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Franking privileges
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ability to mail official letters free of charge
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Majority party in the House of Representatives: (republican or democrat)
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Republican
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Minority party in the House of Representatives: (republican or democrat)
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Democrat
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Majority party in the Senate: (republican or democrat)
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Democrat
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Minority party in the Senate: (republican or democrat)
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Republican
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Head official of the House of Representatives:
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Speaker of the House
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Head official of the Senate:
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Vice President
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In the event the Vice President is absent from the Senate, the ____________ serves in their place
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president pro tempore
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Number of members of the House of Represenatives:
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435
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Number of members in the Senate:
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100
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Name given to members of the House of Representatives:
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Representatives
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Name given to members of the Senate:
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Senators
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Term length for Representatives:
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2 years
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Term length for Senators:
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6 years
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What is the election schedule for Congress?
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All elections occur in even numbered years for both Senators and Representatives
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Privileges for Representatives and Senators:
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Office allowances, expense accounts for travel to home states, immunity, franking privileges
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Required age to be a Representative:
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25 years old
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Required age to be a Senator:
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30 years old
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Citizenship requirement for Representatives:
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7 years
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Citizenship requirement for Senators:
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9 years
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Where do you have to live to be a Senator or Representative?
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the state(s) you will represent
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Congressional term for 2013 and 2014:
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113th Congress
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Current speaker of the House of Representatives (chosen by the majority party)
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John Boehner (Republican)
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Current Presiding Officer of the Senate:
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Joe Biden (Democrat)
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Current President Pro Tempore (chosen by the majority party)
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Patrick Leahy (Democrat)
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Senior Senator from PA:
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Bob Casey Jr (Democrat)
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Junior Senator from PA:
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Pat Toomey (Republican)
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Our PA Representative (12th District)
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Keith Rothfus (Republican)
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Current PA Governor:
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Tom Corbett (Republican)
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Current PA Lieutenant Governor:
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Jim Cawley
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Majority party in the House of Representatives is held by:
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Eric Cantor
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Majority party in the Senate is held by:
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Harry Reid
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2 reasons for a bicameral legislature in Congress:
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checks and balances, equal representation for the states
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2 actions of discipline used to show no tolerance for the inappropriate behavior members of Congress:
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Censure (referral), expulsion from Congress
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The process of gerrymandering originates in 1812 with a story of a _______ from the state of ________
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governor, Massachussetts
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The man who started gerrymandering's name was:
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Elbridge Gerry
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Revolutionary War dates:
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1775-1783
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Civil War dates:
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1861-1865
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World War 1 dates:
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1917-1918
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World War 2 dates:
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1941-1945
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Korean War dates:
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1950-1953
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Vietnam War dates:
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1961-1975
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Gulf War dates:
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1990-1992
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General Assembly of Pennsylvania:
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state legislature of PA, resides in Harrisburg
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Primary election:
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Spring. Think basic colors
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General election:
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Fall, decides final positions
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Minimum wage:
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the lowest amount of money you can make per hour in the US
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Barack Obama:
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Current president of the US, originally a Senator from Illinois
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John Roberts:
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current Chief Justice
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Nancy Pelosi:
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minority leader of the House of Representatives
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Mitch McConnell:
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Senior senator from Kentucky
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US Supreme Court Justices:
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Sotomayor
Breyer Alito Kagan Thomas Scalia Roberts Kennedy Ginsburg |
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Andrew Johnson:
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17th president, impeached for violating the Tenure of Office Act, first to be impeached
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Richard Nixon:
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37th president, resigned because of the Watergate scandal
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Bill Clinton:
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42nd president, known for his reputation, impeached but not removed
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Sandra Day O'Connor:
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First female Supreme Court justice
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Thurgood Marshall:
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First African American Supreme Court Justice, lawyer for the NAACP (Linda Brown's lawyer)
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
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32nd president, created the New Deal, had polio and was paralyzed from the waist down
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What is the purpose of checks and balances?
