Chapters 7 and 8 Test Flashcards
How a Bill becomes a Law
Name and Number
Sent to a standing committee
Debated in Committee
Read 3 Times
Must be put in Final Form
What happens to a bill in Committee
Kill it
Amend It
Pass it
Rewrite it
Conference Committee
a joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill
Presidential Action
Sign It
Veto It
Pocket Veto
Law without Signature
Election of 1800
House will Choose President
Jefferson and Burr Tie
Election of 1824
House will choose president
No majority of electoral votes
Jackson Vs. Adams
Election of 1876
Stolen election
Rutherford B Hayes Received republican votes and won over Samuel J Tilden.
Election of 1888
Grover Cleveland- Wins popular
Benjamin Harrison, who won, won electoral votes
Election of 2000
Bush Wins with Electoral votes vs. Gore
Electoral votes majority number
270
Election of 2016
Clinton vs Trump
Clinton gets popular votes, yet trump one with electoral votes
Voting Day
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
20th Amendment
Lame Duck
12 Amendment
One vote for Pres, one vote for vice pres
22nd Amendment
Presidential Terms
2 terms or ten years
Number of electoral Votes
538
435 from house
100 from senate
3 from D.C.
25th Amendment
Presidential Succession
Weakness of the Electoral College
House may choose a president
Popular vote can lose.
Changes in the Electoral (constitution)
Proportional
Popular Vote
President
35 years old
4 year term
Born an American Citizen
Washingtons First Cabinet
Sec of Treasurer- Hamilton
Sec of War- Knox
Sec of State- Jefferson
Attorney General- Edmund Randolph
