Legislative Branch | ||
#1 | What are the two-chambers of Congress called?
Hint: Upper & Lower |
The Senate & the House of Represenatives |
#2 | How many Senators are there in the Senate?
How many Representatives are there in the House of Representatives?
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100 = 2 for every state
435 = Based on Population |
#3 | What are the requirements to become a Senator?
What are the requirements to become a Congressman/woman? (Representative)
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Senator:
Congressman/Representatives
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#4 | Who is the leader of the Senate?
Who is the leader of the House of Representatives?
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Senate = The Vice-President (or President Pro Tempore when the VP is absent) House of Representatives = The Speaker (or Speaker of the House)
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#5 | Define/Explain the following terms and give at least one example of each:
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Enumerated/Delegated/Expressed Powers: the powers specifically named and assigned to the federal government or prohibited to be exercised by the states under the U.S. Constitution, also known as delegated powers
Implied Powers (Elastic Clause/Necessary and Proper Clause): powers not expressly named in a Constitution but that is inferred because it is necessary to the performance of an enumerated power
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Executive & Judicial Branch | ||
#1 | Who is the head of the executive branch? |
The President |
#2 | Who is the "head" of the Judicial Branch? |
The Supreme Court |
#3 | How many Supreme Court Justices are there?
What is their "main" duty/job? |
9 Supreme Court Justices
Interpret laws based on the Constitution
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#4 | What are the seven "roles" or "hats" of the president? |
1. Chief of State2. Chief Executive (Head of the Executive Branch)3. Chief Diplomat4. Commander-In-Chief5. Chief Legislator6. Chief of Party7. Chief Guardian of the Economy |
#5 | When the US Supreme Court determines the constitutional validity of a legislative action, this power is called __________ _________________.
What does it mean when the Supreme Court grants a writ of certiorari? |
Judicial Review
A writ (order) of a higher court to a lower court to send all the documents in a case to it so the higher court can review the lower court's decision = agrees to hear the case! |
Checks & Balances | ||
#1 | What are the basic powers of EACH branch of government? |
Legislative = Makes Laws Executive = Enforces/Executes Laws Judicial = Interprets/Judges Laws
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#2 | A Supreme Court Justice has decided to step down and retire. How do the branches “check” one another?
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#3 | Congress passes legislation to establish an 11:00pm curfew for everyone 20 years old and younger. What can the other branches do to "check" this legislative action? |
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#4 | In order to override/overrule a Presidential veto, what needs to be done? |
Two-thirds of BOTH houses of Congress must vote to override a veto. |
#5 | The scenario below describes a government process.
According to the scenario, in what order did the branches of government exercise their power?
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Legislative > Executive > Legislative > Judicial |
The Enlightenment & Fancy Documents | ||
#1 | "There can be no liberty where the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or body of magistrates.''
What constitutional principle is reflected in the statement?
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Separation of Powers |
#2 | Match the Influential Document with the proper "main idea"
Documents:
Main Ideas
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Magna Carta = Limited Government Mayflower Compact = Self-Government English Bill of Rights = Rights of the People Thomas Paine's Common Sense = Supporting Revolution
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#3 | Based on the passage below, what Enlightenment ideas are being reflected? Whose ideas are they? What is the MAIN job of the government?
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed
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John Locke = Natural Rights of the Citizens = Protect the citizens’ rights. |
#4 | The passage below was written by Thomas Paine in his 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense.
And as he hath shown himself such an … enemy to liberty, and discovered such a thirst for ... power, is he, or is he not, a proper man to say to these colonies, "You shall make no laws but what I please"? -Source: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
Based on this passage, how is the author’s view reflected in the U.S. political system?
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#5 | Define Natural Rights AND Social Contract. |
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Potpourri | ||
#1 | What are the BASIC steps for how a bill becomes a law? |
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#2 | What principle protects citizens from arbitrary abuses of power AND ensures no one is above the law? |
The Rule of Law |
#3 | What do the "names" on the back of the jerseys in the political cartoon below represent? |
The powers of the legislative AND executive branches. |
#4 | Why were the colonist prepared to separate from Britain and declare their independence? |
Answers will vary. |
#5 | What action formally accuses a government official of “wrongdoing”? |
Impeachment/Impeaching/Impeach |
Final Question | |
What is the meaning of the phrase "No, taxation without representation" mean?
Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act, which taxed goods such as newspapers and playing cards? |
The idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government.
The colonists began boycotting (refusing to buy) British goods. |