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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.

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