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Which of the following was a weakness of the articles of Confederation?

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Congress lacked the power to tax

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How did the Northwest Ordinance differ from the Constitution on the issue of slavery?

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The Northwest Ordinance banned slavery while the constitution temporarily protected slave trade

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In a confederal system, such as a system of government under the Articles of Confederation, most governmental power is held by…

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the States

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Our government today is known as a federal system. This is because…

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Power is shared by national and state governments

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Why did large states favor the Virginia Plan?

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Representation in the legislature would be based on population

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The New Jersey plan was designed to stay closer to which document?

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Articles of Confederation, by giving equal power to the states

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Why was the Great Compromise acceptable to the smaller states as well as larger states?

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States would be represented equally in the Senate

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Who is the most powerful member of the House of Representatives?

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Speaker of the House

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What vote is required by the Senate to expel one of its members?

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Two-Thirds

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When the president signs a bill, it…

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becomes a law

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In the electoral college each state gets one vote for every…

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Member of congress

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12
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Teammates: State and National government work together to address issues.

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Cooperative Federalism

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Sugar Daddy: National government gives money to state government

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Creative Federalism

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Separate but Equal: State and National governments have their own powers and responsibilities

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Dual Federalism

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Returning power to the states

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Devolution

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Powers that are specifically outlined in the constitution

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Expressed powers

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Powers that are not specifically outlined in the Constitution but make sense for government to carry out

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implied powers

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(L, E, or J) Levy (collect) taxes and borrow money

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Legislative

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(L, E, or J) Veto power- reject a bill

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Executive

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(L, E, or J) Impeachment- place government officials on trial in order to remove them from office.

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Legislative

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(L, E, or J) Negotiate treaties with foreign countries

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Executive

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(L, E, or J) Determines the constitutionality of a law

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Judicial

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23
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The minimum age required to run for House of Representatives

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25

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In order to run for office in the House of Representatives, you must be a U.S. citizen for this number of years

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7

25
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The minimum age required to run for Senate

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30

26
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Number of years in a Senators term

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6

27
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Number of years in a term for a member of the House of Representatives

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2

28
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In order to run for President, you must be a resident of the U.S. for this number of years

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14

29
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The minimum age required to run for president

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35

30
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In order to run for a seat in the Senate, you must be a U.S. citizen for this number of years

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9

31
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The number of Justices who serve on the Supreme Court

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9

32
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Total number of Senators in the United States

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100

33
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Total number of members in the House of Representatives

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435

34
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Ways that the Ohio Constitution of 1851 addressed an overburdened judicial branch, a significant amount of state government debt, and an overly powerful legislative branch

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b. it created district courts
e. It gave the legislative branch power to tax all social classes
f. it required judicial officials to be elected rather appointed by the legislative branch

35
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(1803, 1851, or Both) Line item veto for the governor

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1851

36
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(1803, 1851, or Both) Governor is the Commander of Ohio’s militia

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Both

37
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(1803, 1851, or Both) Supreme meets in each county once per year

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1803

38
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(1803, 1851, or Both) House members serve 1-year term

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1803

39
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(1803, 1851, or Both) Legislature has the power to override Governer’s veto with a 3/5 vote

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Both

40
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What term or issue was in mention with Marbury v. Madison?

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Judicial Review

41
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What term or issue was in mention with Dred Scott v. Sanford?

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Citizenship rights

42
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What term or issue was in mention with Brown v. Board of Education?

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14th Amendment- equal protection

43
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What term or issue was in mention with Tinker v. Des Moines?

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1st Amendment

44
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What term or issue was in mention with Roe v. Wade?

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Right to privacy

45
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Why did it take the ratification of the 21st Amendment to the Constitution in 1933 to make alcohol manufacture, sale, transportation, importation, and exportation legal again?

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Alcohol was banned by an amendment to the Constitution, and only another amendment could repeal it

46
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Recently, Barack Obama claimed that he would have won the 2016 election had he decided to run for office again. Though this may be true, he was not allowed to run because it would violate the 22nd amendment. Why is this so?

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Obama cannot run because he already served two terms as president

47
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After the end of the Civil War, which goal did the federal government hope to accomplish during Reconstruction?

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Establishing freedoms for former slaves

48
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Select all of the ways the Federal govt. attempted to establish freedoms for former slaves

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B. Abolishment of slavery
C. Ratification of the 14th Amendment
D. Guaranteeing African American men the right to vote

49
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What even brought about the adoption of the 25th Amendment?

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President John F. Kennedy as assassinated and was succeeded by Vice Presiden Johnson, who had heart problems himself

50
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(15, 16, 26) Income Tax

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16

51
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(15, 16, 26) Granted 18-year-olds the right to vote, ratified after the Vietnam war

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26

52
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(15, 16, 26) One cannot be denied to right to vote based on ethnicity

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15

53
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(12, 13, 23) Outlaws slavery

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13

54
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(12, 13, 23) Splits the ballot in a presidential race in order to eliminate a tie

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12

55
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(12, 13, 23) Grants the district of Columbia 3 votes in the electoral college

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23

56
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(11, 14, 24, 27) Anyone born in the United States is naturally a citizen

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14

57
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(11, 14, 24, 27) the right to sue your state

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11

58
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(11, 14, 24, 27) No poll tax

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24

59
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(11, 14, 24, 27) The executive branch cannot reduce any other branch’s pay without a congressional election

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27

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