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How many states are required to ratify the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ 9 Why did delegates reject a unanimous consent requirement for ratification? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Did not think if fair if one or two states did not want it. What were the Federalist Papers? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A comprehensive defense of the Constitution. Who were the authors of the Federalist Papers? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔John Jay, James Madison, & Alexander Hamilton True or False: The Bill of Rights was part of the original Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False: The Bill of Rights was not part of the Original Constitution. Were their rights or protections in the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ex post facto laws & writ of habeas corpus What is Federalist 10 primarily about? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Majority Faction
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Who are the people that maintained their loyalty to Brittan? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Loyalists What is the name of the first form of government (at the Federal level) in the U.S.? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Articles of Confederation What is the name of the two houses of the California Legislature? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Assembly & Senate True or False: The original Constitution allow the president to have limited Terms. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False: The Original Constitution had No limit on the number of terms Which president set a 2 term precedent? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔George Washington Which Amendment limited the number of terms a president could serve - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔22 Amendment
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True or False: The Constitution discusses buearucury? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔False: The Constitution DOES NOT discusses buearucury. Beauraucracy has grown so complex and gained so much autonomy that our form of government is often referred to as? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Administrative State Define the argument for a single executive? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔- Where does the president get his power from? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Constitution Who is in charge of the Executive Office of the President? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chief of Staff Who is the current Secretary of State? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔John Kerry
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What is the most recent cabinet level department created? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Department of Homeland Security How many cabinet departments are there? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ 15 Who has the power to declare War? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Congress How many presidents have been impeached? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Two True or False: NO president has been removed from office due to impeachment? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔True: No president has been removed Who are the Supreme Court Justices that were appointed by President Obama? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Sonya Sotomayor and Elena Kagan What is the biggest source of revenue for the federal government? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Income Tax
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Who were the first people excluded from immigrating to the U.S.? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Chinese Why was T. Jefferson the only one worried about open and unrestricted immigration? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔He was afraid that people from Europe who lived under monarchies would bring principles with them How long must you be a citizen to serve in the U.S. Senate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔9 years How long must you be a citizen to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔7 years How long must you be a citizen to be the president of the U.S.? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Must be a Natural Born Citizen The text discusses that citizens know more about the Federal government that their State government, why? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The media highlight the federal government more than the state governments.
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In what court case did the SCOTUS state that Congress could charter a national bank that could not be taxed by the state? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔McCulloch v. Maryland What policies or laws vary from state to state? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Gambling laws, gun laws, speed laws, safety laws, education laws What Amendment allowed Congress to levy a personal income tax? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔16th Amendment What Amendment allowed for the expansion of federal law enforcement efforts? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔18th Amendment List the four elements of good citizenship? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a. Self-restraint b. Self-reliance c. Civic knowledge d. Civic participation Based on the 14th Amendment why were Indians on reservations or children of diplomats not U.S. citizens? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They are subject to different jurisdictions
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The Constitution specifies that each state must have at least ______________ representative. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔At Least One Per State Resident of a state or district that is represented by a representative what is known as a ____________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Constitute Law makers that exercise their judgment independent of their constitutes is called ___________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A Trustee What type of legislation must originate in the House of Representatives? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Revenue Increases When at least one party holds a majority in one house of Congress that is different from the President this is known as ______________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Divided Government Under the Constitution, who presides over the senate? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Vice President Presides over the Senate
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What is the name of the Congress member who counts the votes for upcoming measures? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Whip What appointee is currently going through the appointment process? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chuck Hagel How many branches were there under the Articles of Confederation? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔One What states did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Rhode Island and Delaware Who is known as the father of the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔James Madison What plan was the basis for the Constitution? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Virginia Plan Who were the two famous delegates at the Constitutional Convention?
- CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Ben Franklin and George Washington
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_____________ was the most influential political philosopher to the American founding fathers "laws of nature and nature's God." - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔John Locke What made the American Revolution unique from other revolutions ______________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Self-Governorship What are the three natural rights listed in the Declaration of Independence? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness What is the purpose of Government? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔To Secure Rights Who was the principle Author of the Declaration of Independence? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Thomas Jefferson What was the cause of Shays Rebellion? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Economic Strife among poor farmers. ______________ was the compromise between large and small states at the Constitutional Convention, according to which population would
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be the basis for the first branch of the new national legislature and the equality of the states in the second. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔The Great Compromise Under the ORIGINAL Constitution, members of the Senate were... - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Chosen by the State Legislature Congress can't establish a national religion this is known as ___________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Establishment Clause The freedom to Patrice what every religion you want is known as __________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Free Exercise Clause Judicial order given to an official is called a __________________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Writ of Mandamus A _________ case violates law, while a ________ case sues for harm. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Criminal Case, Civil Case Beyond a reasonable doubt is known as _____________ - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Standard of Proof
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What are the Phase of Election? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Primary and General Being able to vote for any party is known as ___________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Open Primary Being only able to vote for one party is known as _________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Close Primary To Win the Prisedency you must have ______ Electoral Votes? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ 270 How many Electoral Votes are there? - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔ 538 When Citzens make their own law and vote one it this is called an ____________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Initiative When the houses passes a law and the citzens vote on them this is called a ___________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Referendum
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When an official removed before the term this is called a _________. - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Recall
