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11th Grade
02/28/2012

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US: What are the six goals in the Preamble?
Definition
establish justice
insure domestic tranquility
provide for common defense
promote the general welfare
secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
order to form a more perfect union
Term
US: What does Article 1 deal with?
Definition
legislative powers
Term
US: What does Article 2 deal with?
Definition
executive powers
Term
US: What does Article 3 deal with?
Definition
judicial powers
Term
US: what does Article 4 deal with?
Definition
relations among states
Term
US: What does Article 6 deal with?
Definition
debts, national supremacy, oath
Term
US: What does Article 5 deal with?
Definition
amedatory power
Term
US: What does Article 7 deal with?
Definition
ratification
Term
US: What are the first 10 amendments tot he US COnstitution called?
Definition
Bill of Rights
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What type of trial does the Seventh Amendment relate to?
Definition
civil
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What three things are citizens protected from in the 8th Amendment?
Definition
excessive bail
excessive fines
unusual punishments
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: Dfine eminent domain
Definition
the right of government to take provate land upon just Compensation
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What is due process, as guaranteed in the 5th Amendment?
Definition
government respect all the legal rights that are owed to a person according to the law
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What is self-incrimination?
Definition
you dont have to admit to anything that can get you guilty
Term
BILL OF RIHGTS: According to the 10th Amendment, powers the Constituion does not grant to the national government goes to whom?
Definition
states
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: According to the 4th Amendment, what do police officers need to have to search or seize evidence?
Definition
warrant/probable cause
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What does the 3rd Amendment say about soldiers?
Definition
no quartering of soldiers
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What does the 6th Amendment guarantee?
Definition
right to a speedy public trail
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What does the 2nd Amendment guarantee?
Definition
right to keep and bear arms
Term
BILL OF RIGHTS: What 5 rights are guaranteed in the 1st Amendment?
Definition
freedom of religon
freedom of speech
freedom of press
freedom of pentitio
freedom of assemble
Term
US1: How many Senators does each state get?
Definition
2
Term
US1: What is the writ of habeas corpus from Article 1, Section 9?
Definition
a court over which prevents unjust arrests and imprisonments
Term
US1: What is an ex post facto law?
Definition
a law that makes criminal an act that was legal whit it was commiteed. This is not allowed in the US
Term
US1: What fraction of the Senate is up of election every 2 years?
Definition
1/3 (continous body)
Term
US1: What does it take to override a Presidential veto?
Definition
be repassed by 2/3 of the Senate and House of Representatives
Term
US1: If the President does not act within 10 days on a bill and the Congress adjourns, what happens to the bill?
Definition
the bill dies/pocket veto
Term
US1: How many days, not counting Sundays, does the President have to sign a bill before it automaatically becomes a law?
Definition
10 days
Term
US1: Which clause in Article 1, Section 8 is called the Elastic Clause?
Definition
clause 18
Term
US1: What is th Elastic Clause also known as?
Definition
necessary and proper clause
Term
US1: How many expressed powers of Congress are listed in Article 1, Section 8?
Definition
27
Term
US1: If a memr of the House dies or leaves office before their term is up, who calls for a special election to fill the seat?
Definition
governor of that state
Term
US1: The senate has the sole power to try all _______________.
Definition
impeachments
Term
US1: Who presides over the Senate when the Vice-President is not in ttendance?
Definition
President protempore
Term
US1: Who is the President of the Senate?
Definition
Vice-President of the United States
Term
US1: When does the President of the Senate vote?
Definition
no vote, unless there is a tie
Term
US1: All legislative powers in the US are given to what body?
Definition
congress of the United States
Term
US1: Once both houses sign a bill, where does it go?
Definition
President of the United State
Term
If the President is being impeached, who presides over the trial?
Definition
the Chief of Justice
Term
US1: What are the three qualifications to be a member of the House?
Definition
25 years old
US citizen for 7 years
resident of the State
Term
US1: Where do all revenue bills originate?
Definition
House of Representatives
Term
US1: Who elects the Speaker of the House?
Definition
members of the House of Representatives
Term
US1: How often are members of the House of Representatives elected?
Definition
every second year
Term
US1: If a President vetos a bill, where does the bill go?
Definition
back to the house that it originated in
Term
US1: How long is the term of a US Senator?
Definition
6 years
Term
US1: What determines how many representatives each state has?
Definition
population
Term
US1: What two houses make up that body?
Definition
Senate and a House of Representatives
Term
US1: What are three qualifications to be a member of the US Sentate?
Definition
30 years old
US citizen for 9 years
resident of the state
Term
US1: What is the fixed number of members in the House?
