1st Nine Weeks Exam (Chapters 1-7) Flashcards
a proposed new law
bill
a large, complex organization made up of appointed officials
bureaucracy
a panel of advisers made up by the heads of the executive departments
Cabinet
the first foundational civil ordinace
capital punishment
a private meeting of political party members to decide on policy or to choose candidates
caucus
a group of people elected by the citizens of each state in order to elect a presidential candidate
electoral college
commands by the President which have the force of law
executive orders
according to Charles Shuman, the price of socialism
freedom
the characteristics and traditions that have been handed down to use by our ancestors
heritage
the lower house of Parliament
House of Commons
the upper house of Parliament
House of Lords
the lower house of Congress
House of Representatives
a love for one’s country and loyalty to that country
patriotism
the highest number of votes won, but less than a majority
plurality
the upper house of Congress
Senate
What is represented above the head of the chief justice the Supreme Court?
Ten Commandments
What word literally means “the people rule”?
democracy
What was the greatest influence on the English nation?
Bible
What became the model for the colonial legislatures and for the U.S. Congress
Parliament
What are the primary roles of the President?
commander in chief, chief legislature, chief of state
What kind of government agency has a single function and reports directly to the President?
independent executive agency
What verse promises success and prosperity to the person who will meditate upon the laws of God and obey them?
Joshua 1:8
What is a form of government in which God Himself rules personally or through chose representatives called
theocracy
What is a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions
common law
What was the name of the first representative assembly in the colonies?
House of Burgesses
Who wrote a famous work on the laws of England that explained the concepts of natural law and revealed law?
William Blackstone
Who wrote the final draft of the Constitution?
Gouverneur Morris
What compromise combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans in establishing the national legislature?
Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise
What refers to the division of power between the national and state governments?
federalism
to draw voting district boundaries so as to purposely favor the part in power
gerrymander
Only the ___ may introduce revenue and appropriations bills in Congress.
House of Representatives
What special day for the Presidency falls on the Tuesday following the first Monday in November of every fourth year?
General Election Day
What role of the President gives him the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court?
Chief Executive
these were created to regulate specific areas of American life
Regulatory agencies
By interfering with basic freedoms and discouraging initiatives, ___ has generally hindered productivity and prosperity and has threatened the endurance of the American heritage
government bureaucracy
Who was the first president to become Vice President by being nominated by the President and approved by Congress?
Gerald Ford
convened the Model Parliament
Edward I
cut off all trade between the American colonies and England and removed the colonies from the “King’s Protection”
Prohibitory Act
describes relationship between states and central government
Article IV
established the legislative branch
Article I
forerunner to the written constitution in America
Mayflower Compact
formulated the basic ideas of Communism
Karl Marx
gives Congress the authority to put into operation both the expressed and implied powers
“necessary and proper” clause
laid the foundation for the right to trial by jury
Henry II
largest organization within the Executive Office of the President
Office of Management and Budget
placed the king under the law for the first time in English history
Magna Carta
rejection of a bill by the President
veto
strictly limited the power of the English monarch after 1689
English Bill of Rights
the central government is subordinate to the states
confederacy
the “Father of the Constitution”
James Mdison
the first to put Communism into practice on a large scale
Vladimir Lenin
the proportional distribution of Congressional seats among the states
apportionment
Which article in the Constitution established the executive branch?
Article II
From whom did the idea of separation of powers originate
Charles de Montesquieu
What term refers to a temporary committee composed of members of both houses for the purpose of working out a compromise on a bill?
conference committee
Which amendment allows a President to be elected to only two terms and to serve for no more than 10 years
22nd Amendment
What special group of judges presides over cases arising out of government agency decisions?
administrative-law judges
What is it called when the government annually spends more than it receives in revenue
deficit spending
Who wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner”?
Francis Scott Key
Who became the first black American to achieve the rank of four-star general?
Daniel “Chappie” James
In what form of government does the ruler exercise unlimited authority and usually inherit his position?
absolute monarchy
What word means literally, “to rule by oneself”?
autocracy
In what form of government does the ruler maintain absolute control of all aspects of society through coercion and subjection of the individual to the state?
totalitarian dictatorship
What event had an immeasurable effect upon the unity of the colonists and helped prepare them for future political, economic, and religious liberty?
Great Awakening
Who was the member of Parliament that supported the American colonists?
Edmund Burke
Who was responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which of the following became America’s first national constitution?
Articles of Confederation
Who presided as chairman of the Constitutional Convention?
George Washington
In which article of the Constitution is the Constitution described as the “supreme law of the land”?
Article VI
How long is a presidential term?
four years
Who presides over the Senate when the Vice President is absent?
president pro tempore
List some of the steps of the process of making a bill become a law
discussed in a public hearing, assigned to a committee, approved by a committee
What kind of representative votes according to his personal judgement rather than the views of his constituency
trustee
What powers are given explicitly to Congress by the Constitution?
expressed
List the qualifications for the office of the President
natural-born citizen, U.S. resident for at least 14 years, at least 35 years old
