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    Civics final exam notes

    1. The number of senators and reps. from each state?


    • 2 senators from each stat, reps are based on population

    2. The informal qualifications for the members of congress and the make
    up of congress today?
    • Informal- what we want to see in our senators

    3. The role that members of congress play


    • Represent constitutentes(people they represent), they can vote
    on a law, and approve treaties

    4. Why we have a bicameral legislature


    • The founding fathers wanted the gov’t to do some jobs on its
    own with checks and balances, so states would be fairly
    represented

    5. Changes brought about by the 17th amendment


    • Direct election of senators by people in the state

    6. Why members of congress may debate freely without legal


    consequences
    • So they wont go to jail saying what they meant

    7. McCulloch vs. Maryland


    • 1819-established the supremacy of federal law over state and
    local law

    8. Congressional power to regulate bankruptcy


    • Congress can determine the rules for bankruptcy making them
    more or less rigid

    9. Impeaching the president(what does the house/senate do)


    • house- collects info and testimony and evidence
    • senate- acts as jury

    10.In times of war what the congresses powers


    • Financial powers- declaring war, approving military budget,
    approving officers, approving treaties

    11.Why do we have the necessary and proper clause as part of the const.
    • Conditions arise that hadn’t been determined by the founding
    fathers

    12.Who has the power to propose const. amendments


    • Anyone basically…congress, state legislatures, const.
    conventions

    13.Formal qualifications for president?


    • 35+ years old, U.S. citizen, born in the U.S., resident for atleast
    14 years, can be member of senate

    14.What caused the election of 1800 to become a mess


    • It was a tie

    15.As the incumbent president why would you expect to be voted by


    your party
    • Because not getting voted by your party admits failure

    16.How many years may a president serve


    • 10 at most

    17.Presidential succession act of 1947


    • Established the order in which cabinet members can obtain
    presidency

    18. Presidential ability and how that works


    • the 22nd amendment describes when a president is
    incapacitated( cant function) if the presidents cabinet says he
    cant function, he is replaced

    19.During a presidential election where do most political battles occur


    • primary

    20.How many electors per state


    • Based on number of senators plus reps.
    21. Constitutional duty of V.P.
    • oversee the senate (like he is the president of the senate)

    22. Purpose of presidential primary


    • to select the strongest party candidate prior to the party
    conventions

    23.difference between cacus and primary


    • cacus-group of party officials that choose a presidential
    candidate
    • primary- everyone who is registered to vote can vote in that
    state

    24.which state has first cacus


    • iowa

    25.informal qualifications of president


    • health, appearance, personality ect…

    26. electoral college-major flaws or problems with it today


    • state reps. are bound to vote for whoever won the state,
    electoral votes are not proportional

    27.originally electing the president- who did it?


    • Electorial college

    28.What the federal buracracy means


    • Staff and line agencies that impliment federal law, (excutive
    branch)

    29. Different between staff and line agencies


    • staff- provide support agencies
    • line- involved in collecting info, and proposing policy

    30.excutive departments also called….?


    • Presidential cabinet

    31.What is an independent agency


    • ???
    32. Why we created the civil service system
    • to establish a fair recruitment system for government employees
    • to provide a system of assessment promotion based on merit

    33.president Washington cabinet-positions?


    • Secretary of treasury, secretary of War, secretary of state, attorney
    general, post-master general

    34.The function of the president cabinet


    • To advise the president on the operations of president and to
    sharpen impliment policy

    35.The jobs of the white house office staff


    • To help the president, in day-to-day operaions in office

    36.Main purpose of the EOP (excutive office of president)


    • (same as #35)

    37.The various forms of taxes that congress can create


    • Income tax, terrifs, estate taxes ect..

    38.What was the spoils system


    • Early in American history, the president could appoint anyone he
    wanted to an executive office. (usually done with favoritism)

    39.The main purpose of the national security system


    • To protect our boarders

    40. What groups of people may congress not tax


    • diplomats

    41.who pays a gift tax


    • someone that buys over $10,000 worth of things in another country

    42.why the federal government borrows money at a lower intrest rate


    than us
    • because they can
    43.what is deficiate financing
    • when the government spends more $ than it takes in and uses
    borrowed $ to make up the difference

    44.federal government today spending 1-5 dollars in debt

    45.today’s public debt is monitered in trillions

    46.major categories of federal spend is spent on what?


    • entitlements

    47.What are the federal governments non-tax revenues


    • ??????

    48.What does federal budget have greatest impact on


    • Services provided to the American people

    49. Government regulations regarding assembly


    • freedom of assembly- unless there is illegal activity involved

    50.due process clause


    • 14th amendment if the government is going to do anything to you,
    they must establish a process

    51.main ideas behind commercial speech freedoms


    • people have free speech to sell something but cant lie in doing it

    52.supreme court decisions about assembling on private property


    • ( same as #49)

    53.why framers of the const. include individual rights statements


    • because the British kept taking our individual rights away

    54.can individuals do as they choose in this country


    • to protect Americans from violations that they had experienced
    under the british

    55.the free exercize clause- what does it give people the right to do
    • practice religion and speech with in the law
    56.how government controls freedom of assembly and why
    • (same as #49)

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