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Terms in this set (120) Quiz____? Major contributors to social contract theory - Answer✓✓ Hobbes, Locke, Reasseau Quiz____? Social Contract Theory - Answer✓✓ We need food, clothing and shelter to survive and nothing should interfere with our ability to obtain them. We may also choose to believe in a god. The belief gives definition to our existance. Therefore it is important we define ourselves as individuals.
Quiz____? Enlightenment Influence on Constitution - Answer✓✓ Bill of Rights and the Second Amendment, Ninth Amendment Quiz____? Bill of Rights (Enlightenment) - Answer✓✓ The first eight Bill of Rights Quiz____? Declaration of Independence (Enlightenment) - Answer✓✓ people have rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness Quiz____?
Virginia Plan - Answer✓✓ Proposal to create a strong national government Quiz____? Constitutional Convention - Answer✓✓ A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution Quiz____? Three-Fifths compromise - Answer✓✓ Agreement that each slave counted as three-fifths of a person in determining representation in the House for representation and taxation purposes (negated by the 13th amendment). Bicameral congress. Quiz____?
Checks and Balances - Answer✓✓ A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power Quiz____? Separation of Powers - Answer✓✓ Constitutional division of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with the legislative branch making law, the executive applying and enforcing the law, and the judiciary interpreting the law Quiz____? Federalists - Answer✓✓ A term used to describe supporters of the Constitution during ratification debates in state legislatures.
Quiz____? Federalist #51 (Madison) - Answer✓✓ Separation of powers, checks and balances Quiz____? Separations of Powers - Answer✓✓ The division of the federal government into three branches each with its own powers Quiz____? Government Branches - Answer✓✓ Three sections of the US government: legislative, executive, and judicial. Each branch has powers that restrict the other branches powers.
Quiz____? How are laws made and enforced using the separation of powers - Answer✓✓ Congress originates laws Judicial branch reviews laws for constitutionality Executive branch enforces laws Quiz____? system of checks and balances - Answer✓✓ Constitutional system in which each branch of government places limits on the power of other branches Quiz____? Several checks the judicial branch has on the legislative and executive branches - Answer✓✓
Controls jurisdiction of the courts Determines size of Supreme Court House can impeach judges and Senate can remove them by two-thirds vote Executive: Can override a presidential veto by a two-thirds vote in both chambers Must approve treaties by a two-thirds vote in the Senate Control of funding activities of the executive branch Presidential nominees must be approved by the Senate Only Congress can declare war House can impeach the president or vice president and the Senate can remove them by a two-thirds vote
Quiz____? Several checks the executive branch has on the legislative and judicial branches - Answer✓✓ Legislative: Can veto legislation Can use executive agreements Can use executive orders Negotiates treaties (not Congress) Judicial: Nominates judges Power of pardon Quiz____? Several advantages and disadvantages of a federalist system -
Quiz____? Define the three types of Congressional powers including implied, enumerated and inherent powers - Answer✓✓ Enumerated: Power stated in Constitution Implied: Not stated in Constitution but inferred Inherent: Assumed to exist as a result of the country's existance Quiz____? Several powers held by the legislative branch - Answer✓✓ Tax citizens , Set the budget , Regulate commerce, Declare war, Provide advice and consent on appointments, Impeach individuals, Oversee the powers of the judicial and executive branches
Quiz____? Congressional powers as either implied, enumerated or inherent - Answer✓✓ Enumerated: Taxation, budget authority, power to regulate, power to declare war, checks on other branches including advice and consent and impeachment. Implied: Power to oversee the other branches as well as reign in administrative agencies. Quiz____? Examples of Congress exercising its power under the Commerce Clause - Answer✓✓ Regulating trade between states, setting a federal minimum wage, prohibiting discrimination employment. Quiz____?
Only Congress can declare war House can impeach the president or vice president and the Senate can remove them by a two-thirds vote Quiz____? Process of legislation and how bills become law - Answer✓✓
- A bill is proposed
- Introduced in house or senate
- Passed to committee or subcommittee
- Floor action: debate and voting
- Conference committee resolves conflicting points. New version sent back for approval.
- President can sign bill into law or choose to veto
- If veto, congress can override veto by passing bill in house and senate by a 2/3rd majority. 8 YAY! New Law! Quiz____? Purpose of congressional committees and describe several types - Answer✓✓ A committee is a smaller subset of representatives or senators that consider particular types of bill. Committees can be either long-standing or temporary. Committees serve political as well as lawmaking functions. Different committees: House Committee
Quiz____? Role of the census in the reapportionment and redistricting processes - Answer✓✓ Reapportionment occurs when census data indicates needed adjustments so a state is not paying too much or too little in federal taxes. Every state goes through reapportionment every 10 years. The census helps to determine the changes to its districts, taxes, etc. Quiz____? Miller vs. Johnson - Answer✓✓ Race cannot be the dominant and controlling factor for redrawing congressional districts. Quiz____?
Evolution of the presidency in the United States - Answer✓✓
- Established 1787
- Electoral College emerged as way to elect/re-elect president
- Duties outlined in newly-formed Constitution
- Impeachment built into Constitution - clear process for removal
- Twelfth Amendment - Pairs Presidential candidate with running mate on a ticket
- Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 - Executive branch put in charge of forming budget.
- Twenty Second Amendment limits terms
- Expansion of Duties - From Washington who formed first cabinet to now President contributes to office.
