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Chapters 7 and 8 Test Flashcards

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1
Q

How a Bill becomes a Law

A

Name and Number
Sent to a standing committee
Debated in Committee
Read 3 Times
Must be put in Final Form

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2
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What happens to a bill in Committee

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Kill it
Amend It
Pass it
Rewrite it

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Conference Committee

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a joint committee of the United States Congress appointed by the House of Representatives and Senate to resolve disagreements on a particular bill

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4
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Presidential Action

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Sign It
Veto It
Pocket Veto
Law without Signature

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5
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Election of 1800

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House will Choose President
Jefferson and Burr Tie

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6
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Election of 1824

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House will choose president
No majority of electoral votes
Jackson Vs. Adams

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Election of 1876

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Stolen election
Rutherford B Hayes Received republican votes and won over Samuel J Tilden.

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8
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Election of 1888

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Grover Cleveland- Wins popular
Benjamin Harrison, who won, won electoral votes

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9
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Election of 2000

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Bush Wins with Electoral votes vs. Gore

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10
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Electoral votes majority number

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270

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Election of 2016

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Clinton vs Trump
Clinton gets popular votes, yet trump one with electoral votes

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12
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Voting Day

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the first Tuesday after the first Monday

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13
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20th Amendment

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Lame Duck

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14
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12 Amendment

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One vote for Pres, one vote for vice pres

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15
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22nd Amendment

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Presidential Terms
2 terms or ten years

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16
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Number of electoral Votes

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538
435 from house
100 from senate
3 from D.C.

17
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25th Amendment

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Presidential Succession

18
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Weakness of the Electoral College

A

House may choose a president
Popular vote can lose.

19
Q

Changes in the Electoral (constitution)

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Proportional
Popular Vote

20
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President

A

35 years old
4 year term
Born an American Citizen

21
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Washingtons First Cabinet

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Sec of Treasurer- Hamilton
Sec of War- Knox
Sec of State- Jefferson
Attorney General- Edmund Randolph

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