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Flashcards by Eric mayes, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Eric mayes
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| preamble | preamble intro to the constitution begins we the people indentifies 6 goals founding fathers wanted to achive |
| article 1 | the legislative branch describes the congress and its powers |
| house of reps | lower house of congress 435 members representation is based on population term of office=2 years |
| bicarmeral | a legislature made up of 2 houses |
| qualifactions for the hor | must be 25 a us citizen for a least 9 years live in the district |
| senate | upper house of congress made up a 100 members 2 from each state elected by the state legislature |
| qualifcations for us senate | must be 30 years old must be a citizen for at least 7 years live in the state you rep |
| article 1 section 8 | lists 18 powers given to the congress |
| impeachment | to formally charge an elected offical with wrongdoing the hor votes yes there is a trial held by senate |
| enumertaed powers | aka expressed powers powers givin only to the congress they are listed in article 1 section 8 |
| reserved powers | powers that are reserved for the states govts |
| concurrent powers | powers shared with the national congress and the states legislature |
| bill attainder | article 1 section 9 states congress can not suspend a persons rights towrit of habeas corpus of habeas corpus ececpt in cases of rebellion or invasion |
| post facto laws | power denied to congress congress can not make a law that punishes someone for doing something that wasnt a crime at the time |
| article ii | about the executive branch |
| qualifactions for president | must be 35 born in the us live in the untied states for at least 14 years |
| state of the union address | the annual speech given by the pres on jan 20th about thw whats happeing in the country |
| comander in cheif | the pres is over the us miilltary |
| article lll | about the judicail branch very vague says there be a supreme court leaves up to congress to create inferior court |
| article iv | about realtionship among the states includes the full faith credir clause |
| article v | amending the constituon propssed by two thirds vote in both houses of congress |
| article vi | supermcay clause the constitution is the supreme law of the land |
| article vii | says 9 of the 13 orignal states had to vote yes before the constitutuion went into effect |
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