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| What is the main job of the legislative branch? |
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| What is the main job of the executive branch? |
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| What is the main job of the judicial branch? |
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| Explain Checks and Balances and why did the framers design this system? |
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| To enable each branch of government to have equal powers. One branch wont override. They can also block the actions of other branches. |
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| A bhill cannot becaome a law until it is: |
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| Confress needs to approve it, the President needs to sign it, and the Supreme Court needs to declare it constitutional. |
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| What is the defintion of Ratify? |
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| What is the defenition of Amend? |
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| How many amendments to the constitution are there? |
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| Why did the framers make it possible to change the Constituion but difficult to do so? |
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| The framers made sure the Constitutio could be amended so it could be responive to changing times. They made the amendment process difficult, however, so that changes would not be made hastily and without the consent of a large majority of citizens. |
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| Who is the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. |
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| Who can exercise the power to impeach? |
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| What is another name for Chief Executive? |
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| Give another name for the House of Representatives. |
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| Give another name for the senate. |
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| How is the number of members in the Senate determined for each state? |
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| How is the number of members in the Senate determined for each state? |
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| 2 senators per state 100 total |
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| How are justices on the Supreme Court selected? |
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| Appointed by president, Approved by senate |
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| How many term can a person be elected president? |
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| What is the minimum age requirement for someone to become the president? |
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| What is the minimum age requirement for someone to become the member of the House of Representatives? |
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| What is the minimum age requirement for someone to become a member of the Senate? |
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| What is the length of term for members of the House of Representatives? |
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| What is the length of term for members of the Senate? |
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| What is the length of term for members of the Supreme Court? |
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| What is the length of term for the President? |
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| How many members are there in the House of Representatives? |
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| How many members are there in the Senate? |
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| How many members are there on the Supreme Court? |
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