Chapter 5 Social Studies
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- Who can hold their jobs free from executive control?
- Judicial Branch
- Tariff
- A tax on imports and exports
- James Madison
- Virginia delegate author of some of Federalists Papers called the Father of the Constitution
- Who controls the spending of the budget?
- Legislative Branch
- Supreme courts and lower courts is the __________Branch
- Judicial
- Who can declare Acts of Congress laws as unconstitutional justices?
- Judicial Branch
- Who can over ride a president's veto (refuses to sign a bill) with a 2/3 majority vote?
- Legislative Branch
- Great Compromise
- 2 house legislater lower house based on population upper house based on equal representation.
- Who can impeach a president?
- Legislative Branch
- Roger Sherman
- Compromised the Great Compromise. Conneticut delegate
- The House of Representatives has a set number of _____ ?
- 435
- The senate has ______ from each state which equals _______ total?
- 2; 100
- Bill of Rights
- The first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Ratified in 1791.
- 3/5 Compromise
- Constitutional Convention stating that only 3/5 of the slaves in a state would count when determining a state's population for population in the lower house.
- Popular Sovereignty
- The idea that political authority belongs to the people.
- Unconstitutional
- Something that violates the constitution.
- Congress, House of Representatives, Senate is the __________ Branch
- Legislative
- Who can grant reprieves on pardons for nonviolent federal crimes?
- Executive Branch
- Amendment
- Official change, addition, or correction to a law or constitution.
- Legislative Branch
- Proposes bills and passes them into laws.
- president- vice president- Presidential Cabinet is the __________ Branch
- Executive
- The House of Representatives is also called the?
- Lower House
- Federalism
- the sharing of power.
- Who can call special special sessions of congress?
- Executive Branch
- Northwest Ordinance year
- 1787
- Executive Branch
- Makes sure laws are carried out.
- Judicial Branch
- National courts system. Interprets laws, punishes criminals, and settles disputes between states.
- Articles of Confederation
- New constitution November 15, 1777 stated duties of congress.
- Presidential cabinet
- Group of advisors.....????
- Constitutional Convention month, year
- May, 1787
- Checks and Balances
- prevents any branch of government from becoming too powerful. Limits branch of government.
- Impeach
- To remove a public official because of a crime or misconduct.
- Daniel Shays
- Farmer and Revolutionary War officer who led Shays's Rebellion
- Ratification
- An official approval
- Who can veto acts of congress?
- Executive Branch
- Who can make laws?
- Legislative Branch
- New Jersy Plan
- 1 house legislater with equal representation. Presented by William Patterson.
- Who appoints federal justices?
- Executive Branch
- Who can reduce to confirm president appointments (presidential Cabinet)?
- Legislative Branch
- Inflation
- Icreased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money
- Suffrage
- Voting rights
- Virginia Plan
- Legislative Branch would have 2 houses with representation determined by state population. Presented by Edmond Randolf.
- Constitutional Convention
- A meeting held in Philidelphia at which delegates wrote the Constitution. Revised the Articles of Confederation. May, 1787
- Who enforces laws?
- Executive Branch
- Who can declare executive actions as unconstitutional?
- Judicial Branch
- The Senate is also called the?
- Upper House
- Shays's Rebellion
- An uprising of Massachusetts farmers, led by Daniel Shays. It showed the weekness of the Articles of Confederation.
- Articles of Confederation month date, year
- November 15, 1777
- Northwest Ordinance
- Establish a political structure for the northwest territory create a system for the admission of new states 1787
- Constitution
- A set of basic principles that detrermines the powers and duties of a government
- Who is effected by the enforcement of laws by the executive branch?
- Legislative Branch
- Federalists papers
- A series of essays that defended the Constitution.
- Antifederalists
- people who opposed ratification of the constitution
- Federalists
- People who supported ratification of the constitution.