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so power is equal between branches
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elastic clause:
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allows for laws not stated in the Constitution
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Who can suggest a bill?
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Any citizen in the US
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Who can introduce a bill?
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Members of the Senate or the House of Representatives
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Number of Pennsylvania counties:
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67
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Interest group:
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work for a certain purpose
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Lobbyists:
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groups for a certain purpose
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Where must appropriation bills start?
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The House of Representatives
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Why does a Supreme Court Justice not have to worry about their decisions as much as members of Congress might have to?
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Justices don't have to worry about elections or constituents
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How many congressional districts are there in PA?
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18
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What are some examples of interest groups?
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NAACP, ACLU
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How many senators are there from PA?
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2
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How many representatives are there from PA?
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18
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Republic
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supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, has an elected or nominated president. Best describes the US government
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Amendments
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articles added to the US Constitution, there are 27
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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chiefs of staff of the US Army and Air Force, the commandant of the US Marine Corps, and the chief of US Naval Operations
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Slander/Libel
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the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
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Immigration
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the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country
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Emigration
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the act of leaving one's country or region with the intent to live in another
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Dictatorship
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Ruling by force
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Unicameral (Nebraska)
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Nebraska is the only state to have a single legislature. They have no House of Representatives (Their Senate has 49 members)
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Bicameral
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Having two branches of a legislative body (Senate and HOR)
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Government
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Power or authority which rules on behalf of a group of people
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Judicial Review
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when the Supreme Court decides if a legislative decision was constitutional or unconstitutional
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Diplomacy
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the art of managing international relations, usually by sending representatives
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Nepotism
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when people with power of favor relatives or friends, usually by giving them jobs
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Tact
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being careful in dealing with people or difficult issues
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Suffrage
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the right to vote in political elections
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Non Violent Resolution
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solving a problem peacefully
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Constituents
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the people that Congress represent (you are one of them)
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Tyranny
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Ruling by fear, an abusive government
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Federalism
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Power is divided by the state and federal governments
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Eminent Domain
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the right of a government to turn private property into a place for public use, with payment or compensation
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Checks and Balances
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regulating government by making sure that no one branch has too much power
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Separation of Powers
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putting the three branches of government in separate bodies
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Date of JFK's Assassination
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November 22, 1963
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Date of Robert Kennedy's Assassination
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June 6, 1968
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Date of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Assassination
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April 4, 1968
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What year does Columbus discover America?
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1492
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Date of Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
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May 10, 1869
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Date of ratification of the Constitution
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June 21, 1788
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Date of the Rosa Parks Montgomery Bus Boycott
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December 1, 1955
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Harry Truman
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33rd President, bombed Japan in 1945
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George Washington
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1st President, Founding Father, Commander in Chief during the Revolutionary War
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John Kerry
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68th and current Secretary of State
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Alexander Coffroth
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Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from PA, born in Somerset
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James Buchanan
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15th President, only president from PA, only president to remain a bachelor
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Richard Nixon
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37th President, only president to resign, Watergate scandal
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Andrew Johnson
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17th President, impeached for getting rid of cabinet members that did not agree with him
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John F. Kennedy
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35th President, first born in the 20th Century to be President, only Roman Catholic president, only president to win a Pulitzer Prize, assassinated in Dallas, Texas by Lee Harvey Oswald
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Abraham Lincoln
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16th President, helped pass the 13th Amendment to end slavery
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Dwight Eisenhower
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34th President, five-star general in the US Army during World War II, served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe, renamed Camp David after his grandson
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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32nd President, creator of The New Deal, paralyzed from the waist down from having polio as a child, served for 4 terms, known for his radio addresses
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Benjamin Franklin
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Founding Father, author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat
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Thomas Jefferson
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3rd President, Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence
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James Madison
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4th President, statesman, political theorist, kept the secret journal
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Bill Clinton
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42nd President, 3rd youngest president, 2nd president to be impeached
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Ernesto Miranda
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arrested for rape and kidnapping, sentenced to 20 to 30 years in prison, originator of the Miranda Warning
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Federalists
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supporters of the Constitution
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Anti Federalists
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Against the Constitution
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Gerald Ford
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38th President, 40th Vice President, took over after Nixon's resignation, lived longer than any other president
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Nelson Rockefeller
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businessman, philanthropist, public servant, 41st Vice President under Gerald Ford, 49th Governor of New York.
