creating a government unit exam review power point
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Creating A GovernmentUnit Exam
Review Power Point
Terms and
Qualifications for
Office
House of Representatives
• 435 members
• Term - 2 years term / entire body up for re – election every 2 years
• Qualifications – 25 years old, 7 years a citizen and a resident of the state
Senate
• 100 members
• Term – 6 years / 1/3 of body elected every 2 years
• Qualifications – 30 years old, 9 years a citizen and a resident of the state
President
• Term – 4 years / 2 terms
• Qualifications – 35 years old and born in the United States
Supreme Court
• 9 members
• Term - Life
Vocabulary
Republic
• A nation in which the voters elect representatives to govern them
Federalism
• The sharing of powers between the state and national governments
Separation of Powers
• Each branch of the government has its own powers – clearly described in the Constitution
• Each branch of the government has its own duties and responsibilities
Electoral College
• The system of electors chosen from each state to choose the President.
• Responsible for choosing the President and Vice - President
Checks and Balances
• Each branch of the Federal Government has some way to check, or control, the other two branches
• Examples – President vetoes a bill, Congress overrides his veto, Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional, President appoints a Supreme Court Justice and the Senate ratifies the appointment
Bill
• A proposed law
Override
• Overruling a President’s veto
• Takes a 2/3’s majority in both houses of Congress
Veto
• Rejecting a bill
Impeach
• Bringing charges against a President or Supreme Court Justice
Amend
• To make changes in the Constitution
• 2/3’s of Congress to propose and ¾’s of the states to approve
• Constitution has 27 of them
Due Process
• Government must follow the same rules in all cases brought to trial
• Trial by jury, right to be defended by a lawyer, right to a speedy trial
Shared or Concurrent Powers
• The national government has certain powers, the state governments have certain powers and there are powers shared by both
Law
• Bill that is signed by the President
Legislative Branch
• Makes the laws
• Made up of the Congress – the House of Representatives and the Senate
Executive Branch
• Enforces the laws
• President is the head of this branch
Judicial Branch
• Interprets the laws
• Made up of the Supreme Court and other Federal Courts
Census
• Counting the population ever 10 years
• Began in 1790
• Determines a state’s representation in the House of Representatives
Bill of Rights
• Lists the freedoms the government has to protect
• First 10 amendments to the Constitution – ratified in 1791
Ratify
• To pass or accept
• 9 of the 13 states had to do this for the Constitution to go into effect
Federalist
• A person who was in favor of the Constitution
Antifederalist
• A person who was opposed to the Constitution
Constitution
• A document that sets out the laws and principles of a government
• “Recipe for Government”
• Spells out the rights of the citizens
• Limits the power of government
Economic Depression
• A period when business activity slows, prices and wages fall and unemployment rises
• Led to Shays’ Rebellion in 1786
Who Am I?
James Madison
• Virginia• “Father of the
Constitution”• Co – author of the
Virginia Plan• One of the authors of
the Federalist Papers
George Washington
• Virginia• President of the
Constitutional Convention
• First President elected under the new Constitution
John Adams
• Massachusetts• Was not at the
Constitutional Convention because he was our Minister to England
• First Vice-President elected under the new Constitution
Benjamin Franklin
• Pennsylvania• Oldest delegate at the
Constitutional Convention
William Paterson
• New Jersey• Author of the New
Jersey Plan
Roger Sherman
• Connecticut• Author of the Great
Compromise
Alexander Hamilton
• New York• Only New York
delegate to stay at the Constitutional Convention
• One of the authors of the Federalist Papers
John Jay
• New York• One of the authors of
the Federalist Papers
Edmund Randolph
• Virginia• Co – author of the
Virginia Plan