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20 Cards in this Set
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If you identified a problem in your community, what are the steps that you would take to resolve it? |
Start a petition, email, letter, and phone call to representative. |
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A(n) _________ issue is one that deals with the community as a whole. |
Public |
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What is an example of a current issue? |
Cyber-bulling, minimum wage laws, Obamacare. |
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What is an example of a public issue? |
How much to tax, how to handle youth crimes |
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What are the three levels of federal courts and what function does each level serve?
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District, Circuit of Appeals, Supreme.
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What are the two ways a US Constitutional amendment can be proposed? |
2/3 Congress 2/3 state called Constitutional Convention |
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What are two ways a US Constitutional amendment can be approved? |
3/4 State Legislature 3/4 state Constitutional Convention |
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A government program that provides economic and military assistance to another country is called ________. |
Foreign aid |
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The Articles of Confederation is a _________ type of government whereas the US Constitution establishes a ________ type of government. |
Confederal Federal |
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Article 1, Section 8, Clauses 1-17 establish ____________ powers for Congress while Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 (elastic clause) establishes __________ powers. |
Enumerated/ expressed powers Implied powers |
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Powers shared by both the state governments and the federal government, such as building roads, collecting taxes, and passing laws are called _______ powers. |
Concurrent powers. |
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According to the 10th Amendment to the US Constitution, powers not specifically granted to the federal government nor denied to the states are given to the states and called __________ powers. |
Reserved powers. |
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List the following choices in order to properly depict the hierarchy (order) of the Florida Court system from least to greatest authority. Circuit Courts, State Supreme Court, District Court of Appeals, County Courts |
County Courts, Circuit Courts, District Court of Appeals, State Supreme Court. |
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________ jurisdiction allows a court to hear a case first. |
Original Jurisdiction |
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________ jurisdiction is when the authority to hear a case is shared by multiple courts of the judicial system. |
Concurrent jurisdiction |
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_______ jurisdiction is the authority to hear only certain types of cases (bankruptcy, family issues, etc.) |
Exclusive jurisdiction |
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The power of the court to decide whether a law of the presidential action is agreement with the Constitution is called __________. |
Judicial review |
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The following description best identifies which constitution, The Florida Constitution or the US Constitution? Is fairly short, concise, and difficult to amend and has only seven articles. |
US Constitution |
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The following description best identifies which constitution, The Florida Constitution or the US Constitution? Is longer, easy to amend, and grants government the power to oversee education. |
The Florida Constitution |
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Which step is missing in the sequence of creating public policy? Identifying a problem ______________________ Selecting a solution Developing an action plan |
Creating possible solutions. |