Definition
435
Term
US2: Who cannot be appointed as an Elector?
Definition
no person except a natural born citizen, 35 years old, 14 year resident of the US
no senator, representative, or a person holding office
Term
US2: Who traditionally administers the Oath of Office for the Presidency?
Definition
Chief of Justice
Term
US2: What groups is the President the Commander of Chief of?
Definition
army
navy
air force
marines
coast guard
Term
US2: What are three qualifications to be Presiendent?
Definition
natural-born citizen
35 years old
14 years resident
Term
US2: What is the number of state Electors equal to?
Definition
senators and representatives (this was the most difficult thing in the constution for deligates)
Term
US2: When are Electoral votes cast?
Definition
Monday after the second Wendesday in December
Term
US2: When did Congress set the Presidential Election Day?
Definition
Tuesday following the first Monday in November
Term
US2: What can happen to the President if he/she is convicted to treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors?
Definition
impeached
Term
US2: How long is the term or a President of the United States?
Definition
4 years
Term
US2: The President has the sole power to make treaties, however for the treaty to become effective, it must be approved by ____________ vote in the Senate.
Definition
2/3 ( president is the only one who can recognize a foreign nation!)
Term
US2: What speech must the President make to Congress 'from time to time'?
Definition
state of the union
Term
US3: Section2, paragraph 2 of Article 3 tells about the type of jurisdiction the Supreme court has. List the two types of cases that would specifically go to the Supreme Court.
Definition
original
appellate
Term
US3: Who had the Power to create lower federal courts?
Definition
congress
Term
US3: What type of Jurisdiction does the Supreme Court have mostly?
Definition
appellate
Term
US3: What court is specifically created by the conditution?
Definition
Supreme Court
Term
US5: What two ways can teh Constitution be amended?
Definition
To propose: whenever 2/3 of both Houses of Congress shall deem it necessary
To ratify: 3/4 of state legislatures approve it
Term
US6: Explain the Supremacy Clause.
Definition
if there is a conflict between Constitution and state constitution. National Constitution wins. Nation governed laws are supreme over stare laws. (powers to both state and federal are called CONCURRENT POWERS)
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 26th amendment do to alter suffrage?
Definition
lowers the voting age to 18
Term
AMENDMENTS: Which amendment defines citizenship?
Definition
14th
Term
AMENDMENTS: How does the 27th amendment effect congressional pay increases?
Definition
cant vote themselves in a pay raise until the next set of people
Term
AMENDMENTS: What amendment to the US constitution bans Slavery?
Definition
13th
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 25th amendment deal with?
Definition
Presidential seccession and discharging of duties
Term
AMENDMENTS: In the 20th amendment, when does the term of President and Vice President end?
Definition
non on the 20th day of January
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 12th amendment do tot he voting for President and Vice President?
Definition
must cast distinct votes for President and Vice President (seperate ballots)
Term
AMENDMENTS: What is banned by the 24th amendment?
Definition
poll taxes (having to pay to vote)
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 23rd amendment do to suffrage?
Definition
gives D.C. electoral votes
Term
AMENDMENTS: According to the 20th amendment, how many times a year must congress meet?
Definition
once
Term
AMENDMENTS: What length of time counts as a term?
Definition
more than 2 years
Term
AMENDMENTS: When does the term of Senators and Representatives end?
Definition
noon on the 3rd day of January
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 22nd amendment state about Presidential terms?
Definition
max. of 2
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 19th amendment state conserning suffrage?
Definition
women can vote
Term
AMENDMENTS: What did the 18th amendment prohibit?
Definition
manufactures and sale of alcohol
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does teh 21st amendment do?
Definition
prohibits the 18th amendment
Term
AMENDMENTS: What power is given to the Congress in the 16th amendment?
Definition
to lay and collect taxes on incomes
Term
AMENDMENTS: What does the 15th amendment state?
Definition
any males can vote
Term
IL3: What are the three qualifications to vote in Illionios elections?
Definition
18 years old
permanent resident of the state for at least 30 days
US citizen
Term
IL3: Who gets to define permanent residency for the purpose of voting?
Definition
general assembly
Term
IL3: What are the two disqualifications to vote in Illionis?
Definition
a person covnicted of a felony
-or-
under sentence in a correctional institution or jail
Term
IL4: Who has the sole power of impeachment? If the Governor is being impeached, who preseides over the trial?
Definition
The House of Represntatives
tried by the Senate
The Chief of Justice
Term
IL4: When is a member of the General Assembly immune from arrest?
