Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
29 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
New Jersey Plan
|
-one house legislature
-each state would send 1 rep -population doesn't matter |
|
|
Virginia Plan
|
-three branch government
-bicameral (two house) legislature -more people in state = more reps for that state |
|
|
Great Compromise
|
-mixed both ideas from NJ and Virgina plans
-two house legislature -each state sends an equal amount of reps to one house (senate) -each state sends reps depending on population (to House of Representatives) |
|
|
3/5 Compromise
|
-each state could count 3/5 of their slaves as part of population
-slave holding states could count those (3/5) slaves as extra to their population to send to the HOR |
|
|
Who makes up the Executive branch?
|
president
vice president cabinet members |
|
|
Who makes up the Legislative branch?
|
senate
house of representatives |
|
|
Who makes up the judicial branch?
|
supreme court
|
|
|
How many justices are on the supreme court?
|
9
|
|
|
Who is the chief justice of the supreme court today?
|
John Roberts Jr.
|
|
|
Who appoints the supreme court justices?
|
president
|
|
|
What kind of job security does a supreme court justice have?
|
they stay until they die or resign
|
|
|
federalism
|
the sharing of power between the state and national government
|
|
|
name a power of the national government
|
mantain military
|
|
|
name a power of the state government
|
set up schools
|
|
|
name a power of both the state and national government
|
collect taxes
|
|
|
describe the format of the US Constitution
|
it was written in seven articles
|
|
|
how many amendments are there to the Constitution today?
|
27
|
|
|
Who wrote the New York State Constitution?
|
John Jay Chairman
|
|
|
give a power from the executive branch
|
carries out federal laws
|
|
|
give a check from to the executive branch
|
congress can impeach and remove the President from office
|
|
|
give a power from the legislative branch
|
passes federal laws
|
|
|
give a check on the leglislative branch
|
presidential veto of federal laws
|
|
|
give a power from the judicial branch
|
can declare laws passed by congress and acts of the presdent unconstitutional
|
|
|
give a check on the judicial branch
|
the president appoints supreme court justices
|
|
|
Name the first two political parties
|
federalists
republicans |
|
|
Give a belief of ferderalists
|
stronger national government
|
|
|
Give a belief of republicans
|
stronger state government
|
|
|
name the leader of the federalists
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
|
|
name the leader of the republicans
|
Thomas Jefferson
|
