Study sets matching "us american government"
Study sets
Diagrams
Classes
Users
Legislative power
Executive power
Judicial power
Population
The power to make laws and to frame piblic policies (Congress)
The power to to execute, enforce, and administer laws (Preside…
The power to interpret laws and to determine the meaning and t…
A state must have people who want to be apart of the state
Legislative power
The power to make laws and to frame piblic policies (Congress)
Executive power
The power to to execute, enforce, and administer laws (Preside…
Under the Articles of Confederation
The first 10 Amendments
Not included in the 1st Amendment.
The 8th Amendment
The gov't was very weak.
The Bill of Rights.
The right to own a gun.
Prevents a police officer from entering your home.....and crue…
Under the Articles of Confederation
The gov't was very weak.
The first 10 Amendments
The Bill of Rights.
What is the difference between trial co…
What is a swing voter?
How does the president appoint lower ju…
What's the difference between original…
Appellate court is just like a replay. All it does is reviews…
A swing voter describes a justice who has no specific politica…
The president makes a nomination which must then be approved b…
Original jurisdiction is the power to hear a case for the firs…
What is the difference between trial co…
Appellate court is just like a replay. All it does is reviews…
What is a swing voter?
A swing voter describes a justice who has no specific politica…
Limited Government
Representative Government
Magna Carta
Petition of Right
government is restricted in what it may do and each individual…
system of government in which public policies are made by offi…
the great charter--at Runnymede in 1215. The power of monarchy…
limited the King's power. Monarch was subject to the law of th…
Limited Government
government is restricted in what it may do and each individual…
Representative Government
system of government in which public policies are made by offi…
feudalism
charters
Magna Carta
Petition of Right
a rigid social and political hierarchy based on land ownership
official written agreements by which the English government gr…
a document barons forced King John to sign in 1215, declaring…
a document that Parliament forced King Charles to sign in 1628…
feudalism
a rigid social and political hierarchy based on land ownership
charters
official written agreements by which the English government gr…
Preamble
Article 1, Section 1
Article 1, Section 2
Article 1, Section 3
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more pe…
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con…
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chos…
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senat…
Preamble
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more pe…
Article 1, Section 1
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Con…
State
Nation
Nation-State
Consensus
A political community that occupies a definite territory and h…
A group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, t…
A country in which the territory of both the nation and the st…
An agreement about basic beliefs.
State
A political community that occupies a definite territory and h…
Nation
A group of people united by bonds of race, language, custom, t…
Civics
Rights
Duties
Citizens
study of the rights and duties of citizens
something a person is able to do. example: go to school
something a person needs to do whether they want to or not. ex…
people who live in a country and are recognized as people who…
Civics
study of the rights and duties of citizens
Rights
something a person is able to do. example: go to school
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
Protects the people's right to practice religion, to speak fre…
The right to bear arms (Guns)... example: owning a handgun for p…
Guarantees that the army cannot force homeowners to give them…
Protects the people from the government improperly taking prop…
1st Amendment
Protects the people's right to practice religion, to speak fre…
2nd Amendment
The right to bear arms (Guns)... example: owning a handgun for p…
We the people of the united states
Establish justice
Insure domestic tranquility
Establish justice
We, the people living in the U.S
We want to make sure there is justice for all people of the U.S
Make sure the states and all people in our country get along w…
We want to maje sure there is justice fir all people of the u.s
We the people of the united states
We, the people living in the U.S
Establish justice
We want to make sure there is justice for all people of the U.S
The first gathering of colonial leaders…
Colonists who chose to fight for indepe…
List of 10 resolutions presented to Kin…
Militia of local men, ready to fight at…
First Continental Congress
Patriots
Declaration of Rights
Minutemen
The first gathering of colonial leaders…
First Continental Congress
Colonists who chose to fight for indepe…
Patriots
Republicanism
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Shay's Rebellion
Great Compromise
Belief that government should be based on the consent of the p…
a law that established new states to the union
Massachusetts Farmers who were in debt and they protested taxe…
Agreement to have two house system (all states having equal re…
Republicanism
Belief that government should be based on the consent of the p…
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
a law that established new states to the union
Federalism
Checks & Balances
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
What system gives national, state, and local governments separ…
What system divides power between the President, Congress, and…
Which branch of government includes the President who has the…
Which branch of government includes the House and Senate, whic…
Federalism
What system gives national, state, and local governments separ…
Checks & Balances
What system divides power between the President, Congress, and…
Bill
Censure
Census
Cloture Rule
A proposed law given to the legislature for approval
The expression of formal disapproval
An official count or survey of a population
The only formal procedure that Senate rules provide for breaki…
Bill
A proposed law given to the legislature for approval
Censure
The expression of formal disapproval
Alexander Hamilton
Cabinet
Tariff
Secretary of Treasury
First Secretary of the Treasury. ... LOOSE Constructionist.... Advoc…
ADVISORS to the President
A TAX on imported goods
Cabinet member in charge of MONEY.
Alexander Hamilton
First Secretary of the Treasury. ... LOOSE Constructionist.... Advoc…
Cabinet
ADVISORS to the President
Bicameral
Manga carta
Petition of right
English bill of rights
Two chamber, legislature
The great charter.
Document required monarchs to obtain parliaments approval befo…
No longer would mo arches be able to enact laws, raise taxes,…
Bicameral
Two chamber, legislature
Manga carta
The great charter.
Federal Government
Articles of Confederation
Weaknesses of the Articles of Confedera…
Northwest Ordinance
The government that rules all the states together.... The Centra…
First form of government used by the U.S.A. after Independence…
Gave states all the power to collect taxes and control trade.…
Part of the Article of Confederation that established the proc…
Federal Government
The government that rules all the states together.... The Centra…
Articles of Confederation
First form of government used by the U.S.A. after Independence…
Rule of Law
Code of Hammurabi
Bible
Democracy
The idea that every one is equal under the law
One of the first sets of rules that created a very early form…
Created a true rule of law... all men are equal
Greeks
Rule of Law
The idea that every one is equal under the law
Code of Hammurabi
One of the first sets of rules that created a very early form…
Why was the New England Confederation f…
Albany Plan of Union plays an important…
Why did the colonists believe that only…
How was the Stamp Act related to the Fr…
to defend against native Americans
the Declaration of Independence
the colonists were far away and Britain would not let us have…
Britain needed them to pay off war debt
Why was the New England Confederation f…
to defend against native Americans
Albany Plan of Union plays an important…
the Declaration of Independence
issue
politics
power
authority
a conflict, real or apparent, between the interests, ideas, or…
the activity by which an issue is agitated or settled
the ability of one person to get another person to act in acco…
the right to use power
issue
a conflict, real or apparent, between the interests, ideas, or…
politics
the activity by which an issue is agitated or settled
Preamble
Articles
Implied Powers
Amendment
states the purpose of the government.
the main body of the constitution; they explain how it works.…
powers that are not exactly stated in the Constitution; come f…
proposed changes; 27 current laws.
Preamble
states the purpose of the government.
Articles
the main body of the constitution; they explain how it works.…
Majority Rule 1
Checks and Balances 1
Unitary System 1
Federalism
A fundamental democratic principle requiring that the majority…
System in which each branch of government can limit the power…
System of government in which all power is invested in a centr…
A system of government in which power is divided by a written…
Majority Rule 1
A fundamental democratic principle requiring that the majority…
Checks and Balances 1
System in which each branch of government can limit the power…