Definition
going to session, during sessiom, and from session (can get a ticket whenever they are at home)
Term
IL4: What is a "reduction veto"?
Definition
when some part of the bill is taken away but passed
Term
IL4: How many people serve in the Illinois House of Representatives? How many in the Illinois Senate?
Definition
118 House of representative
59 Senate
Term
IL4: In whick house of the General Assembly may bills originate?
Definition
either house
Term
IL4: Who is legislative power vested in?
Definition
general assembly
Term
IL4: How often must legislative redistricting be done?
Definition
every couple of years
Term
IL4: What is the term length for an Illinois Representative?
Definition
2 years
Term
IL5: What are the powers of the Secretary of State?
Definition
official records
-and-
state seal
Term
IL5: What are the powers of Lt. Governor?
Definition
perform duties and exercise the powers
Term
IL5: What offices are parts of the Executive Branch?
Definition
governor
lieutenant governor
attorney general
secretary of state
comptroller and treasurer
Term
IL5: What is the term of office for the Illinois Executive Branch?
Definition
4 years
Term
IL5: What are the three qualifications to run for the Executive Branch?
Definition
US citizen
25 years old
3 years state resident
Term
IL5: If the results of an election for an executive officer show a tie, how would the winner be decided?
Definition
draw lots (like draw straws)
Term
IL7: How long is the term of office for county officers? How are they chosen?
Definition
4 years
Term
What three county officers must each county have?
Definition
sherrif
county treasurer
county clerk
Term
IL8: Who is responsible for preparing and submitting the state budget each year?
Definition
the governor
Term
IL9: What two types of taxes are dealt with?
Definition
property taxes
income taxes
Term
IL9: Who has the exclusive power to tevy taxes?
Definition
gerneral assembly
Term
IL12: Who is considered part of the state militia?
Definition
all able-bodied persons
Term
IL5: What are the powers of the Treasurer?
Definition
money
Term
IL5: Who is the Chief executive officer of Illinois?
Definition
governor
Term
IL5: What are the powers of the Attorney General?
Definition
legal officer
Term
IL5: What are the powers of the Comptroller?
Definition
mantain the ststes central fiscal accounts
Term
IL6: In what three courts is Illinois judicial power vested?
Definition
supreme court
appellate court
circuit courts
Term
IL6: Who picks the Chief of justice of the Illinois Supreme Court?
Definition
supreme court judges
Term
IL6: What officer is reponsible for prosecuting violators of state and local laws?
Definition
states attorny
Term
IL6: How many judges does the Illinois Supreme Court have?
Definition
7
Term
IL6: What are the two classes of judges that are found in each Circuit Court?
Definition
associate judges
circuit judges
Term
IL6: What are trail courts called?
Definition
circuit courts
Term
IL4: How long does the governor have to sign a bill before it automatically becomes a law?
Definition
60 days
Term
federal office: president
Definition
barack obama
Term
federal office:vice president
Definition
joe biden
Term
federal office: speaker of the house
Definition
john boehner
Term
federal office: president of the senate pro tempore
Definition
daniel inouye
Term
federal office: secretary of state
Definition
hillary clinton
Term
federal offices: secretary of the treasury
Definition
timothy f. geithner
Term
federal office: secretary of defense
Definition
leon e. panetta
Term
federal office: attorney general
Definition
eric h. holder jr.
Term
federal office: secretary of homeland security
Definition
janet napolitano
Term
federal office: chief justice
Definition
john roberts
Term
federal office: senior senator-illinois
Definition
richard durbin
Term
federal office: junior senator-illionis
Definition
mark kirk
Term
federal office:  IL dist. 12 US represenative
Definition
jerry costello
Term
Il state: governor
Definition
Pat quinn
Term
il state: lt. governor
Definition
shelia simon
Term
il state: attorney general
Definition
lisa madigan
Term
il state: secretary of state
Definition
jesse white
Term
il state: comptroller
Definition
judy topinka
Term
il state: treasurer
Definition
dan rutherford
Term
il state: president of the senate
Definition
john culterton
Term
il state: speaker of the house
Definition
micheal madigan
Term
il state: IL 59th legislative dist. - state senator
Definition
gary forby
Term
il state: IL 117th represenative dist. - state rep.
