US Government Flashcards
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Chief Justice 1801-35 (4th - longest serving)
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John Marshall
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Democratic presidential ticket - 1984
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Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro
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Chester Arthur’s Secretary of War
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Robert Lincoln (Abe’s son)
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Secretary of State from Maine - 1889-92
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James Blaine
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Wilson’s Secretary of State
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William Jennings Bryan
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First Secretary of Defense - 1947
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James Forrestall
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Eisenhower’s Secretary of State
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John Foster Dulles
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Kennedy and Johnson’s Secretary of Defense - 1961-68
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Robert McNamara
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Kennedy and Johnson’s Secretary of State
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Dean Rusk
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Ford and Nixon’s Secretary of State
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Henry Kissinger
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Reagan’s first Secretary of State (“I’m in Charge here”)
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Alexander Haig
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Reagan’s second Secretary of State
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George Shultz
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Reagan’s Secretary of Defense
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Caspar Weinberger
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George Washington’s Attorny General
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Edmund Randolph
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Chief Justice 1789-95 - First chief justice
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John Jay
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George Washington’s Secretary of State
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Thomas Jefferson
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Chief Justice 1836-64 (presided over Dred Scott Decision)
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Roger Taney
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Chief Justice 1864-73 (presided over Andrew Johnson Impeachment trial)
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Salmon P. Chase
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Chief Justice 1921-30
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William Howard Taft
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Chief Justice 1930-41
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Chief Justice 1953-69 (presided over Brown vs Board of Education)
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Earl Warren
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Chief Justice 1969-94
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Warren Burger
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What supreme court justice was The Great Dissenter
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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What supreme court justice had been a pro football player?
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Whizzer White
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What supreme court justice wrote the opinion on Roe v. Wade?
Harry Blackmun
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What supreme court justice had the longest term on the court?
William O. Douglas
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Republican presidential ticket - 1996
Robert Dole and Jack Kemp
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Republican presidential ticket - 1992
George Bush and Dan Quayle
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_Saturday Night Live_ producer
Lorne Michaels
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Clinton's Secretary of Commerce - killed in plane crash
Ron Brown
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Constitutional Amendments: 15th
Race will be no exemption to voting rights
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Constitutional Amendments: 1st
Freedom of the press - speech and religion
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Constitutional Amendments: 2nd
The right to keep and bear arms
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Constitutional Amendments: 3rd
The governement can not keep troops in homes
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Constitutional Amendments: 4th
Regulation of search and seizure
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Constitutional Amendments: 5th
Freedom from double jeopardy - self incrimination; right to due process
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Constitutional Amendments: 6th
Right to a speedy trial and to call witnesses
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Constitutional Amendments: 7th
Right to a trial by jury
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Constitutional Amendments: 8th
Excessive bail prohibited; ban on cruel and unusual punisment
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Constitutional Amendments: 9th
Rule of construction (enumeration of rights in constitution does not take away rights retained by people)
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Constitutional Amendments: 10th
Rights not delegated by constitution are reteained by the people
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Constitutional Amendments: 11th
Limits federal judicial powers
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Constitutional Amendments: 12th
Separate electoral ballots for president and vice president
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Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of State
William Seward
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Constitutional Amendments: 14th
Rights of citizenship unabridged
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Democratic presidential ticket - 1980
Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale
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Constitutional Amendments: 16th
Allows for federal income tax
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Constitutional Amendments: 17th
Allows for direct election of U.S. senators
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Constitutional Amendments: 18th
Prohibition
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Constitutional Amendments: 19th
Women's Suffrage
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Constitutional Amendments: 20th
Lame duck amendment (Presidential inauguration day to January 20th)
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Constitutional Amendments: 21st
