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| How many members are there in the House of Representatives? |
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| Who are the two (2) Senators from your state? |
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| Dick Durbin and Barack O'Bama |
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| How many total members are there in the Senate? |
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| How many U.S. Senators come from each state? |
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| How many representatives come from Illinois? |
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| How many houses of Congress are there? |
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| 2 (the Senate and the House of Representatives) |
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| Are there times when members of Congress cannot be arrested? |
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| YES (only if they are involved with treason, a felony or breach of the peace may they be arrested) |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
STARTS IMPEACHMENT CASES |
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| Do senators have to be men? |
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| NO (Sandra Day O'Connor, 1st woman senator) |
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| Can U.S. Senators be re-elected an unlimited number of times? |
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| YES, it's unlimited (for however long they want the job) |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
WHO MEETS IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING? |
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| Is the President the head of the Legislative Branch? |
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| NO, (THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH) |
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| The President of the Senate is the _____ __________. |
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| the V.P. (Vice President) of the U.S. |
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| What does the legislative branch do? |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
WOMEN ARE ALLOWED IN THE ______. |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
THE _______ HAS 6 YEAR TERMS. |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
WHO MEETS IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING? |
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| BOTH (Senate and House of Reps) |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
MEMBERS OF THE _______ ARE ELECTED EVERY TWO YEARS. |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
THE ________ HAS 435 MEMBERS. |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
THE ______ APPROVES or REJECTS TREATIES. |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
THE ___________ PASSES BILLS THEY HOPE WILL BECOME LAWS. |
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| Both (Senate and the House of Reps.) |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
THE_________ HAS 100 MEMBERS. |
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| Who is the President of the United States? |
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| How many terms maximum may the President have? |
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| How long is the President's term? |
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| What are the 3 qualifications for President of the United States? |
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1. must be 35 or older
2. must be a natural born citizen of the U.S.
3. must have lived in the U.S. for 14 years |
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| Which amendment limits the President to 2 terms? |
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| Who is the Vice President of the United States? |
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| Who was the only President to ever resign (quit) |
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| What branch of government is the President the head of? |
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| Does the current President pick the next President? |
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| How many Cabinet members are there? |
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**ANSWER: Executive, Legislative or Judicial**
WHO ENFORCES the LAWS? |
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| What cabinet department encourages conservation of FUEL and ELECTRICITY? |
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| What cabinet department operates the armed forces? |
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| What cabinet department is responsible for Social Security and the Food and Drug Administration? |
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| Health and Human Services Department |
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| What cabinet department responds to terrorist threats? |
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| Homeland Security Department |
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| What cabinet department settles strikes and gives aid to workers? |
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| What cabinet department gives aid for farm programs? |
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| What cabinet department deals with foreign affairs? |
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| What cabinet department coins and prints money? |
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| What cabinet department is in charge of national HIGHWAY safety and air TRAFFIC control? |
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| Transportation Department |
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| When does the President assume duties of office? |
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| January 20th (following the election) |
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| How many Supreme Court Justices are there on the Supreme Court? |
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| Does the Judicial Branch have checks on the other branches? |
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| What cabinet department enforces federal laws and conducts federal investigations? |
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| Justice Department (Attorney General) |
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**ANSWER: Executive, Legislative, or Judicial Branch**
WHAT BRANCH MAKES the LAWS? |
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| After a bill has passed through the 2 houses of Congress, it is sent to: ________________________ |
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| What vote is neccessary for Congress to pass a law over the President's veto? |
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| After 10 days, what happens to a bill if the President doesn't act and Congress stays in session? |
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| Pocket Veto (automatic veto; it is not passed by Congress automatically) |
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| What vote is neccessary to override a President's veto? |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
CAN VETO BILLS |
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| NEITHER (The President does that) |
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| What do the stars on the US flag stand for? |
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| What do the stripes on the US flag stand for? |
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| How many amendments to the U.S. Constitution are there? |
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| What are the 3 branches of government? |
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| The Legislative, Judicial and Executive Branch |
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| What are the first ten (10) amendments to the Constitution called? |
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| Which came first- The Declaration of Independence or Constitution? |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Can both state and federal governments establish courts? |
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| Can states make treaties? |
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| How must states treat the citizens of other states? |
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| equally; the way it treats its own citizens |
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| Can federal officials have titles of nobility? (duke, prince, etc.) |
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| What is an ex post facto law? |
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| passing a law that makes an act illegal after the act has been committed (it's illegal) |
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| Does the Bill of Rights give people the right to criticize the government? |
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| What did Patrick Henry say? |
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| "Give me liberty or give me death" |
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| What is current name of the building where the Constitutional Convention was held in? |
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| WHERE and WHEN was the Constitutional Convention held? |
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| What are your unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence? |
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| LIFE, LIBERTY and the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS |
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| Who said, "Give me liberty, or give me death"? |
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| What is the capital of the U.S.? |
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| What did Thomas Jefferson write? |
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| The Declaration of Independence |
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| What are the "unalienable rights" in the Declaration of Independence? |
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| life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
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**Executive, Legislative or Judicial Branch:**
WHAT BRANCH of GOVERNMENT has TWO HOUSES? |
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**Executive, Legislative or Judicial Branch:**
WHAT BRANCH of GOVERNMENT is the PRESIDENT the HEAD OFFICER? |
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**Executive, Legislative or Judicial Branch:**
WHAT BRANCH of GOVERNMENT TRIES CASES UNDER the LAWS? |
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**Executive, Legislative or Judicial Branch:**
WHAT BRANCH of GOVERNMENT ENFORCES the COUNTRY's LAWS? |
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**Answer: Senate, House, Both or Neither**
STARTS REVENUE BILLS |
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| Who is the representative from your district? |
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| Rahm Emanuel (from the 5th Congressional District) |
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| Who is the Speaker of the House? |
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| What government official has veto power? |
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| What are the three (3) qualifications for becoming a member of the U.S. House of Representatives? |
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1. Must be 25 years or older
2. Must live in the district they represent
3. U.S. Citizen for 7 years |
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| What are the three (3) qualifications for becoming a member of the U.S. Senate? |
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1. Must be 30 years or older
2. Must live in the state they represent
3. U.S. Citizen for 9 years |
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| What is a proposed law called? |
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| What is the term for formally accusing a government official of wrong doing? |
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| What do we call the system in our government that ensures (makes sure) that no one branch has too much power? |
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| The SYSTEM of CHECKS and BALANCES |
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| Can the President call both houses of Congress into special session? |
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| Who is the National Budget presented by? |
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| What amendment guarantees our right to freedom of religion? |
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| What amendment prohibits you from testifying against yourself? |
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| Name 3 First Amendment Freedoms |
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1. Freedom of Speech
2. Freedom of Religion
3. Freedom of Press |
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| What vote really elects the President of the United States? |
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| If the President should die, who would become President? |
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| What amendment protects us from illegal search or arrest? |
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| What amendment gives Washington D.C. three electoral votes? |
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| Who was the President of the Constitutional Convention? |
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| Who can call both houses of Congress into special session? |
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| U.S. Supreme Court Justices are appointed by: _________________ |
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| What body of government has the power to raise, borrow, and coin money? |
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