Definition
john bradley
Term
il state: chief justice
Definition
thomas kilbride
Term
illinois' first capitol
Definition
kaskaskia
Term
illinos' second capitol
Definition
vandlia
Term
illinois current capitol
Definition
springfield
Term
state tree
Definition
white oak
Term
state flower
Definition
violet
Term
state bird
Definition
northern cardinal
Term
state slogan
Definition
land of lincoln
Term
state mineral
Definition
fluorite
Term
state insect
Definition
monarch butterfly
Term
state animal
Definition
white tailed deer
Term
state fish
Definition
bluegill
Term
state praire grass
Definition
big bluestem
Term
state fossil
Definition
tully monster
Term
state dance
Definition
square dance
Term
state soil
Definition
drummer silty
Term
state snack food
Definition
popcorn
Term
state amphibian
Definition
eastern tiger salamander
Term
state reptile
Definition
painted turtle
Term
state song
Definition
illinois
Term
state fruit
Definition
goldrush apple
Term
US1: how many days, not counting Sundays, does the President have to sign a bill before it automatically becomes a law?
Definition
10 days
Term
what is a cabinet?
Definition
the president appoints advisors to head of thr different executive departments
Term
IL: What date did Illinois become a state?
Definition
December 3, 1818
Term
IL: What is the date of adoption of the present Illinois Constitution?
Definition
July 1, 1971
Term
IL: Which of the four Illinois costituions was in force the longest?
Definition
1870
Term
IL: How many amendments have been ratified into the Illinois Constitution since 1970?
Definition
10
Term
IL: What are the house of representatives and the senate in Illinois called together?
Definition
general assemble
Term
IL4: How many legislative districts are there in Illinois?
Definition
59
Term
IL4: How many representative districts are there in Illinois?
Definition
118
Term
IL4: What are the three term lengths that Illinois senators serve?
Definition
4, 4, 2
Term
IL4: What are the three qualifications to run for the general assembly?
Definition

US Citizen

21 years old

resedent of the district for 2 years

Term
IL4: What determines the size of Illinois Legislative and Representative Districts?
Definition
population
Term
IL4:What is the override procedure for a vetoed bill?
Definition
3/5 vote
Term
IL4: How much of a vote is necessary in the General Assembly for the passage of bills?
Definition
majority
Term
IL6: How long is the term of the judges of the Supreme and Appellate Courts?
Definition
10 years
Term
IL6: How long is the term of the circuit judges?
Definition
6 years
Term
IL6: How long is the term of the associate judges?
Definition
4 years
Term
IL6: How are the judges of Illinois chosen (except associate judges)?
Definition
nominated at primary elections or by petiton
Term
IL6: How are associate judges chosen?
Definition
appointed
Term
IL6: Who determines the retirement age fore judges?
Definition
the supreme court
Term
IL7: What four county officers may each county have?
Definition
coroner
recorder
assessor
auditor
Term
IL14: List the main steps that would be necessary to adopt am amendment to the constitution:
Definition
3/5 of house
3/5 senate
voters 3/5 vote
Term
DI: When was the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress?
Definition
July 4, 1776
Term
DI: Name the city where the Second Continental Congress assembled.
Definition
Philadelphia
Term
DI: What is the title of the pamphlet that influenced many people in favor of complete independence from England?
Definition
Common Sense
Term
DI: Who was the author of the aforementioned pamphlet?
Definition
Thomas Paine
Term
DI: Name the patriot who introduced the resolution for independence in the Continental Congress.
Definition
Richard Henry Lee
Term
DI: name the members of the committee which was assigned the task of drawing up the Declaration of Independence.
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Roger Sherman
Robert Livingston
Term
DI: Who was the actual author of the Declaration?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
Term
DI: What are the truths that ate "self-evident"?
Definition
all men are equal/endowed with certain rights
Term
DI: What are the three basic "inalienable rights"?
Definition
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Term
DI: What do governments that are "instituted among Men" derive their powers?
Definition
from he consent of the governed (people)
Term
DI: What do people have a right to do, according to the Declaration, if a government "becomes destructive of these ends"?
Definition
right of the people to alter or abolish it
Term
DI: What did colonist think they must do "when a long train of abuses and usurpations" aimed at reducing them "under absolute Desportism"?
Definition
it is their right, their duty to throw off such Government and form a new one
Term
DI: How did the Declaration attempt's to prove that the king had followed an oppressive policy towards the colonies?
Definition
let facts be submitted to a candid world by listing his abuses
Term
DI: list four specific things that the Declaration stated that the colonies could do as "Free and Independent States".
Definition
power to levy war
conclude peace
contract alliances
establish commerce
Term
DI: what did the signers of the Declaration pledge in the name of freedom?
Definition
our lives our fortunes and our sacred honor
Term
DI: What is the most prominent (in size) signature of the Declaration of Independence?
Definition
John Hancock
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