Chapter 10 Flashcards
What is the term called to keep any one branch from controlling the other?
Separation of power
What branch is in charge of making the laws and has Congress?
Legislative
What branch is responsible for applying or enforcing the laws?
Judicial
What branch has courts and judges to apply the laws?
Judicial
Whose idea was is to distribute the power of Congress into 2 places?
Virginia plan
Which gathering said we need a stronger government according to Shay’s rebellion? It original purpose was to fix the Articles of Confederation.
Constitutional Convention
What are the 2 branches of Congress?
US Senate and House of Representatives
What state proposes that there should be one house and that each state should be represented equally?
New Jersey Plan
When the people decided that Congress should have 2 houses it was called the —— ——-. That was based on one house having ——— representation and one being based on ———-.
Great Compromise
Equal representation
Population
The ______ Branch of the government gives the ________ power.
Executive branch gives the President power
The President can ______ bills and _____ bills and enact the _______ to defend the country.
veto bills, pass bills, enact the military to defend
When there are changes to laws, it is called an _______.
amendment
There are 535 members of ________.
Congress
The president must be _____ years old.
35
The president must be born _____ or lived here for ______ years.
in the US or loved here for 14 years
