regularity that only two parties tend to compete for control of the government in countries that have single-member, plurality electoral systems

4-5

number of effective parties for sincere voting

1824

first notable poll

1916-1936

years the Literary Digest ran their poll

political socialization

the process by which people gain their political attitudes and opinions

herding

"use existing poll results to help adjust the presentation of their own poll results."

2/3 of the time

public opinion change leads to policy change

87,000

U.S. has more that that many units of government

537

elected officials at the national level

500,000

U.S. has more than that many state and locally elected officials

1964

"Juncture for change"

30:1

ration of number of urban votes equal to one rural vote

2/3 vote of the legislature and public approval

for state constitution

10

number of constitutions Georgia has had since 1777

1000

Georgia had over this many amendments to its constitution

July 1, 1983

when Georgia's current constitution went into effect

30

how old you have to be to run for governor

15

how many years as a U.S. citizen to run for governor

6

how long you have to have been a state resident to run for governor

16

how many months before fiscal year budget planning begins

6

how many days the governor has to make a veto decision if the General Assembly is in session

40

how many days the governor has to make a veto decision if the General Assembly is not in session

2,000

number of statutory laws introduced

1000

number of statutory laws passed

40

length of session in days

January through March

session

56

GA senate seats

180

GA house seats (minimum)

Reconstruction to 2002

Democrats controlled both chambers of Georgia's legislature

2002 to present

Republicans control both chambers of Georgia's legislature and the Governor