Government 4-1, 4-2
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Stbaldwin on November 5, 2008
Subjects:
government, constitution, constitution government, constitutional foundations
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Test coming up in Constitution Foundations on more than one section? Particulary 4-1 and 42 (and 5-1 which cannot be written on cards)? THEN HERE IS THE TEST THINGY FOR YOU!! Contains information of the House, Senate, qualifications in both, admitting new states and cooperation between the states! H (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 435 | Number of House of Representitive members |
| 100 | Number of Senate members |
| 30 | Minimum age of Senate |
| 25 years | Minimum age of Representitive |
| 2 years | Representitive term |
| 6 years | Senate term |
| 7 years | Years a House member must be a citizen |
| 9 | Years a Senate must be a citizen |
| The state they are representing. | State the Rep or Senate should live in |
| Gerrymandering | Redrawing district lines to make a specific group of people in a single area for beneficail reasons |
| Full Faith and credit, Privilges and immunities, Extradition, and Interstate Compacts | Four points of cooperation between the states |
| More than half | Majority |
| Majority/Minority whip | Persuades people of their party to vote a certain way |
| Less than half | Minority |
| anyone may do so | (who) Can propose a Bill |
| Rosa Delauro | CT house member |
| Dodd and Liberman | CT Senators |
| Nancy Pelosi | Speaker of the House |
| Talking aimlessly to avoid a vote | fillabuster |
| veto, pocket veto, sign, leave on desk while congress is in session | Four choices a president has for a bill |
| 60 senatorrs vote to stop fillabuster | cloture rule |
| Speaker of House, Most committee members, chairperson of committees | Three reasons why being the majority party is important |
| $150,000 | salary of House and Senate |
| enabling act | step in order to become a state |
| Act of Admission | Makes new states equal to the other states |
| reserved powers | powers belongong to the states |
| two functions of states that help nation | conduct elections, amend constitution |
| Declare war | function of congress that limits states |
| Full Faith and Credit | (transfer between states) wills, birth certificates, licenses etc. |
| Priviledges and Immunities | (rights apply in all states) freedom of speach, buying property, right to a jury etc. |
| Extradition | fleeing from crime to another state, new state must turn over person after meetgin with other governers |
| Congress who approves state agreement | Interstate compact handled by... |
| United States supreme court | Interstate lawsuit handled by... |
| issues concerning two or more states like pollution of river running through multiple states | Reasons for interstate compact |
| suing on issues between states | Reasons for interstate lawsuit |
| 66 | number of females in House |
| 14 | number of females in Senate |
| 369 | number of males in House |
| 86 | number of males in Senate |
| 202 | number of Democrats in House |
| 232 | number of Republicans in House |
| 45 | number of Democrats in Senate |
| 55 | number of Republicans in Senate |
| make laws | most important function of Congress |
| reapportionment | every ten years change of number of house members per state depending on population |
| redistricting | line redrawing by the state government |
| supremecy clause | acts and treaties of US higher to those of the states |
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