Unit 4 National Government Notes Questions Flashcards
what outlines the structure of our national government?
The constitution
What is federalism?
the national and state governments both have power
which level of government in our federal system is supreme?
national
What are the responsibility of the national government?
conduct foreign policy regulate commence provide for the common defense (military)
what is commerce
trade (national government regulate trade between states and other countries)
what is foreign policy?
our goverments relationship with other countries
what are reserved powers?
powers set aside for the state goverments
which amendment created reserved powers?
10th amendment
what is a federal mandate?
it is when the national government requires action by the state governments
what are examples of reserved powers
provide for welfare, public heath, and safety licensing education
what are concurrent powers?
powers that both the national and state goverment share (ex. taaxation.
what are the three branches of the government?
Legistative, executive, judiital.
what are the seperation of powers?
Each branch has distint and separate powers.
what are checks and balances?
The ability of each branch to limit the powers of the other branches.
what is congress?
Legistative branch
what does bicameral meaen
two chambers
what is legistlature?
a lawmaking body.
what are the two chambers of congress?
House of representative and the senate.
What is the census?
a count of citizens that live within a state and it determines a states representation in the house of representatives.
The House was meant to represent who?
the people
The senatate was meant to repersent who?
the state
What is the total number of both the House and Senate? 535
535
How many members are in the Senate?
100
How long is a Senate term? 6 year
6 years
How many members are in the house
435
how many senators are from each state?
2
How long is a house term?
2 years
What are expressed powers?
the powers of congress that are specifically listed (written in the constitution.
what are the examples of expressed powers?
making laws for the nation, proving the annual budget, raising revenue (money) through taxed, fees, and fines, confirming presidential appointments, regulating interstate and foreign trade, declaring war.
what are implied powers?
these arre powers that are not stated in the constitiution, but arre used to carry out expressed powers.
What is the main function (job) of congress?
making laws
why are laws crated?
in order to fix issues or problems
what are the basic steps for how a bill becomes a law?
- introduce the bill in either the house or senate
- assign bill to a comittee
- debated on the floor of the house or senate (which one it was introduced in)
4.vote in the house or senate (which one it was introduced in) - sent to the other chamber of congress where steps 2-4 are repeated.
- if the bill passes both chambers of congress, it goes to the president who can either sign or veto it (stop it)
what is lobbying?
is how indiveduals or interist groups try to infulence legistators or vote for or aginst a perticular bill
what is a bill?
a draft of a law
how can induviduals shape legistation or influence policy making
voting, campaigning, or holding public office: join an interist group
who is in charge of running the federal goverment including overseeing the cabinet departments, exectuive agencies, and regulatory groups
the president
what does the cabinet do?
advises the president and helps run the various departments of the federal goverment (ex: department of defense, department of justice, etc.)
what is the main job of the executive branch?
enforce the laws, carry out the laws, execute the laws.
what is the preisdents role in the lawmaking process?
propose legislation
approve or veto legislation
carry out the laws by appointing officials
appeal to citizens to support or reject legislation
what is the president’s role as a chief of state?
The ceremonial head of government
what is the presidents role as chief legislator?
Proposes a legislative
what is the presidents role as chief execuitive?
the head of the executive branch
what is the presidents role as commander in chief?
nead of the nation’s armed forces
what is the president’s role as chief diplomat?
American foreign policy leader
what is the presidents role as chief of party?
leader of the political party
what do interest groups do?
identify issues of importance, make political contributions (give money) to political campaigns, lobby.
what is the president’s role as chief citizen
representative of the American people
