Constitution terms from Chapter 3
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- What powers belong to legislative branch?
- Law Making
- What powers belong to judical branch?
- Law interpreting branch
- What powers belong to Executive branch?
- Law enforcing
- What is Federalism?
- Division of power among central government and several regional governments
- How must a formal amendment be proposed?
- 2/3/ Congress or proposed at a national convention called by Congress when requested by 2/3 (38) of the States
- How must a formal amendment be ratified?
- Ratified by state legislature in 3/4 of the states or ratified by conventions held in 3/4 of the states
- This amendment protects from unreasonable searches
- # IV
- This amendment is usually mentioned in a challenge to the death penalty
- # VIII
- The poll tax tried to take away rights in what amendment?
- #XV
- When court cases are used to change the Constitution it is what kind of change
- informal
- What are some types of informal changes?
- custom, basic legislation, executive action, court decisions, party practices
- Writ of Mandamus
- written order telling a public official to do their job
- Who gets 3 electors from the 23rd amendment?
- Washington, D.C.
- limited government
- government is not all powerful
- 25th amendment says who is 3rd in line for the presidency?
- Speaker of the House
- Supremacy Clause
- No one is above the law
- Separate ballot for president and vice president-what amendment put this in place?
- #XXV
- Which amendment protects against self-incrimination?
- #V
- 19th Amendment
- Gave women the right to vote
- Established Judicial Review
- Marbury v. Madison
- John Tyler moving up to become President is an example of
- informal amendment
- What did the 24th amendment ban?
- poll tax
- Introduction to the Constitution
- Preamble
- Ratifying the Constitution
- Article VII
- When does a term of Congress begin
- January 3
- Best known special session
- State of the Union
- Who heads the executive branch?
- President
- When Constitution was written who could vote?
- White men with property
- What branch has the power to impeach?
- Congress
- Name three groups to whom the Constitution extends voting rights?
- African Americans (15), women (19), and eighteen year olds (26)