United States Government Flashcards
What does Article I deal with?
Legislative Branch
What does Article II deal with?
Executive Branch
What does Article III deal with?
Judicial Branch
What does Article IV deal with?
Relations among the states
What does Article V deal with?
Provisions for Amendment
What does Article VI deal with?
National Debts, Supremacy of National Law
What does Article VII deal with?
Ratification of the Constitution
What article is the legislative branch?
Article I
What article is the executive branch?
Article II
What article is the judicial branch?
Article III
What article is the relations among the states?
Article IV
What article is the provisions for amendment?
Article V
What article is the national debts and supremacy of national law?
Article VI
What article is the ratification of the constitution?
Article VII
How is the number of people a state can have in the House of Representatives determined?
Population
How many years is each term in the House of Representatives?
2 year terms
How many people can each state send to the Senate?
2 per state
How many years is each term in the Senate?
6 year terms
What does Congress/Legislative Branch do(3)?
Coin money, declare war, and regulate commerce
How many years per term does the president have?
4 year terms
How is the President determined?
Based on votes by the electoral college in each state
What is the role of the President(3)?
Role of Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, veto
power, appoints judges
How many years per term do judges have?
Hold office for life unless act dishonorably
What was the Great Compromise?
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)
