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Flashcards by Mason Young, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mason Young
about 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Preamble | Into to the constitution, 6 goals that the constitution will acheive |
| Article 1 | about the legislative branch; describes the congress and its powers |
| Bicameral | a legislature made up of two houses |
| House of Representatives | Lower house of congress, 435 members; representation is based on population |
| Qualifications for the HOR | 1.Must be at least 25 2. a Us citizen for atleast 9 years 3. live in the district they represent |
| Senate | Upper house of congress: made up of 100 members; 2 from each states |
| Qualifications for US Senate | 1. Must but aleast 30 2.must be a citizen for atleast 7 years 3. live in the state you represent |
| Article 1 Section 8 | lists powers givin to the congress |
| Impeachment | to formally charge an elected official with wrongdoing; the HOR votes to impeach; then if the HOR votes yes there is a trial held by the senate |
| enumerated powers | aka; expressed powers; powers given only to the congress and they are listed in article 1, section 8 |
| reserved powers | powers that are reserved fot the state govt. |
| concurrent powers | ''con''=with powers shared between the national congress and the state legislature |
| Writ of habeas corpus | congress cannot make a law that takes away a citizens write to due process of law |
| Bill of attainder | Congress can not make a law that away a person's right to make a law |
| Article 2 | About the exectutive branch |
| Qualifications to be a President | 1. Atleast 35 2. a natural born citizen 3. live in the US for atleast 14 years |
| State of the Union Address | The annual speech given by the President on Jan. 20th about what's happening in the country |
| Commander-in-chief | the President is over the US Military |
| Article 3 | about the judical branch; very vague; says there be a supreme Court and leaves up to cngress to create inferior court |
| Article 4 | about the relationships among the states; includes the "full faith and Credit clause" |
| Article 5 | About amending the constitution ; an amendement must be voted on by 2/3rd of the congress and 3/4s of the states |
| Article 6 | the Supremacy clause; says the Constitution and national laws are above state laws |
| Article 7 | says 9 of the 13 original states had to vote yes before the Constiution went into effect |
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