US Constitution Flashcards
Essays that wanted constitution
Federalist
Authors of the essays (3)
Hamilton, madison, jay
Stated needed to ratify the constitution
9/13
Power of impeachment
HOR
Try officials that have been impeached
Senate
Rule of law
Gov officials are never above the law
Congress
HOR senate
Declaration of Independence
Independent from britian
Wrote Declaration of Independence
Jefferson
Date of Declaration of Independence
July 4 1776
Constitution date
1787
Congress represent
People
Job of 3 branches
Executive-administers laws, legislative- write laws, judical-interpret laws
4 spots in order of succession
VP-Speaker of House-Pro Tempore-Sec. of State
Fed powers
Declare war, coin money, make treaties, army, navy
State powers
Elections, schools, local gov
What powers are given to the state + # of amendment
Any non-federal, 10
Min age for senator, rep, prez
Sen-30, Rep-25, Prez-35
Prez in ww1
Wilson
Prezs in WW2
Roosevelt + Truman
Amendment?
Change to the constitution
Two cabinet positions
Sec of agriculture + Sec of defense
How many justices
9
How many senators
100
How many rep
435
Name of prez + VP
Obama, Biden
Name of Speaker of H
Boehner
Name of attorney general
Lynch
Missouri senators
McCaskell and Blunt
Our rep
Long
Chief justice
Roberts
Our gov
Nixon
13 colonies
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virgina, N/S Carolina, Georgia
Emancipation proclamation
Free slaves
Movement to end racial discrimination
Civil rights
Why flags have 50 stars and 13 stripes
States, colonies
Signs bills
President
Highest court
Supreme
Us territories
Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam
Statue of liberty location
New York
Our economic system
Capitalism
Purpose of cabinet
Advise
Reps based on
Pop
Commander and chief of military
President
Pledge of allegiance is to
US
Why fight british
Tax without rep
National anthem
Star spangled banner
Prevents branches from becoming more powerful
Checks and balances
Father of the constitution
Madison
Amendments
Study for them
States that border mexico
California, arizona, new mexico, texas
States that border canada
Washington, idaho, Montana, north dakota, Minnesota, new york, vermont, new hampshire, maine, alaska
Century of wars- revolutionary, civil, ww1, ww2, Korea/vietnam, Afghanistan/iraq
Rev-18, civ-19, ww1-20, ww2-20, K/V- 20, A/I- 21
Supreme law of the land comes from
Constitution
Head of executive
President
Senators represent
People in there state
Last major attack
9/11
First line of the constitution
We the people
Term length rep, senator
Rep-2, Sen-6
Two political parties
Democrat, Republican
Two longest rivers
Missouri, Mississippi
Issue of the civil war
Slavery
Constitution convention
Constitution
Term length of president
4 years