combined

Question 1

Unicameral legislative chamber

Answer 1

a government with one legislative branch or chamber

Question 2

Bicameral legislative chamber

Answer 2

a government that has a 2 house legislative system, the HoR and the Senate.

Question 3

Congress

Answer 3

contains the HoR and the senate. Each state sends elected representatives and senators to Congress

Question 4

Legislative

Answer 4

contains the HoR and the senate. the branch makes laws; declares war, and adjusts interstate and foreign commerce

Question 5

executive

Answer 5

contains the president and their agencies. this branch enforces the laws.

Question 6

Judicial

Answer 6

Includes the supreme court and other federal courts. it interprets the meaning of laws and decide if laws violate constitution

Question 7

Separation of powers

Answer 7

divides the government into separate branches, each of which has their own independent powers.

Question 8

Checks and balances

Answer 8

a system that prevents any branch from having too much power by making each branch to amend or reto the actions of others

Question 9

citizenship

Answer 9

the legal and social states of being a member of a country.

Question 10

Equal

Answer 10

the same

Question 11

naturalize

Answer 11

admit a foreigner to the citizenship of a country

Question 12

abridge

Answer 12

to shorten

Question 13

jurisdiction

Answer 13

the power to make legal decisions and judgments.

Question 14

liberty

Answer 14

the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.

Question 15

due process

Answer 15

the proper use of law, in which all rights are respected.

Question 16

federalists

Answer 16

a conservative and nationalist american political party in the U.S.

Question 17

anti federalists

Answer 17

political movement that opposed the ratification of the 1787 constitution.

Question 18

three fifths compromise

Answer 18

an agreement that 3 out of every 5 slaves was counted when determining a state’s total population for legislative representation and taxation

Question 19

ratification

Answer 19

the process by which a state declares its consent to bound to a treaty.

Question 20

concurrent powers

Answer 20

powers that are shared between the federal government and constitutional political units

Question 21

reserved powers

Answer 21

powers that are neither prohibited to be exercised by an organ of government, nor given by law to any other organ government.

Question 22

amendment 11

Answer 22

protects the states from lawsuits

Question 23

amendment 12

Answer 23

separate ballats for president and vice president

Question 24

amendment 13

Answer 24

slavery gone

Question 25

amendment 14

Answer 25

equal protection

Question 26

amendment 15

Answer 26

no discrimination voting

Question 27

amendment 24

Answer 27

poll tax gone allowed