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Unit 4 National Goverment Notes Questions Flashcards

1
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what outlines the structure of the national goverment?

A

The US constitution

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2
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What is federalsim?

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The national and state both have powers

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3
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Whih level in our federal system of goverment is supereme?

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national goverment

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4
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What are the primary responsibilities of the national goverment?

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conduct forein policy regulate commerce provide for th common defense

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5
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What is forign policy?

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It is our goverments relationship with other countries

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6
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What is commerce?

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Means trade (National goverment regulates trade between states and with other countries)

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7
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What are reserved powers?

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powers set aside for state goverments

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8
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Which amendement created reserved powers?

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10th amendement

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9
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What is a federal mandate?

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when the national goverment requieres action by the state goverment.

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10
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What are examles of reserved powers?

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licensing, education, promoting public health, and welfaree

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11
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What are concurrent powers?

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Powers that are shared the national and state goverments(ex, taxtion)

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12
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What are three branches

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legislative, excutive, and judicial

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13
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What does separation of powers mean?

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each branch of goverment has its own separate and distinct.

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14
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What are checks and balances?

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The power to limit the powers of the other branches of goverment.

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15
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What’s congress

A

Legislative branch

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16
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What fdoes bicarmera mean?

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two chambersE

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17
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What is the legislature?

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a lawmaking body

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18
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What are the two chambers of congress?

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House of representives and the Senate a count of how many citizens live in a state; occurs every ten years and determines representation in the House of Representatives .

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19
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What is census

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a count of how many citizens live in a state; occurs every ten years and determines representation in the House of Representatives

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20
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The house was meant to reperesent who?

A

The people

21
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he senate was meant to repreasent who?

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The states

22
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What is the total number of botth the house and senate?

A

535

23
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how may memebers are in the senate

A

100

24
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How long is a senate term?

A

6 years

25
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How many senators are from each state?

A

2

26
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how many memebeers are in the house.

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425

27
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How long is a house term

A

2 years

28
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What are expressed powers

A

The power of congress that are speciffecally listed(written) in th7e consitition

29
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What are examples of exressed powers?

A

making laws for the approving the annual budget, raising revenue (money) through taxes, fee, and fines, cnonfirming presidental appppoinments, regulating interstate and foreign trade, declareing war

30
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What are implied powers?

A

these are powers that are not stated in the consitituion but are used to carry out expressed powers.

31
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what is the main function (job) of congress

A

making laws

32
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what are the basic steps for how a bill becomes a law?

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1.intrduce the bill in either the house or senate
2. assign bill to a comitee
3.debated on the floor of the house or senate (which on it was introduced in)
4. Vote in the house or senate (which one it was in)
5. sent to thhe other chamber of congresss where steps 2-4 are the repeated
6. if the bill passes both chamber of ongress it goes to president who can either sig or verb (stop it)

33
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Why are laws created

A

in order to fix issues

34
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what is lobbying?

A

is how inviduals or interest groups try to influence legilstlave to

35
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what is bill

A

a draft of a law

36
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How can inviduas shape legislation or infulence olicy making?

A

Voting campainging or holding public office; join an interst group

37
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What do interest groups do?

A

identify issues of importance, make political contributions (give money) to political campaigns, lobbying

38
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Who is in charge of running the federal goverment including overseeing the cabinet deparment, executive agencies, and regulatory groups?

A

the President

39
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What does the Cabinet do?

A

Advises the president and helps ru the various departments of the federal goverment (ex: Department of Defense, Deppartment of Justive

40
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What is the main job of the executive branch?

A

enfore the law, carry out the law excute the laws

41
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What is the president role in the lawmaking process?

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pro pose legislation apporve or veto legislation carry out the laws by appointing officails apeal to citizen to supprt or reject legislation

42
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what is the president role as chief of state?

A

ceremnial headd of goverment

43
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what is the president role of chief excutive

A

head of executive branch

44
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what is the preidents role as chef legislator?

A

Propose a legislatve agent to congress

45
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What is the president role as commander in cheif?

A

head of nations armed forces

46
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what is the president role as chief of the party?

A

leader of political party

47
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what is the presidents role as chief of the party?

A

leader of the political party

48
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