S.S exam-constitution/documents
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Kansas Nebraska | Act in 1854 which created two new organized territories and allowed popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery |
| 270 | Number of electoral votes necessary to become President (3 words) |
| 23 | Amendment which gave D.C. three electoral votes |
| federalism | Division of powers between the states and national government |
| district | Lowest federal court |
| Habeus Corpus | Right to have charges filed before being jailed (two words) |
| 100 | Total number of Senators |
| whiskey | Famous rebellion which showed the U.S. could enforce its laws |
| Missouri Compromise | Admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state; all land north of 36 30 in the LA Territory free and all land south slave (2 words) |
| one third | Number of Senate seats up for election every two years (2 words) |
| 35 | Minimum age for the President |
| July fourth | Americans' date to celebrate our independence from Great Britain (2 words) |
| Lower House | According to the framers, another name for the House of Representatives (2 words) |
| 20 | Amendment which gives the date of the Presidential inauguration |
| 21 | Amendment which repealed the 18th |
| impeach | Formal charges of wrongdoing against a high government official. |
| 25 | Amendment which sets up the procedures in case of Presidential succession or disability; minimum age for Representative. |
| indict | Charge someone with a crime |
| 538 | Total number of electoral votes |
| CSA | Initials for the southern states that seceded from the Union |
| Jay | Treaty with Britain where they agreed to remove their troops from the Ohio Valley and pay damages for ships they had seized; temporarily avoided war |
| Olive Branch | Petition asking King George III to protect the rights of the American colonists (2 words) |
| 2 | Amendment which gave citizens the right to bear arms; term of office (years) for Representative; number of Senators per state; Presidential term limit. |
| Intolerable | Acts passed by British to punish the citizens of Boston after the Tea Party |
| executive | Branch of government which enforces the laws |
| 7 | Citizenship requirement for Representative (years). |
| Nullification | Act passed by the S.C. legislature declaring the Tariff of Abomination null and void in that state |
| Louisiana Purchase | Doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803 (2 words) |
| Declaration of Independence | Document that declared America's independence from England in 1776 (3 words) |
| Checks and Balances | Constitution principle in which each branch of government holds some control over the other two branches (3 words) |
| 3 | Amendment which concerned the quartering of troops in people's homes |
| nonintercourse | Act which allowed trade with all countries except France and England |
| Paris | Treaty which ended the Revolutionary War |
| senate | Approves Presidential appointments; elects VP if no majority in Electoral College; conducts impeachment trials. |
| petit jury | Body of twelve brought together to determine the guilt or innocence of a defendant (two words) |
| Philadelphia | Site of the Constitutional Convention |
| 14 | Amendment which gave African Americans citizenship in the country as well as the state where they lived; years' residence required for President. |
| 8 | Amendment which prohibits unreasonable bails, fines, and punishments |
| speaker | Presiding officer in the House of Representatives |
| 16 | Amendment which created the federal income tax |
| 12 | Amendment which says the electors will vote once for President and then once for Vice President |
| ghent | Peace treaty which ended the War of 1812 |
| january 20 | Date of the Presidential inauguration |
| greenville | Treaty by which Native Americans gave up present-day Ohio for $20,000 |
| white house | Building in DC associated with the Executive Branch (2 words) |
| naturalization | Act which required aliens be residents for 14 years instead of 5 before they could be eligible for U.S. citizenship |
| supreme | Highest federal court |
| 24 | Amendment which abolished the poll tax as a requirement for voting |
| compromise of 1850 | Admitted CA as a free state, abolished the slave trade in DC, and pushed for a stricter fugitive slave law (3 words) |
| electoral college | Elects the President of the U.S. (2 words) |
| Pinckney | Agreement with Spain concerning shipping down the Mississippi and the right of deposit in N.O. |
| 18 | Prohibition Amendment |
| 11 | Number of Tennessee electors |
| judicial | Branch of government which interprets the laws |
| 5 | Amendment which states the rights of someone accused of a crime |
| judicial review | Power of the federal courts to determine if a law is constitutional or not. |
| 27 | Total number of amendment to the Constitution |
| 26 | Amendment which lowered the minimum voting age to 18 |
| tariff of abominations | Name given to the "hated" tariffs of 1828 and1832 (three words) |
| Popular sovereignty | Idea that people hold the final authority in government; allowing people to decide or vote on an issue; part of the K-N Act (2 words) |
| Missouri | Compromise which admitted Maine as free state and prohibited slavery north of a designated line in the LA Territory |
| three fifths | Agreement at the Constitutional Convention to include three-fifths of slaves in determining a state's population (2 words) |
| 19 | Amendment which gave women the right to vote |
| Assembly | Freedom in the 1st Amendment(starts with A) |
| Embargo | Act which prohibited trade with other countries |
| 435 | Total number of Representatives |
| two thirds | Vote of Congress or state conventions required to propose an amendment to the Constitution (2 words) |
| 91 | Number of federal district courts |
| 13 | Amendment which abolished slavery |
| 22 | Amendment which limits the President to two terms |
| natural born | Citizenship requirement for President (2 words) |
| house | Elects President if no majority in Electoral College; power of impeachment; all bills related to money start here. |
| president | Head of the Executive Branch |
| 9 | Citizenship requirement for Senator (years); number of justices on the Supreme Court |
| 15 | Civil War amendment that gave African Americans the right to vote |
| upper house | According to the framers of the Constitution, another name for the Senate (2 words) |
| vice president | Presiding officer in the U.S. Senate |
| 30 | Minimum age for Senator |
| Monroe Doctrine | United States policy in 1823 opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere (2 words) |
| legislative | Branch of government that makes the laws |
| 6 | Amendment which guarantees a person a speedy trial by jury; term of office (years) for Senator. |
| 17 | Amendment which stated that U.S. Senators would be elected by popular vote, not the state legislatures |
| Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Documents written by Jefferson and Madison that put forth the idea of states' rights (4 words) |
| Macon's Bill 2 | After failure of Embargo and Nonintercourse Acts, this measure removed all restrictions on trade with England and France; it also provided that, if either of these two countries stopped attacking American ships, the President could cut off trade with its rival |
| elastic clause | Section which allows Congress to "stretch" its powers to pass bills concerning things not listed in the Constitution (2 words) |
| Bill of rights | First 10 amendments to the Constitution (3 words) |
| defendant | Person accused of a crime |
| Court of Appeals | Second highest federal court {3 words} |
| one | Minimum number of Representatives per state. |
| three fourths | Vote of states to ratify an amendment to the Constitution (2 words) |
| Kentucky and Virginia | Resolutions in 1798 written by Jefferson and Madison giving the states the right to declare acts of Congress null and void (3 words) |
| Guadelupe Hidago | Treaty that ended the war between Texas and Mexico |
| grand jury | Body of 16-23 jurors who hears complaints and accusations in criminal cases and approves an indictment if there is not evidence against the accused person (2 words) |
| capitol | Building in DC associated with the Legislative Branch |
| articles of confederation | First constitution of the U.S. (3 words) |
| fugitive slave act | Required all citizens of the country to help catch runaway slaves (3 words) |
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