Civics: Intro to Civics Flashcards
historical significance
what influenced an event, and how it influences events in the future
ex: constitution would be different is declaration of independence was different
define civics
study on government and citizenship
organization/ structure
how we participate, and how it affects you
interpretation of government/ constitution
what does civics describe?
explain government foundation
describes our government
describes why we made our government
what is the us congress and its job?
legislative branch, makes law
proportional representation
representative based on something else
how many people in each house of congress, how long are their terms?
senate- 100 6 year
House of Representatives- 435 2 year
what is the representation in each house?
senate- equal 2 per state
what is the job of the executive branch
enforce law
us president terms
4 year term, 2 term max
who originally become the Vice President?
whoever came in second in the election, very expensive to run, no political parties
how can someone serve more than 2 terms?
if president dies over half way through term then Vice President can be re-elected 2 times
hat is the judicial branches job, who carries it out?
to interpret law
US Supreme Court
how many justices, how do they receive job?
justices, nominated by president with senate approval
term for a justice
term of good behavior
founding fathers
at Philadelphia convention spring of 1787, people who wrote the constitution
