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Quiz____? Right to Marry - Answer✓✓ Quiz____? private life - Answer✓✓ relates to a citizens right to privacy and the pursuit of private and personal interests. Quiz____? civic life - Answer✓✓ the public life of the citizen concerned with the affairs of the community and nation Quiz____? Limited Government -
Answer✓✓ the government has only the powers granted to it in the constitution, and it can only conduct actions permitted by the constitution. in other words these are established and respected restraints on government power. Quiz____? Rule of Law - Answer✓✓ an essential component of limited government. society is governed according to widely known and accepted rules followed not only by government but also by those in authority. Quiz____? Checks and Balances - Answer✓✓ The Constitutionally granted power for one branch of government to block action by an equal branch of government. The Constitution specifies instances in which one of the three branches can stop action by another. Quiz____? Separation of powers - Answer✓✓ The Constitution keeps the three branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial) separate. The powers and responsibilities of each is described in a separate Article. Separation makes each Branch the equal of the others.
house of representatives in which larger states had more representatives and the senate where each state had 2 senators regardless of population. creation of electoral collage and Supreme Court power to congress not states (raise taxes, coin money, regulate commerce between state and foreign, pass necessary and proper laws, war power, ability to amass forces to fight war, power to declare war, president was comander in chief) Quiz____? Electoral College - Answer✓✓ the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice- president. the number of electors depends on states population Quiz____? Supreme Court - Answer✓✓ Consists of nine justices, each appointed by the President and confirmed by Congress. approval by the senate. Appointment is for life. Supreme Court exercises the power to determine constitutionality of laws.
Quiz____? 3/5ths clause 1787 - Answer✓✓ Method the Constitution laid out for counting the populations among Southern states for "proportional" representation in Congress, slaves would not be citizens but counted as 3/5 of a person, South wanted slaves to count because then they'd have more representation but the North didn't. so out of 5 slaves it accounted 3 people. Quiz____? Legislative Branch - Answer✓✓ the branch of government that makes the laws Quiz____? Judicial Branch - Answer✓✓ the branch of government, including the federal court system, that interprets the nation's laws Quiz____? Executive Branch - Answer✓✓ the branch of government that carries out laws
Quiz____? death penelty - Answer✓✓ new York was first state to adopt electrocution method. the Supreme Court has not ruled any specific method. Quiz____? Federalism - Answer✓✓ a form of government in which power is divided between the federal, or national, government and the states states can experiment with different polices Quiz____? 19th Amendment (1920) - Answer✓✓ Gave women the right to vote prior to this wyoming grated right in 1869 Quiz____? Redistricting -
Answer✓✓ The redrawing of congressional and other legislative district lines following the census, to accommodate population shifts and keep districts as equal as possible in population. (completed every 10 years) Quiz____? gerrymandering - Answer✓✓ politicians in charge of redistricting decide to redraw the districts in such a way to give them an advantage over their opponents. Quiz____? State of the union - Answer✓✓ An annual speech in which the president addresses Congress to report on the condition of the country and recommend policies. Quiz____? How a bill becomes a law - Answer✓✓
Quiz____? 14th Amendment - Answer✓✓ Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws Quiz____? 14th amendment - Answer✓✓
This document detailed beliefs about social injustice toward women Quiz____? 13th ammendment - Answer✓✓ abolished slavery Quiz____? 15th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1870): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting. Quiz____? 24th ammendment - Answer✓✓ No poll taxes Quiz____? Voting Rights Act of 1965 - Answer✓✓ a policy designed to reduce the barriers to voting for those suffering discrimination.
Quiz____? what is a major role of political parties in the United States - Answer✓✓ to nominate candidates to run in elections Quiz____? 3rd Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ Protection from quartering of troops Quiz____? 4th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ Protection from unreasonable search and seizure Quiz____? 5th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ Due process, double jeopardy, self-incrimination, private property right to remain silent
Quiz____? 6th ammendment (criminal) - Answer✓✓ -right to speedy and public trial -impartial jury -right to a lawyer
Quiz____? 14th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1868): Defines United States citizenship; prohibits states from abridging citizens' privileges or immunities and right to due process and the equal protection of the law; repeals the three-fifths compromise. Quiz____? 15th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1870): Prohibits the federal government and the states from using a citizen's race, color, or previous status as a slave as a qualification for voting. Quiz____? 16th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1913): Authorizes unapportioned federal taxes on income. Quiz____? 17th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1913): Establishes direct election of senators.
Quiz____? 18th Ammendment (1919) - Answer✓✓ Prohibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beverages Quiz____? 19th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ Gave women the right to vote Quiz____? 20th Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1933): Changes details of Congressional and presidential terms and of presidential succession. (lame duck ammendment) Quiz____? 21st Ammendment of the US Constitution? - Answer✓✓ (1933): Repeals Eighteenth Amendment but permits states to retain prohibition and ban the importation of alcohol.
