'wedding cake review' Flashcards

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The highest gov’t official in each state

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Govner

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2
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Job of the legislative branch

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Make laws

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3
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Job of the judicial branch

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Interprets laws

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4
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Missouri National Senators

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Claire McCaskill and Roy Blunt

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5
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All people have to obey the laws, including government officials

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Limited Government

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6
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The amount of US Supreme Court Judges

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9 judges

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7
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Where congress meets and works

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Capitol Building

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8
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Vocabulary word meaning; two houses

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Bicameral

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9
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Where the president works and lives

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The White House

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10
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The number of people in the House of Representatives

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435 representatives

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11
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The amount of executive departments

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15 Departments

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12
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Job of the Executive Branch

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Enforces Laws

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13
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The count of the people

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Census: Every 10 years

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14
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Says the supreme court can determine if a law abides by the constitution

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Judicial Reveiw

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15
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Says the people will rule

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Popular Sovereignty

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16
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Each branch of the gov’t has jobs to assure the other two branches does not get too powerful

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Checks and balances

17
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Both the federal and state gov’t are broken into smaller parts

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Separation of Powers

18
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Legislative Brach of Missouri’s state Government is called…

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General Assembly

19
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How many senators are there?

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100 senators

20
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How many Representatives does each state have?

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It is based on population

21
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Highest court in Missouri

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Supreme court

22
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What is the objective of having a ‘big wedding cake’ and ‘small wedding cake’

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The ‘big wedding cake’ represents one big government and the ‘smaller cake’ represents each states government

23
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The number of representatives Missouri sends to Washing DC.

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8 representatives

24
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National Represenative

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Blanie Luetkemeyer

25
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Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court

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John Roberts

26
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The uppper house

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Senate

27
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Term of a US senator

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6 years

28
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Term of a US representative

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2 years