Repeal of Prohibition
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Constitutional Amendments: 22nd
Presidential two term limit
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Constitutional Amendments: 23rd
Citizens of DC can vote in Presidential elections
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Constitutional Amendments: 24th
Bans poll tax
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Constitutional Amendments: 25th
Presidential succession and disability
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Constitutional Amendments: 26th
Voting age set to 18years
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George Washington's Secretary of Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
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George Washington's Secretary of War
Henry Knox (Fort Knox)
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Constitutional Amendments: 13th
Abolishes slavery
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Location of CIA HQ
Langley - VA
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Democratic presidential ticket - 1988
Michael Dukakis and Lloyd Benstson
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Congressional viewing area
The Gallery
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Assistant to a party leader
Whip
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Opinion passed by the House or Senate
Resolution
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Person representing U.S. Government in Supremet Court
Solicitor General
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President of the Senate
Vice President
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Body that decides on whether to impeach
House of Representatives
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Listing of who's who in Congress
Congressional Directory
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Federal National Mortgage Association
"Fannie Mae"
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Student loand association
"Sallie Mae"
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Body that names the U.S. Poet Laureate
Library of Congress
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Intermediary between the government and citizens
Ombudsman
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Democratic presidential ticket - 1972
George McGovern and Sargent Shriver
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Location of FBI HQ
Quantico VA
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Thomas Eagleton's replacement for V.P. candidate - 1972
Sargent Shriver
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Term for congressional seniority
Ranking
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Power of the government to take private property for public use
Eminent Domain
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Central U.S. banking authority
The Federal Reserve
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1979-87
Paul Volcker
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve - 1987-2005
Alan Greenspan
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Who is on the Fifty cent coin?
JFK
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Who is on the old one dollar coin?
Susan B. Anthony
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Who is on the new one dollar coin?
Sacajawea
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Who is on the two dollar bill?
Thomas Jefferson
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Who is on the $500 bill?
William McKinley
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Who is on the $1000 bill?
Grover Cleveland
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Who is on the $5000 bill?
James Madison
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Who is on the $10000 bill?
Salmon P. Chase
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FBI director - 1924-77
J. Edgar Hoover
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"Flamboyant" New York city mayor
Jimmy Walker
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Republican presidential ticket - 1976
Gerald Ford and Robert Dole
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Democratic presidential ticket - 1968
Hubert Humphrey and Ed Muskie
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Republican presidential ticket - 1964
Barry Goldwater and William Miller
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Republican presidential ticket - 1960
Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge
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Democratic presidential candidate 1952 and 1956
Adlai Stevenson
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Republican presidential candidate 1944 and 1948
Thomas E. Dewey
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Democratic presidential candidate 1896 - 1900 - 1908
William Jennings Bryan
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Presidential candidate 1824 - 1832 - 1844 (different parties)
Henry Clay
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Last 3rd party presidential candidate to receive electoral votes
George Wallace (1968)
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Independent presidential candidate - 1992 - 1996
Ross Perot
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Five-time Social Democrat Presidential candidate
Eugen Debs
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First Republican candidate - 1856
John C. Fremont
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Site of the _U.S. Constitution_ and _Declaration of Independence_
National Archives
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Independent presidential candidate - 1980
John Anderson
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Who is on the $100 Thousand bill?
Woodrow Wilson
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Speaker of the House of Representatives - 1977-87
Thomas "Tip" O'Neill Jr.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives - 1995-98
Newt Gingrich
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Speaker of the House of Representatives - 1998-
Dennis Hastert
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Arizona congressman - 1912-1969 (longest term in Congress)
Carl Hayden
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Texas congressman - 1912-61 (also had longest term as Speaker of the House)
Sam Rayburn
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"The Happy Warrior"
Al Smith
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Ditch-digging New York governor (Erie Canal)
De Witt Clinton
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The "Eggheads" candidate
Adlai Stevenson
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"Dixiecrats" candidate (elected by write-in vote - 1954)
Strom Thurmond
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Golden Fleece award giver
William Proxmire
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"Tail gunner Joe"
Joseph McCarthy
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Governor of Kansas - 1933-37
Alf Landon
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Alf Landon's daughter
Nancy Landon Kassebaum
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First Republican president - 1860
Abraham Lincoln
