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United States Government Flashcards

1
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What does Article I deal with?

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Legislative Branch

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What does Article II deal with?

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Executive Branch

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What does Article III deal with?

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Judicial Branch

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What does Article IV deal with?

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Relations among the states

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What does Article V deal with?

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Provisions for Amendment

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What does Article VI deal with?

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National Debts, Supremacy of National Law

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What does Article VII deal with?

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Ratification of the Constitution

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What article is the legislative branch?

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Article I

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9
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What article is the executive branch?

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Article II

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10
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What article is the judicial branch?

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Article III

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11
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What article is the relations among the states?

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Article IV

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12
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What article is the provisions for amendment?

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Article V

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13
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What article is the national debts and supremacy of national law?

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Article VI

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14
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What article is the ratification of the constitution?

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Article VII

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15
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How is the number of people a state can have in the House of Representatives determined?

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Population

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16
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How many years is each term in the House of Representatives?

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2 year terms

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17
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How many people can each state send to the Senate?

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2 per state

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18
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How many years is each term in the Senate?

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6 year terms

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19
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What does Congress/Legislative Branch do(3)?

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Coin money, declare war, and regulate commerce

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20
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How many years per term does the president have?

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4 year terms

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21
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How is the President determined?

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Based on votes by the electoral college in each state

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22
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What is the role of the President(3)?

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Role of Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, veto

power, appoints judges

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23
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How many years per term do judges have?

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Hold office for life unless act dishonorably

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24
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What was the Great Compromise?

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The compromise that created a bicameral Congress (House of Representative and Senate). Delegates from larger, more populous states favored the Virginia Plan (each state has a different number of representatives based on the states population) while smaller states favored the New Jersey Plan (each state would send the same number of representatives)

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What was the Three-Fifths Compromise?

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Said that Three-Fifths of the slaves could be counted towards population for tax and the amount of representatives each state could send. Northerners who didn’t support slavery didn’t want the slaves to count in the population while southerners wanted slaves to count,

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26
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What is the 1st Amendment?

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Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly

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27
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What is the 2nd Amendment?

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Right to bear arms

28
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What is the 3rd Amendment?

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Quartering of soldiers

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What is the 4th Amendment?

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Search and arrest

30
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What is the 5th Amendment?

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Rights in criminal cases

31
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What is the 6th Amendment?

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Right to a fair trial

32
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What is the 7th Amendment?

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Rights in civil cases

33
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What is the 8th Amendment?

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Bail, fines, punishment

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What is the 9th Amendment?

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Rights retained by the People

35
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What is the 10th Amendment?

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States’ rights

36
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What is the 13th Amendment?

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Abolition of slavery

37
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What is the 14th Amendment?

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Civil rights

38
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What is the 15th Amendment?

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Black suffrage

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What is the 16th Amendment?

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Income taxes

40
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What is the 18th Amendment?

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Prohibition of liquor

41
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What is the 19th Amendment?

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Women’s suffrage

42
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What is the 21st Amendment?

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Repeal of Prohibition

43
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What is the 22nd Amendment?

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Term Limits for the Presidency

44
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What is the 26th Amendment?

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18-year-old suffrage

45
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What amendment is Freedoms, Petitions, Assembly?

46
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What amendment is Right to bear arms?

47
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What amendment is Quartering of soldiers?

48
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What amendment is Search and arrest?

49
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What amendment is Rights in criminal cases?

50
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What amendment is Right to a fair trial?

51
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What amendment is Rights in civil cases?

52
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What amendment is Bail, fines, punishment?

53
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What amendment is Rights retained by the People?

54
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What amendment is States’ rights?

55
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What amendment is Abolition of slavery?

56
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What amendment is Civil rights?

57
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What amendment is Black suffrage?

58
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What amendment is Income taxes?

59
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What amendment is Prohibition of liquor?

60
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What amendment is Women’s suffrage?

61
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What amendment is Repeal of Prohibition?

62
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What amendment is Term Limits for the Presidency?

63
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What amendment is 18-year-old suffrage?

64
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What are the 5 freedoms in the 1st amendment?

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Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.

65
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What are the 7 basic principles of the United States Constitution?

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  1. Popular Sovereignty
  2. Limited Government
  3. Separation of Powers
  4. Checks & balances
  5. Judicial Review
  6. Federalism
  7. Individual Rights

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