US History Honors Unit 4 Amendment, Dates, People, Clauses

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Which Amendment creates Income Tax?

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Which Amendment allocates 3 electors to Washington DC in the electoral college?

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Which Amendment limits the president to two terms, or 10 years?

1796

This election year saw the first time political parties were present (Federalist vs Democratic Republican)

1800

This election resulted in a tie, and was sent to the House of Representatives. They chose Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr

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This amendment makes it that the president and vice president must run for office together

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This amendment formalizes the line of succession in 1967 beyond the presidency:

• Section 1: The Vice President replaces the President

• Section 2: When there is a vice president vacancy, the president elects a new one with senate approval (majority)

• Section 3: A written letter of transferring power from president to the vice president written to the speaker and the president pro tempore

  • If the president transition is contested, both houses of Congress vote to remove

Unelected Administration of 1974

During this time,  No P/VP was elected after Nixon and his VP were convicted of tax fraud. Nixon chooses Gerald Ford as the new VP, and then Nixon resigns due to Watergate. Gerald becomes the president without an election.

Federal Judiciary Act of 1789

This act established the courts in the United States

Marbury vs Madison

The power of Judicial Review comes from this 1803 case

Edmund Randolph

This person proposed the Virginia Plan

William Paterson

This person proposed the New Jersey Plan

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You must be ____ years old to run for the House

7

You must be a citizen of _____ years to run for House

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You must be at least _____ years old to run for Senate

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You must be a citizen of ______ years to run for Senate

Lori Trahan

Acton’s Representative in the House

Mike Johnson

The current speaker of the House

Steve Scalise

The current House Majority Leader

Hakeem Jeffries

Current House Minority Leader

Elizabeth Warren, Ed Markey

MA’s Senators

Patty Murray

Current Senate President pro Tempore

Elastic Clause

This clause is a source of significant powers in Congress: depending on the construction, a law can be interpreted in several ways and gives Congress the jurisdiction on the interpretation

Full Faith and Credit Clause

Article 4.1

This requires states to respect judgements of other states

• Courts + law (cannot move to another state to avoid penalties or lawsuits)

  • Can make limited public policy exceptions

Privileges and Immunities Clause

Article 4.2
States cannot discriminate against other states

However, can change instate/out of state tuition for college due to taxes

Fugitive Slave Clause

Article 4.2

This gives states the absolute right to recapture slaves even if slavery is outlawed in that state

Guarantee Clause

Article 4.4

• Guarantees a republican form of government to the states (representative legislature)

  • Congress protects the states from invasion by other countries or significant domestic threats

Supremacy Clause

1. If a state law is in conflict with the federal law, the federal law prevails (“supreme law of the land”

2. For judges: the US Constitution > State Constitution

   1. This is a change from the loose independent confederation states. Now, states are united by the federal government

War Powers Act

Article 2

This act in 1973 is after the Korean War and Vietnam. The president still has the authority to react, but any deployment of soldiers for longer than two months must be approved by congress

Take Care Clause

The presidential version of the flex clause: executive orders that are significant powers, but congress can overturn. This basically gives the president power over how laws are executed.

John Roberts

The current chief justice of the Supreme Court

Chuck Schumer

Senate Majority Leader (D)

Mitch McConnell

Senate Minority Leader (R)