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Chapter 6 Flashcards

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Exclusive right to use or sell an invention

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Patent

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Yearly financial plan of the federal government

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National budget

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Proposed laws to spend money

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Revenue bill

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3
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To formally accuse a federal official

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Impeachment

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4
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Fighting between two sides and nothing gets accomplished

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Gridlock

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Name for legislation that helps one region of the nation

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Porkbarrel

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Freedom from prosecution

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Immunity

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Power of president to refuse to spend money on programs already voted on by congress

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Impoundment

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Right to publish or sell written, musical or artistic work

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Copyright

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All activities concerning trade

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Commerce

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Total amount of money that our government owes

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Public debt

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Requires a person to appear in court

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Subpoena

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Requires presidents to tell congress before they made certain actions

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Legislative veto

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Name for necessary and proper clause

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Elastic clause

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Requires a prisoner be brought to court and shown why he is being held in jail

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Writ of habeas corpus

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Law that sentences personal jail without granting the right of a trial

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Bills of attainder

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Legal proceedings in distributing the assets of business that can’t pay their debts

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Bankruptcy

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Power of congress to check if it’s laws are being carried out

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Legislative oversight

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This makes an act a crime that wasn’t illegal when it was committed

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Ex post facto law

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1st president to be impeached

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Andrew Johnson

20
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2nd president to be impeached

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Bill Clinton

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1st president to step down from the presidency

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Richard Nixon

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This man lead the senate investigations to get rid of communists in congress, the media and universities

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Joseph McCarthy

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Famous senate majority leader and later president who said “you only have 1 year to prove yourself to congress”

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Lyndon Johnson

24
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President during the Great Depression that greatly increased presidential power

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Which is not a power that is denied to congress

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Suspending contempt of congress

26
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What is the most common way that congress borrows money

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Sale of government bonds

27
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All are ways our government regulates the economy except

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Slowing down inflation by cutting taxes

28
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How many declared wars has the US been in

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5

29
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Who is the only one who can appropriate funds for fighting wars

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Congress

30
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According to the War Powers Resolution, the president is required to inform congress within ____ of sending troops further than the scope of the action

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2 days

31
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According to War Powers Resolution, if congress doesn’t approve of the action within ______ the president has to remove troops

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2 months

32
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What court case gave the federal government the right to regulate interstate commerce

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Gibbons vs Ogden

33
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What court case decided on a loose interpretation of the constitution

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McCulloch vs Maryland

34
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McCulloch vs Maryland gave the federal government the right to use ______ powers

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Implied

35
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Which was a declared war

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Spanish-American

36
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After a president has been impeached, the trial takes place. What percentage is needed for removal

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67%

37
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When treaties are being voted on, what percentage do they have to be accepted by or they will be rejected

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67%

38
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After WWI what treaty was rejected

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Versailles

39
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Who won the presidential of 1800 even though he didn’t have the majority

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Jefferson

40
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Which is not a result of congressional investigation

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They receive a criminal sentence

41
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All are witnesses rights in congressional investigations except

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People can’t be punished for what they say in court

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All are reasons why there isn’t a lot of legislative oversight except

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Congress requires the agencies of the executive branch to submit reports so they can tell if they are doing their job already

43
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What percentage is needed for overriding a veto

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67%

44
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Which is not an example of how congress used the commerce clause to expand their powers

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Congress regulated the businesses that traded within a particular state

45
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3 things house does

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  1. Power to initiate revenue bills
  2. Power to impeach federal officials
  3. Power to choose the president when there is no majority
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3 things senate does

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  1. Power to ratify treaties
  2. Power to approve federal appointees
  3. Power to try officials already impeached
47
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3 reasons for conflict between president and congress

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  1. Different ideas
  2. Organization of congress
  3. Different timetables
48
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4 things the national emergency act of 1976 stated

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  1. President must declare a new state of emergency in order to use powers
  2. President must inform congress before declaring state of emergency
  3. President has to renew state of emergency every 6 months
  4. Congress can end state of emergency by majority vote in both houses

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