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Russian politician who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War, negotiated with JFK, Cuban Missile Crisis
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1814
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King George III
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King of Great Britain and Ireland, insane, had 15 children
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Spiro Agnew
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39th Vice President
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John Vatavuk
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Somerset County Commissioner
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Lisa Lazzari-Strasiser
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Somerset County District Attorney
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John Locke
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English philosopher and physician, creator of separation of powers
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Montesquieu
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Philosopher, separation of powers
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William Patterson
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farmer, manufacturer, Representative from NY
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Martin Luther
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Called out Catholics for being corrupt, founder of the Lutheran church
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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Pastor, activist, humanitarian, I Have A Dream speech, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
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First Continental Congress
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September 5, 1774 at Carpenter's Hall, talked about trade with Britain
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Second Continental Congress
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Worked towards independence, wrote the DOI
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5 Sections of the Declaration of Independence
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Preamble, Statement of Human Rights, Charges against the King and Parliament, Statement of Separation, Signatures
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Articles of Confederation
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First written plan of government, failed
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Great Compromise
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Declared that each state should have 2 representatives
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Constitutional Convention
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May 25 to September 17, in Philadelphia, intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, but they wrote the Constitution instead
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Federalist Papers
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85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the US Constitution
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Three Fifths Compromise
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Declared that black votes counted as 3/5ths of a person
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US Constitution
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Consists of amendments, supreme law of the US
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Reasons for a bicameral legislature
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Checks and Balances, equal representation, influence from Britain
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Necessary and proper clause (elastic clause)
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Allows for laws not stated in the Constitution
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Bill of Rights
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First ten amendments to the Constitution, outlines personal freedoms
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Establishment Clause
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prohibits the government from making any law respecting an establishment of religion
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# of Executive Departments and Duties
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15, State, Treasury, Justice, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Defense, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation, Energy, Education, Veterans Affairs, Homeland Security
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3 branches of government
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Judicial, Executive, Legislative
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# of PA Electoral Votes
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20
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# of PA counties
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67
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3 main weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
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Congress couldn't regulate taxes, each state only had one vote, no official currency
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Watergate
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Richard Nixon, involved breaking in to Democratic headquarters to get information that would help Nixon win the next election
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Preamble/Goals of the Preamble
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Form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, secure the blessings of liberty
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First Amendment Freedoms
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religion, speech, assembly, press, petition
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# of PA Representatives in Congress
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18
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# of Congressional Districts
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18
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# of PA Senators
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50
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Department of Homeland Security
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Secures the nation from threats
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
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Defends individual rights
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
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Black civil rights organization
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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Regulates food and drug intake, investigates products used
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Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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Regulates state and international communications
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Consumer Product Safety Council (CPSC)
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Conducts recalls on products
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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October 1962, 13-day confrontation in October 1962 between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side and the United States on the other
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Bay of Pigs Scandal
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Failed military invasion into Cuba, intended to overthrow Fidel Castro
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Louisiana Purchase
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1803, purchase contained Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Louisiana, 4 cents per acre
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Camp David aka Shangrila
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Country retreat for the President, near Thurmont, Maryland
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Tom Ridge
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was governor of PA, left to be first Director of Homeland Security
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What is so significant about Gerald Ford and Nelson Rockefeller?
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They are the only presidential team to not be elected by the people
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