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30 Cards in this Set
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What powers belong to legislative branch?
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Law Making
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What powers belong to judical branch?
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Law interpreting branch
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What powers belong to Executive branch?
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Law enforcing
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What is Federalism?
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Division of power among central government and several regional governments
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How must a formal amendment be proposed?
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2/3/ Congress or proposed at a national convention called by Congress when requested by 2/3 (38) of the States
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How must a formal amendment be ratified?
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Ratified by state legislature in 3/4 of the states or ratified by conventions held in 3/4 of the states
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This amendment protects from unreasonable searches
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# IV
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This amendment is usually mentioned in a challenge to the death penalty
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# VIII
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The poll tax tried to take away rights in what amendment?
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#XV
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When court cases are used to change the Constitution it is what kind of change
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informal
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What are some types of informal changes?
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custom, basic legislation, executive action, court decisions, party practices
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Writ of Mandamus
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written order telling a public official to do their job
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Who gets 3 electors from the 23rd amendment?
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Washington, D.C.
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limited government
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government is not all powerful
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25th amendment says who is 3rd in line for the presidency?
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Speaker of the House
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Supremacy Clause
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No one is above the law
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Separate ballot for president and vice president-what amendment put this in place?
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#XXV
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Which amendment protects against self-incrimination?
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#V
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19th Amendment
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Gave women the right to vote
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Established Judicial Review
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Marbury v. Madison
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John Tyler moving up to become President is an example of
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informal amendment
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What did the 24th amendment ban?
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poll tax
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Introduction to the Constitution
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Preamble
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Ratifying the Constitution
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Article VII
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When does a term of Congress begin
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January 3
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Best known special session
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State of the Union
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Who heads the executive branch?
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President
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When Constitution was written who could vote?
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White men with property
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What branch has the power to impeach?
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Congress
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Name three groups to whom the Constitution extends voting rights?
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African Americans (15), women (19), and eighteen year olds (26)
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