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Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards

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What are the 6 goals of US Constitution?

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Form a more perfect union
Establish justice
Ensure Domestic Tranquility
Provide for Common Defense
Promote General Welfare
Secure the Blessings of Liberty
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Form a more perfect union?

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Create relationship between the states and govt as prt of new federal system

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Establish justice?

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Provide laws that are fair and reasonable (just) and administration of these laws must be fair and resonable (just)

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Ensure Domestic Tranquility?

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Keep peace and maintain order within the country

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Provide Common Defense?

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Defend the country against foreign enemies

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Promote the General Welfare?

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Allow states and citizens to benefit military and economically from protection of a strong national govt

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Secure the blessings of liberty?

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Protect the liberties recently won in the American REv and perserve them for the generations to come

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What are the 6 principles of the Constitution?

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Popular sovereignty
Limited Govt
Seperation of Powers
Checks and Balances
Judicial Reviw
Federalism
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Popular Soveignty?

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govt gets authority from people

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Limited Government?

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powers and functions of govt are restricted by Constitution

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Seperation of Powers?

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duties are divided into 3 branches

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Checks and balances?

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each brance of govt has power to cancel acts from another

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Judicial Review?

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whether legislative and executive acts are constitutiona;

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Federalism?

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power of govt is distributed between stae and fed govts

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What is rule of law?

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every member of society, including govt, must obey the law and never abuse it

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What is unconstitutional?

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Any law or govt action that violates a part of the Constitution

17
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What is veto?

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Executive branch can reject legislative

18
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What is supermajority?

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A majority, 2/3 3/5 3/4, larger than a simple majority

19
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What is repeal?

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Cncel or revoke it by a legislative act

20
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What was Jefferson’s view on constitution?

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Constitution should not be changed on whim, but should change when society changed because change is ineitable and should not bind later generations

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What was Madison’s view on constitution?

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Laws and constitution should not be changed because they grow in authority as time goes on
Constitution would split the country into bitter factions
Chaos between revisions

22
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What is a political party?

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organized group that seeks to win elections in order to influence the activity of govt

23
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What is a cabinet?

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Group of advisers consisting of the heads of executive departments

24
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What is the gridlock?

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The inability to govern effectively due to seperation of powers

25
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What is the process for amending the constitution?

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Article V, amendments must be proposed, ratified

Amendments can be proposed by congress or national convention and amendments can be ratified by legislator or convension

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What is the process of ratifying an amendment?

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Once an amendment has been proposed, Congress sends it to the 50 staes for ratification
Proposed amendment can be voted on by stae legislators or citizens can elect delegates to convensions

27
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13th Amendment?

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Abolish slavery

28
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14th Amendment?

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Defined citizenship, expanded due process, established equal protection

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15th Amendment?

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Prohibited denying right to vote because of race, color, or previous servatude

30
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16th Amendment?

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permitted passage of income tax

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17th Amendment?

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Provide for direct election of US sentors

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18th Amendment?

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Prohibited production, transport, and sale of alcohol

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19th Amendment?

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Gave women the right to vote

34
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21st Amendment?

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Repeal national prohibition

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