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45 Cards in this Set
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House of Representatives
Term length Age |
2 Years
25 Years Old |
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Who can propose laws?
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House of Representatives
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Who can impeach the president?
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House of Representatives
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Senate
Term length Age |
6 Years
30 Years Old |
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Who approves presidential appointments?
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Senate
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Who can ratify treaties with foreign governments?
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Senate
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Who tries the president after impeachment?
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Senate
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Who proposes laws?
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Congress
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Who can declare war?
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Congress
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What is needed to override a presidential veto?
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2/3 vote in House and Senate
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What is needed for a Constitutional amendment?
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2/3 vote in House and Senate and 3/4 of the state's vote
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What does the Legeslative Branch do?
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Makes laws
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President
Term length Age Other restriction |
4 Years
35 Years Old Must be native born |
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What power does the president have over laws?
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The power to approve or veto
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What power does the president have over treaties with foreign governments?
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Can make treaties
Senate needed to approve |
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What power does the president have over appointments?
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Can appoint cabinet members and judges
Senate is needed to approve |
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What military power does the president have?
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The president is Commander-in-Chief
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Supreme Court Judges
Term length |
Serve for life in good behavior
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What powers do the judges have over laws?
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Can declare them unconstitutional
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What powers do the judges have over states?
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Can settle disputes between states
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What powers do the judges have internationally?
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The can settle disputes involving the United States
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Abraham Lincoln
Party Platform |
16th President
Republican Preventing the spread of slavery |
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Jefferson Davis
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President of the Confederacy
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Ulyssees S. Grant
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Leader of the Union Army
Eventually caused the surrender of the Confederacy |
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Robert E. Lee
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Leader of the Confederate Army
Surrendered at Appomatox Court House |
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William T. Sherman
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Leader of a part of the Union Army
Sherman's March to the Sea was a start of the concept of total war, completely annihilating anything around |
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Frederick Douglas
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An African-American slave he tried escaping three times, succeding the third
An abolitionist He knew how to read and write, so he taught other slaves |
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William Lloyd Garrison
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An abolitionist
Wrote 1820 issues of his magazine/newspaper called The Liberator |
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Fort Sumter
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The Fort where the first shots that initiated the Civil War happened
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Richmond, Virginia
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The Capital of the Confederacy
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Gettysburg Address
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Speech given by Abraham Lincoln at the Gettysburg Cemetary addressing the dead soldiers on the battlefield and the Civil War
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June 1914
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Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
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July 28, 1914
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World War 1 Begun
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June 1919
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Treaty of Versailles signed
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April 6, 1917
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US declares war on Germany
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November 11, 1918
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Armistice Day (Truce) World War I fighting ends
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Central Powers of WWI
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Germany
Austria/Hungary Turkey (Ottoman Empire) |
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Main Allies of WWI
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Great Britain
France Russia United States Minor: Japan, Serbia |
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Short-term cause of WWI
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Assassination of Ferdinand
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Long Term Causes of WWI
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Nationalism
Militarism Imperialism Entangled Alliances |
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Nationalism in WWI
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Europeans were proud of their nations, and thought they were the best.
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Militarism in WWI
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The belief that a nation should have a large military force
Europeans wanted to show their power |
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Imperialism in WWI
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France and Britain had many colonies and Germany wanted more
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Entangled Alliances in WWI
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Because of the assassination Austria declared war on Serbia, Russia had to protect Serbia, Germany had to help Austria, France had to help Russia, Germany marched through Belgium on their way to France, whom Britain had to protect
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Difference between WWI and prior wars
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New weapons: such as tanks, airplanes on the offensive, poison gas used to burn and blind, submarines, machine guns the central weapon, artillery shells (bombing)
Machine Gunning caused trench warfare Larger scale, 65 million people 10 Million Civilian deaths, 10 million soldier deaths There were indiscriminant weapons such as gas and bombs Submarines could take out large ships with many people on them |
