Chapter 7: Jeopardy Review

5 Principles of Gov’t Parts of Government Federal vs. State Miscellaneous

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100

• California bans purple tee-shirts in public. Which principle of gov’t does this fall under?

Federalism

• Anything to do with a state is Federalism!

200

• The Vice President is caught stealing tax-payers money to fund his own underground wrestling tournament and then is impeached due to his crimes.

Limited Gov’t

• No one, even in gov’t, is above the law!

300

• The Judicial branch is allowed to declare laws constitutional.

Separation of powers

• Every branch has a specific and different power

400

• The President has the power to veto a law that Congress send him/her.

Checks and balances

• No one branch is more powerful than the others.

500

• The people have the power in the government because they have the right to vote.

Popular Sovereignty

• The people rule the gov’t through their vote

100

• This was a plan for government that included a one-house legislative branch with equal representation for all states no matter the size of the population was:

New Jersey Plan

200

• Who makes up the Congress?

Senate and House of Representatives

• Bicameral House

300

• What is the difference between the Federal Government and the State government?

• State: run only by the state• Federal: central/ national gov’t

400

• What is the job of the Judicial Branch?

To Interpret the Laws

500

• What are the qualifications for being President?

• Must be 35, born in the US, and lived in the country 14 years before running for President

100

• The power of control over education belongs to …

The State

200

• The power of gun regulation belongs to…

Both

300

• The power over collecting taxes belongs to…

Both

400

• The power over creating and maintaining roads belongs to…

Both

500

• They have the power to declare war…

Federal Gov’t

100

• How many senators does each state have?

• 2

200

• This proposal for government that called for a two-house legislative: a House of Representatives determined by population and a Senate with equal representation:

The Great Compromise

300

• What were the Articles of Confederation?

Articles of Confederation

• The system of Federal gov’t from 1783 to 1787 that was extremely flawed.

400

• What was one flaw of the Articles of Confederation?

Articles

• Weak central gov’t• Couldn’t raise taxes• Only had one branch of gov’t…

500

• Which success of the Articles of Confederation created a way for new states to join the original 13 states once they had 60,000 free citizens?

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787