Socail Studies Quiz 3
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33 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Term in years for a president | 4 years |
| minimum age for president | 35 |
| term in years for federal judge | life |
| citizen status for president | natural born |
| Residency | 14 |
| Article 1 | legislative branch, makes laws, coins money |
| Article 2 | Executive branch, enforce laws |
| Article 3 | Judicial Branch, interpret laws |
| Obama | President |
| Hillary Clinton | Vice President |
| Eric Holder | Secretary of State |
| Leon Panetta | Secretary of Defense |
| John Roberts | Chief Justice |
| Pat Quinn | Governor |
| Commander in chief | President Obama |
| Electoral Voted needed for president | 538 (435 house + number of Senators (100) + 3 for Washington DC |
| Electoral Votes for Candidate needed | 270 |
| 2012 election electoral votes needed | 20 (number in house = 18 + number of senators = 2) |
| Maximum term for president | 2 terms or 10 years |
| Presidents Chief advisors | cabinets |
| cabinet departments | 15 Sate, defense, education, homeland security, veteran's affairs etc. |
| supreme court justices | 9 |
| treason | fighting against the US or helping its enemies |
| Cases tried in federal court | Between states, between people and involving national laws |
| amendment | addition or change to constitution |
| how many amendments do we currently have? | 27 |
| this much of congress must approve of amendment | 2/3 |
| this much of states must approve | 3/4 |
| first 10 amendments | bill of rights |
| Bill of Rights | guarantees the basic rights and freedoms for all citizens |
| slavery trend | 13,14,15 |
| voting trend | 15,19,26 |
| these 2 numbers cancel each other out and then prohibition and cancellation happens | 18 and 21 |
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