FINAL EXAM Flashcards
What is civics?
The study of rights, duties, responsibilities of a citizen of a community/country.
What is a citizen?
A member of community who is loyal to the government.
What is a natural citizen?
A person born on U.S soil, born of U.S parents.
What is naturalization?
When a person who doesn’t live in the U.S becomes a citizen.
What does the 14th amendment talk about?
It says that anyone can not be taken away their basic rights of a citizen.
What is bicameral?
They’re 2 different chambers.
What are party whips?
They are assistant leaders that help the floor leaders.
What do party whips do?
They make sure legislators are present for key votes.
What are the qualifications for election for the senate?
Must be at least 30 years old, must have been a U.S citizen for at least 9 years before the election, and must be a legal resident of their state.
What are the qualifications for election for the H.of R.?
For H.of R. At least 25 years old, must have been a U.S citizen for at least 7 years before the election, not required to live in the state they represent.
what is redistricting?
Redistricting is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries in the United States.
What is president of the senate?
The Vice President of the U.S
What do they do?
They vote, but o lay when there’s a tie.
What is the term for a senator?
6 years
What is the term for a representative?
2 years
what is reapportioning
assign or distribute (something) again or in a different way.
What is gerrymandering?
The practice of drawing irregularly shaped districts to give a political party power over another.
Who started gerrymandering?
Elbridge Gerry, the governor of Massachusetts in the 1800s.
What is incumbent?
A person who is currently holds office.
What are the main roles of the U.S pres. name 2.
to enforce and carry out laws and can pardon people convicted of federal crimes.
what is the state of the union address
The speech that the president gives to congress.
What does veto mean?
To reject
What is an executive order?
Enforcing or clarifying existing laws
Which U.S presidents have been impeached?
Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton. (Richard Nixon was close to impeachment but he resigned).
What do people do in the primary elections?
Members of the party vote on the candidates.
What happens during the national conventions?
The National Convention is televised to give voters an idea about the candidates and the party platform.
Electoral college
General Election results are not based on the popular vote, but on Electoral College votes.
Each state has a specific number of electors (# of electors = #of reps + #of senators).
Popular vote
Whoever gets the most votes wins
Code of Hammurabi
One of the FIRST formal legal codes,
It was established by Hammurabi (ruler of the first dynasty of Babylon) around 1750 BCE