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40 Cards in this Set
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the important thing about the Declaration of Independence? |
It announced that the USA was a new country, free from British control. |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the important thing about the U.S. Constitution? |
It tells how the government works and lists the rights of the people. |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the introduction to the U.S. Constitution called? |
The Preamble |
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FRONT - SET 1 What do you call people who are born in the U.S. or go through the naturalization process? |
U.S. citizens |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many branches of government does the U.S. have? |
three |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the name of the building that the Congress works in? |
the Capitol Building |
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FRONT - SET 1 Which branch of government is where the Congress works? |
the Legislative Branch |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the purpose of the Legislative Branch? |
to make the laws |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the name of the building where the Executive Branch works? |
The White House |
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FRONT - SET 1 In which branch of government does the President, Vice President and the Cabinet work? |
The Executive Branch |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the purpose of the Executive Branch? |
to carry out the laws |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the name of the building where the Judicial Branch works? |
The Supreme Court Building |
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FRONT - SET 1 In which branch does the Supreme Court work? |
The Judicial Branch |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the purpose of the Judicial Branch? |
to interpret the laws (to tell what laws mean and what the Constitution means) |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many states are there in the U.S.A.? |
50 |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many senators does each state get? |
2 |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many representatives are there in the House of Representatives? |
435 |
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FRONT - SET 1 How is the number of representatives for each state determined? |
by the population of the state The more people your state has, the more representatives your state will get. |
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FRONT - SET 1 Why is "representation is based on population" a fair way to determine the number of representatives that your state gets? |
It is fair because each person has an equal chance to contact their representative and each representative has an equal work load. Right now it is about 1 rep for every 760,000 people. |
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FRONT - SET 1 List as many synonyms (words and phrases) for FEDERAL as you can. |
FEDERAL = national central applies to the whole country... |
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FRONT - SET 1 What are the nine basic steps for how a bill becomes a law...in order? |
Idea Committee - Debate - Vote |
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FRONT - SET 1 Name the current President of the United States. |
Joe Biden |
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FRONT - SET 1 Name the current Vice President of the United States. |
Kamala Harris |
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FRONT - SET 1 Name the current two U.S. Senators from Maine. |
Angus King Susan Collins |
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FRONT - SET 1 Name the current two U.S. Representatives from Maine. |
Chellie Pingree Jared Golden |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the title for a judge on the Supreme Court? |
A judge on the Supreme Court is known as a "Justice." |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the important thing about the Legislative Branch? |
The important thing about the Legislative Branch is that the Congress works there, making the laws for our nation. |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the important thing about the Executive Branch? |
The important thing about the Executive Branch is that the President is given the power to carry out the laws with the help of 15 executive departments. |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the important thing about the Judicial Branch? |
The important thing about the Judicial Branch is that the Supreme Court interprets the laws. They decide if laws are Constitutional and what each law really means. (in their opinion) |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is the important thing about the Separation of Powers? |
The important thing about the Separation of Powers is that it is a system that prevents the abuse of power by one branch over the others. |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many articles are there in the U.S. Constitution? |
seven |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many amendments are there in the U.S. Constitution? |
27 |
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FRONT - SET 1 What is an amendment? |
a change to the Constitution |
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FRONT - SET 1 Where is our nation's capital? |
Washington, D.C. |
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FRONT - SET 1 How many executive departments are there? |
15 |
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FRONT - SET 1 How can the executive branch (President) check (limit) the power of the legislative branch after the Congress passes a law? |
by vetoing a bill |
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FRONT - SET 1 How can the legislative branch check (limit) the President's power to appoint a Supreme Court justice? |
The Congress can refuse to approve (confirm) the person that the President has tried to appoint as a justice. |
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FRONT - SET 1 How can the judicial branch check the power of the legislative and executive branches once they have passed a law? |
The Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional if, in their opinion, the law goes against the ideals in the Constitution. |
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FRONT - SET 1 Why did the framers develop a government where there is a separation of powers? |
The framers wanted a separation of powers so that no one branch would be "all-powerful." This system prevents the abuse of power that the colonists had experienced under King George III. |
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FRONT - SET 1 What are the first three words of the Constitution? (Remember, the Preamble is the introduction to the Constitution!) |
We the People |
