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| Every U.S. president takes an oath |
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| to preserve, protect and defend the constitution. |
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| · constitution that the presidents have to promise to preserve, protect and defend has four functions. |
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| 1. Outline the organization of government. 2. Granting government powers. 3. Limiting power by guaranteeing rights. 4. Serving as a symbol of the nation. |
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| Define and discuss constitutionalism. |
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| Constitutionalism is the idea, often associated with the political theories of John Locke and the "founders" of the American republic, that government can and should be legally limited in its powers, and that its authority depends on its observing these limitations. |
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| What is the most important effect of constitutionalism? |
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| The government is self-limited through constitution. In this way, they can't do acts that aren't for the good of the people. |
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| The Declaration establishes that all men (people) are created by |
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| god with rights. It establishes further that rulers can only govern with consent of the government. (Constitutionalism) |
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| The Declaration of Independence establishes |
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| In effect, the Articles of Confederation were the first |
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| American national constitution, even though it was state driven. |
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| The Articles of Confederation gaves the states... |
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| ... so much autonomy [states rights]. |
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, states did what with money? |
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| States made cheap money. Every state had its own currency. |
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| How did the National government have powers through the Articles? |
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| Under the articles the central government, or national government, did control the military. However, the National governments power was very limited. |
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, the central government had insufficient power to... |
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| levy taxes on the national level (congress). |
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| How many state votes were needed to approve ammendments of the articles? |
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| All of the member states had to approve an amendment to the articles. |
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| What were the Articles of Confederation? What purpose did they serve? |
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| First national constitution. They served to govern. |
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| Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787 |
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| Rhode Island was the only state to not attend. |
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| Father of the Constitutional Convention. |
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| Single executive elected by legislature for fixed term. < Question of slavery. |
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| The Virginia plan and the New Jersey plan were very |
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| Recommended by the delegates from Connecticut. |
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| The Great Compromise brought us |
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| numerical representation for the Senate |
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| Congress has created in the constitution a ________ legislature. |
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| was a political compromise. Slave count was 3/5 off a person. Increased southern representation. |
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| Ratified in 1870 gave black men the right to vote. Women granted the right to vote in 1920 [19th amendment]. |
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| How many electoral college votes did it take to become president? |
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| 270 electoral college vote to be president. |
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| Supporters of the proposed Constitution were called |
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| Federalist. Opposition were called Anti-federalist. |
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| 3 main authors of the Federalist Papers. |
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| Alexander Hamilton [first secretary of treasury], John Jay, James Madison [the father of the Constitution]. |
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| The federalist promised a Bill of Rights |
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| to assure ratification of the U.S. Constitution. |
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| the authority of the Supreme Court or a lower court to state what the law means (constitutional or unconstitutional). |
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The features of the constitution are
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| secularism, republicanism, and adaptability. |
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| Republic (representative government) – |
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| the form of government has divided powers. |
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Not one of the branches of government has exclusive authority over its area of activity. True or Flase?
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| Checks and balances work because |
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| 3 branches of the government share some power. |
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The constitution left the states with
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| adequate regulatory (police) power. i.e. control over health, safety and welfare of citizens. |
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| Electing a president through direct public election, by Congress, state legislative ideas that the framers talked about but compromised with the electoral college. True or false? |
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One of the adaptability features of the constitution is
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| The constitution promotes |
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| procedure over substance. |
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| What vote ratio is needed to propose and ammend the constitution? |
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| A 2/3 approval vote of each house of congress and ¾ of state is sufficient to amend the constitution. [propose and ratify] |
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| What is another way of proposing and ammendment to the constitution? |
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| One of the 2 means for initiating amendments of the constitution has to be proposed at a national convention called by congress which requires 2/3 of states. [ hasn’t been used] |
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Marburry vs Madison [1803]
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| established the Supreme Court’s power of judicial review. |
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| is the power of the Court to declare acts of the other two branches unconstitutional. |
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